S N A P S H O T S 2010

My Life in 2010, knowing its going to a better year

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Home schooling field trip

there was a exhibition in town celebrating 100 years of New Zealand Surf Life Saving today so we went and had a look :)
we played with a machine and learnt more about rips
Billy had a go on the IRB (inflatable rescue boat) simulator

below swimming suits over the years wore by club members

1920s woolen// 1970s nylon// present day lycra


there was a statue and then then a photo of the way they use to do rescues. Attached to the reel and their life jacket was simply corks covered in cloth - arrrr!!

in the years of the war women took over from the men and were the main life guards
below that a photo of the men in 1920s in their woolen togs and their reels in the back








2 comments:

Hay said...

Really interesting stuff Jen. Thank goodness for dedicates life savers :)

Meg said...

That looks like a very interesting trip, especially for a teenage boy.