One dark gloomy night, inside a polished stoney cave there lived a lesser short-tailed bat named Binky.

Binky was at hunting looking for insects and fruit.He spotted an orange and flew over. Little did he know a predator Mr Rapper the rat was hiding behind the fruit ready to pounce on his prey. 

Just as he was about to land on the fruit his ecolocation high squeak warned him that there was a rat.

He sped off back to his cave feeling hungry but safe.

The message in the story is squeak before you eat.

 The insights of a courier driver

Yesterday I was a helper of a courier driver. 

I was very surprised about how many packages are in one bag (26).

Persistence was needed to go through without getting bored. But I still got bored because it takes a long time. It took us about 4 minutes per parcel. Now I really appreciate the work of courier drivers. It is a hard job.

Here is a photo of me and my mountain bike instructor in the pine forest at Muriwai.

He taught me to keep my balance by imagining I am split in half and distribute my weight evenly.

The hardest thing in my mountain bike session was going up a sandy hill, I would keep sliding down once I got close to the top.

 I changed how I did it by walking instead.

I would recommend  this

 activity to anyone who

is adventurous.