Bible Class Holiday Camp.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4033, 12 January 1932, Page 4

Bible Class Holiday Camp.

A WEEK IN QUEENSTOWN

(By One of the Students.) During this past week a party of delegates to the Presbyterian Young Women’s Bible Class Conference in Invercargill have been enjoying a holiday camp in Queenstown. The party included delegates from all over the Dominion, and from as far north as Auckland; while Waikato, Hawke-s Bay, Palmerston North, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago and Southland are well represented. The camping arrangements here have been ideal, and the committee ■ — of local people in conjunction with the Dunedin committee have spared, no pains in planning for the comfort of all. Even the mattresses are so comfortable that they do not make for early rising 1 The weather has behaved wonderfullv well. In fact, the Aucklandeis declare that it is the best they have experienced since they left their native haunts. The .brightness of the sunshine, the invigorating freshness of the air, and the grandeur of the scenery have been a real joy to ns all. Our wanderings have taken us into some very delightful nooks and crannies. One day was spent at Elfin Bay and Rere Lake. The trip up Lake Wakatipu brought back to the minds of some, vivid memories of Loch Ness and Loch Lomond, while the walk over to Rere was strangely reminiscent of Devon woods. But, again, there was something essentially New Zealand about it, something that- made our hearts stir within us at the thought of being so close to Nature in all its glory. In the darkness of the night we ascended Ben Lomond and viewed a truly magnificent sunrise. Some pessimist has written on the notice at the bottom; “Fifty miles but worth it.” His last remark we heartily endorse but confess that in the dark hours it did seem a never-ending path. Needless to say, we were agreeably surprised to find that we could move around like ordinary human oeings the next day, sitting or walking according to tiie dictates of the mind.

Some have found keen enjoyment in the longer trips, but most of tne days have oeen spent, picnic fashion, at delightful spots such as Kawarau L)am, Lower Shotover and Five Mile Point.

Our evenings have been spent most entertainingly with impromptu concerts, which naturally produce a great amount of merriment. A camp fire at which we cooked our own supper of sausages and bacon over the embers, was thoroughly enjoyed by us all, while an evening was spent Avith the members of the local Bible Class, several of the camping party giving their impressions of the recent conference in Invercargill. It has been a Aveek Avhich none of us shall ever forget—a time of fun and fellowship, and a time when we have groAvn to know each other better.

Before we depart we Avould like to return grateful thanks to all the local people Avho have done so much to make our stay so enjoyable. Their names are too many to mention individually, but Ave have appreciated their thoughtfulness and courtesy towards us. Your beautiful surroundings Ave shall never forget; words fail us to express ourselves adequately, but the happy experiences of our camp nere will ever remain to us a very cherished memory. QueeustoAA-n, January 9, 1932.