Hectors Dolphin

The Hectors Dolphin has a fading grey body that has white and black marks with a rounded fin on top. It has a curved snout and black surrounding its eyes. It is 1.5m long and weighs 40-60kg. Males are smaller and lighter(in colour) than females.

Life Cycle

The Hectors Dolphin can live up to 20 years. A female gives birth at the age of 7-9 and the calf weighs about 8-10kg. A female can only have one calf every 2-4 years.

Threats

Fishing nets cause grief for the dolphins. The worst type of net is the gill net. There are about 7000 Hectors Dolphins left. The fishing nets are not the only thing that poses a threat. Pollution in the water can cause death to the dolphin, specifically plastic bags and chemicals.

Facts

• Their scientific name is Cephalorhynchus Hectori.

• They are the smallest and rarest marine dolphin.

• Their cousins are the Maui Dolphin

• They’re members of the dolphinidae family

• They are only found in New Zealand waters.

• The Hectors Dolphin breathe fresh air but live in the ocean.

 We need to clean up our waters and make stricter fishing laws to protect these precious dolphins.

Be careful what you fish for…

Trenchers Gallipoli

4th  april 1915

Dear family,

I miss you all so much and think of you everyday, I wish I could come home, but I have to stay and do my job.

Everyday I have to see my best friends vanish in front  of my eyes. the sky is like millions of trees burning all at once, the colour of the plants have faded away. I sometimes fall through the cracks that the sun has left behind. But everyday I watch the sun go  to sleep behind the hills.

But noises I here are the worst I here enormous explosions erupting everywhere, cracking noises come from the burning bushes. The wounded soldiers shriek in pain, the ear-spitting gun shots come from all directions there is chaos everywhere.

Everyday I feel exhausted I get no sleep, my stomach screams as loud as a bear’s growl. My mouth is as dry as the desert, they treat us like pawns on a chessboard, I shiver every night from the icy cold wind, I hope I will see everybody soon .

Love Giulia        

Autumn

Autumn comes as the vibrant leaves fall.

Unique  colours  blow in the tumbling wind.

Tumbling and turning the ginger, the hazel and ruby red flies away

Until they hit the ground the mustard mauve scoops them away.

Metallic copper and glistening golden, all the colours you will see in Autumn.

Never forget how amazing Autumn is.

The jet ski

As I whiz through the sparkly turquoise blue water on my jumping jet ski I hear screaming seagulls squawking  on the soggy squishy sand. The waves collapse over each other, like glass smashing in to millions of pieces ,as my motor roars like a lion .

I see fluffy foggy foamy water like an avalanche but it also looks like a white cuddly cloud coming down to rest. As the salty soggy water races to the end, I blast through a thundering wave, like going through a tunnel.

I can smell the salty soggy sea blowing through my nose , as my motor starts burning up , the smell  of rubber comes from my new jet ski.

I feel all soggy and wet , as the waves dash past , but overall I think I did well for my first go .