Kontiki - packing up

At 11:00 on Sunday, the rafts come off the water, and are rapidly stripped down for the trip home. Congratulations to 1st Horison who were the overall winners. More Kontiki photographs will follow.

Kontiki - sunrise

After spending the night on the water, the raft crews prepare for a naval review at 10:00 this morning

Kontiki Campfire

My last post for the night - the opening of the campfire for the supporters campsite.

Another Kontiki blogger

Akela Joy, who runs our cub pack, has some great photos from today over on Akela's Cubs - http://akelascubs.blogspot.com/2010/03/kontiki-murray-park-springs-6th-march.html

Kontiki Spare Time Activity

One of the competitions for the supporters who are not on the raft is the STA or spare time activity. This year there were 5 different activities related to the legend of El Dorado, the theme for this year. One of them was to build a catapult. Here is one of the troops. There were a number of trebuchets, ballistas and catapults on the waterfront.

Kontiki - on the water

The rafts have launched, and are making there way around the dam completing the navigation and mobility challenge.

Kontiki campsites- cloverleaf octopod lashing

Adiero troop's gateway- a cloverleaf octopod. A drawing of the construction process will follow.

Kontiki opening ceremony

Opening ceremony- rafts launch in 30 minutes

Kontiki 2010 - raft construction - Friday night

Construction began at 17:00 (about 3 1/2 hours ago). Most rafts are progressing well, with barrels and decking being attached. Just after I took this photo, it started to rain. In the past 25 years, we have only had three years without rain- as the Kontiki rulebook says: "Kontiki will run even if it doesn't rain."

Gauteng Kontiki liveblog (test)

Today is the start of Kontiki 2010. With a bit of luck, I'll be posting some photographs of the rafts and campsites over the course of the weekend (if I can get my phone to work).