Riverhead ‘Hobo Day’ was a fun tramp in the forest for twenty one keen trampers. We started from the old forestry yard, now the camp ground on Barlow road. A couple of ladies had to climb over a fallen tree to get into the old toilets, Hobo style,  good start. Following a GPS route we came to a road junction where we stopped for a snack and a Javelin throwing competition, this was our first bush fun activity. The Javelins were the flower storks from Pampas, Ted Owens won the competition. The next stage was really muddy, first signs of winter. One lady commented that she was carrying an extra kg of mud on her boots. Laurie gave a short devotions about tree roots as we had been tramping over so many. Tree roots give the tree nourishment and stability. We as Christians need to feed on the word of God to give us spiritual nourishment and stability when the storms of life come our way. Jeremaiah 17: 6 -9 How to make a Hobo stove was demonstrated as we were to make one at the end of our hike and cook pan cakes. Our second bush activity was to hang out washing on a Hobo clothes line. Two teams competed to be the first to string a line and hang out the clothes. A dice was thrown before people could peg an item of clothing on the line. We finally arrived back at the camp ground for a cup of tea from the ‘Ute Café ‘.Our third bush activity was to make a Hobo stove and cook a  pancake. The men made the Hobo stoves and the ladies cooked the pancakes. Mmmmmmmm. We were able to use the old implement shed and BBQ tables courtesy of the Waitemata Motorcycle club. Nine kilometres of tramping, fun and fellowship. Lovely fine day, thankyou Lord.