Day 1We arrived at school at about 8:30 am and got our names marked off before we got on the buses at about 9:15. It was about an hour and a half drive to Myuna Bay, so it wasn't very far away. When we got there we got to go to our cabins and ours was in Mcgregor lodge. We set up our beds and unpacked a bit of our stuff, then we headed up to the dining hall for lunch. At this camp, every group had to do a duty for at least one meal. My group, the starfish, got dinner on the second night, which was lucky, as we only got one duty. For duties , you either served, washed up or cleaned the dining hall. For lunch we had a crumbed chicken burger, which was surprisingly good. After lunch we got free time before our first activity, so we played some basketball and volleyball. We also had a look around the area, and went down to the lake. My first activity was the flying fox, so after our free time, I went down to that. I was in a group with Lilly, Chloe and Ailish, so that was very good. As you can see in one of the photos below, to get up to the flying fox, you had to climb a caged ladder. I ended up not climbing the ladder, but instead getting up another ladder, and getting pulled up and let go. I did the flying fox, but not completely. Lilly did the same, but then she went on the real thing. We also saw a cute cat nearby so we went and patted it. Since we finished a bit early, our leader thought it would be fun for us to play mini golf. Me and Chloe did the whole course, and even though we weren't very good, it was very fun. After we finished that, we had more free time, so we played some more volleyball. After free time ended it was time for dinner. We had teriyaki beef, which was quite good, and chocolate mousse, which wasn't the best. The food still was not too bad, and I ate most of it. After dinner we had some night activities. They were quite entertaining, even though we were all very tired. My favourite one was called ants and hornets. The teachers were hornets, so they had small pieces of pool noodles and the goal for them was to tip us with the noodles. If we got tipped we had to lie of the ground with our arms and legs facing upwards, so that four people could grab one of our limbs and carry us to an ant hospital (mats in each corner). What I liked most about it was that when me, Faith and Chloe were all trying to save someone, we all got tipped, and then we were just laughing so much as we lay on the floor, waiting for someone to pick us up. After night activities, we went back to the cabins. Chloe braided Faith's hair for the first time, and it turned out looking quite good. In the cabin across from the bunkbeds, were two windows. Faith's window wasn't closing, so she had to stuff a pillow and some clothes into it, so the cold air wouldn't come in. We were talking and eating chocolate for a while, and then we realised it was ten minutes to lights out, so we all had to get ready for bed before it got to ten thirty. We went to bed at about eleven, but didn't go to sleep for at least another hour. Faith, Chloe and Grace had all gone to sleep, so it was just me, Lucienne and Isabella talking for a while. We were all really tired, so then we decided to go to sleep. Day 2We woke up at about 7:15, but I didn't get out of bed until 7:30. Breakfast was at 7:45, so I didn't have too long to get ready. For breakfast we had bacon and egg sandwiches, which were very yummy.We then got some more free time, and we decided to play some soccer, which was quite fun. Me and Isabella were on a team, and Ailish and Bonnie were on the other. I left my phone with Chloe and Faith, so they obviously spammed it, but that's okay because now I have photos of us playing soccer. And a funny photo of Faith. 😂 After free time, my group went kayaking. It was probably my favourite activity, but sadly I didn't bring my phone, so I didn't get any photos. Ailish got a photo of the kayaks, so I am putting it in here. When we went kayaking, we went down the lake, and went under a bridge and pipe, and me and Chloe almost bumped into a few things, but we eventually made it to the shore. When we reached the shore, we walked down to an area where turtles and stingrays were, so we could hopefully see some. When we got there, we sat down for a bit, and saw some turtles swimming by, and saw a stingray jump out of the water, as well as it swimming past us, so we saw the side of it. It was really cool. After a little while of looking, we got back into our kayaks and moved to another area, where we net fished. I found a sea slug and some fish. Some people also found very small cuttlefish, that were pretty cute. We then went back to the camp area, and put the kayaks away. By the time we got back, there were only twenty minutes to lunch, and me and Chloe both had to shower. Faith and Grace would have had to shower as well, but they didn't have time, as they had lunch duty for that day. When Chloe had finished in the bathroom, there were only 5 minutes until we had to go to lunch, so I had to quickly shower and change to make it there in time. For lunch that day we had ham sandwiches. After lunch we had more free time, so we decided to play a bit of volleyball. After a little while we went back to the cabins, as we were quite tired. After free time we went to our next activity, which was the high ropes. I was going to do it, I had my harness on and everything, but I backed out at the last minute. I am very scared of heights. But Chloe, Ailish and Lilly all did it, so I watched them instead. Chloe and Lilly did the basic course and Ailish did the medium course. After the high ropes we went back to the cabins for some more free time, but this time we decided to stay in the cabin, as we were tired. 20 minutes before dinner, me, Chloe, Ailish and Lilly went to go do our duties. Ailish served, and me Chloe and Lilly washed up. Since we were washing up, we got to eat our dinner first, which was chicken schnitzel with chips, and it was very good. For dessert we had ice cream with chocolate sauce. After we finished, we started to put trays out for plates, cutlery and cups. After each tray filled up, we put them into a washing up machine, and then we put the clean things away. After dinner, we played some trivia. It was quite fun, but everyone was getting a bit tired by this point. After we hd answered a set of questions, one person from each group had to got up and do a challenge. Ailish had to eat a spoonful of vegemite, and Faith had to do a wall sit. After we did that for a bit, we had a disco. The music was very loud, and I was ready to go to bed. I was glad that it didn't last very long, as I was very tired and everyone else was as well. When we got back to the cabins, we finished off our food, and then we went to bed. I went to sleep at about 11:30, and so did Lucienne and Isabella. Day 3Sadly this was the last day of camp :( Lucienne and Isabella had breakfast duty in the morning, so they had to get up extra early. We found out that we had to have everything packed before breakfast, so we all quickly packed up our stuff, and we were a little late to breakfast. We had scrambled eggs, sausage sandwiches and hash browns for breakfast, which were good. After breakfast, we didn't get any free time, as we had to go back and clean up our room. After that we went to our last activity, which for me was fishing.
We walked down to an area near where we saw the turtles and sting rays. We started fishing in an area with a lot of rocks, so we later moved down, as our hooks kept getting stuck on the rocks. I then caught two fish, so that was pretty cool. Lilly also took my phone, so she took some photos and videos. Sadly Chloe and Lilly didn't catch any fish, but Ailish caught one. But she sprained her ankle, so hopefully it's getting better. After a while of fishing, we went back to have lunch, which was chicken wraps. We didn't get anymore free time, as we were heading home soon after lunch. After lunch we got our names marked off on the roll, we thanked the staff, and then we got back on the buses. After an hour and a bit, we arrived back at school and we went. I really enjoyed camp, and I wish it went on for longer, as it was so fun. There are so many memories that I will think back to and laugh. I can't wait until next years camp!
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Maliz
19/6/2016 10:21:31 pm
Wow, seems like you all had fun & even the food was OK.
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Elise
20/6/2016 11:10:11 am
It was quite fun! I think he has mentioned it, but I will ask him about it. :)
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Annelies
19/6/2016 10:22:50 pm
I loved reading about your camp. Sounds like so much fun!!
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Elise
20/6/2016 11:02:14 am
Thankqua mother! It was very fun
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Isabella
20/6/2016 10:51:02 am
This post is very good, you included literally everything!! The pictures are great, some of them are really funny, especially the one of you with Lilly 😂
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Elise
20/6/2016 11:13:27 am
Thank you! 😂 THE photo. Oh it was quite a rattiful time! Thank you, I will hopefully be back at school tomorrow :)
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