Experiencing the Great Outdoors

Year 7 Camp

Our Year 7 students expanded their comfort zones during their camp at Mount Tamborine in February. They built rafts, completed challenging high ropes courses, scrambled and swam through creeks, fossicked for thundereggs in Thunderbird Park and developed their bush survival skills. Throughout the days and nights they had opportunities to participate in team-building challenges, build their collaboration and communication skills, and take part in an Indigenous experience.

Year 8 Camp

Our Year 8 cohort recently embarked on their first overnight school camp to Adventure Alternative’s Kenilworth Site. With COVID19 impacting their initial high school camp experience in 2022, this was their first time staying three nights away from home and all students took this experience in their stride.

The girls participated in a number of different activities such as orienteering, a high ropes team building belaying challenge and sustainability activities, with the highlight being the giant ladder rope climb. The students also took part in a challenging hike in the Booloumba National Park and proved that they were ‘Stronger Together’ by putting one foot in front of the other together as a team to reach the top of a number of steep hills. The Year 8 teachers saw many students achieving wonderful personal growth moments and we look forward to seeing continued connections this year.

Year 9 Camp

The 2023 Year 9 Camp was an expedition along the Blackall track between Mapleton and Flaxton. Over four days, the girls followed the National Parks trial echoing the footsteps of the First Nation Jinibarra people who would have travelled this path as they gathered for the annual Bunya nut festival. They also visited well-known sites such as Mapleton and Kondalilla Falls where a number of them took the opportunity to cool off with a refreshing swim.

During the camp the girls responded incredibly well to the challenges of hiking with full packs, sleeping three nights in tents and preparing their own food on portable stoves. A highlight for most girls was the mud challenge in Mapleton where they demonstrated their ingenuity and persistence in a series of games based on the traditional Bunya nut festival. It was very pleasing to see the great teamwork, joy and determination as the girls wholeheartedly embraced the experience, no doubt creating memories and forging friendships that will last a lifetime.