Wednesday, June 22, 2016

D of E Adventurous Journey at Bivouac Junction

Duke of Edinburgh students traveled to Bivouac Junction as part of their Adventurous Journey. They used the campfire or fuel stove for all their cooking and food preparation, with groups of students rotating through various jobs. On Saturday the students took part in an orienteering course which saw them using their compass and directional skills to navigate around the course and find all the flags. Part of the course saw the students having to problem solve how to get all students across the river, given the kayaks left for them.  It was an interesting outcome !!
After lunch the students then did some kayaking skills, which again was interesting!! Although the water was a little low the group  and Mr Phillott, kayaked to the bridge.
Saturday night was an adventure in itself with torrential rain, thunder and lightning. The group learnt the hard way the importance of pegging out the fly, closing the window flaps and using the ropes that are attached to the tents.
Sunday saw the group head off to the Fletcher and the Dalrymple National Park for lunch and an exploration. Sunday night the group made camp fir pizzas that were pretty yummy.  Each night they experimented with various ways to cook damper, brownies and biscuits as well as toasting marshmallows. The highlight of the night was finding a "children's python" snake crawling up the leg of Teah's chair.
Monday morning the group packed and and re-set an orienteering course to take the Melbourne visitors on. They also helped provide a BBQ lunch and toasted marshmallows.