DAY 4 - CANBERRA TRIP 2012

 

 

Today we woke up at 6:00 and boarded the bus at7:45. After 10 minutes on the but we stopped at McDonalds to have sausage and egg mcmuffin and other things.

 

 

 

Lake Burley Griffin which was nice and peaceful. After around an hour on the cruise we came back and went to have lunch under the Carillion. We then walked to see the Canada Flag along the lake after 40 mins of walking. The last thing we did was the Zoo, that was the best. Seeing monkeys freerun, feeding lions and giraffes and also much more. Bye for now, Tyler.

 

 

 

Today the Yr 7 class went to McDonalds for breakfast. After that we went to have a cruise on the lake Burley Griffin. It took around 2 hours, it was great fun. We had Subway for lunch in a park. We then went to the zoo and some people got to feed the tiger and some got to feed the giraffes, but everyone got to feed the Emus. Then we could explore the zoo with our friends but we had to have our friends with us. Then we hoped on the bus and had a great trip home. We have had an amazing day learning new things and exploring all the animals in the zoo. From Hannah Hansen and Kate Norman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Hi home crew (parents and all other supporters)We are at the halfway point and feel like we have achieved so much. We haven’t had as much time for the blog tonight as the night activities have taken all our time. The day has been a great revival day for the flagging yr7’s and staff. We had an extra 30 mins of sleep (every min is important at this stage!) The camp dining room staff were having a well earned break today so we were given breakfast at McDonalds as a replacement. Many of the kids realised that Macca’s is not much when stacked next to the amazing serves from our camp cooks. We headed up to Mt Ainslie to look out over the whole of Canberra and to get our bearings of all our travels over the week. We had the cruise that the others mentioned around the lake looking at the parliamentary triangle from the river.

We heard the story of the Canadian Flag that was flying over Canberra this weekend. The flag pole was given by the Canadian Govt in 1957 to thank Australia. Australia was to fly our flag all year and fly the Canadian flag on their national day which is on this Sunday. That happened for many years but has been forgotten for at least the last 10 years according to the cruise captain. He was very surprised to see it flying today and was pleased that all his and a friends requests over the years had been heard. We had lunch of subway, again because the staff were having a rest at the camp site, and a jam doughnut, oh yeah! The Zoo is always a hit and you will hear many stories about that part of our day when we get home. Thanks for all the comments and we were able to hand out some more cringes tonight so for that we thank you. It has been a great day and tonight the fun and friendship we saw as the kids did some team activities and then listened to a devotion on Lest We Forget has been a highlight. The CCC (Current Compliment Count) stands at 15 with only half the trip done!

 

 

 

DAY THREE - CANBERRA TRIP 2012



Today we went to the Governor General’s house and saw the Governor General. We went to the Art Gallery and saw some of the art and kept getting told off by the security guards for not very much. We went to the Botanical Gardens and saw some of the flowers. Daniel Yerby

Today when we woke up it was horrible; it was quite cold and very tiring. Today we went to the most fantastic places and met a very cool person. We went to the Royal Australian Mint, the Governor Generals house where we met the Governor General Quentin Bryce. We have also gone to the National Botanic Gardens of Aust where we had an awesome opportunity of seeing all sorts of native plants of Australia. I am looking forward to being back in West Aussie and being back in my normal type of weather, SUNNY! From Jayden TriggJ!!



Dear Parents. We had a great time today and I will now fill you in on it. First we went to the Royal Australian Mint where we had a guided tour. The guide showed us a video on what went on in the Mint and then told us about the history of coins and money in Australia.

A few interesting facts were:    

-If you paid a Spanish dollar for something in early Australia and you needed change they would cut the coin in half to give you change.

                -another fact was that the currency Australia used to have was rum. People would trade rum for things they wanted

                - The Australian Mint only made coins, and a mint in Melbourne made notes

                -We paid $3 dollars for a $1 coin that was fancy and new!

After the mint, we went to the Government House where the Governor General lives. It is HUGE! At the end the Governor Generals car pulled out of the gates and the stopped suddenly, nearly making the security escort car crash into them. Quentin Bryce came out and said Hi to us all, which was really cool. We went to the art gallery and the sculptures and paintings were amazing! A favourite was a painting by Monet and it was of green lilies floating on a pond. It was a really nice painting. We went to the Botanical gardens and looked around at all the different types of Australian plants. They were very beautiful as well. Sarah Linden

Today we went to the Royal Australian Minit and had a guided tour. Then we went to the Governor Generals House’s and had a guided tour around it. As we were leaving the Governor General came out and stopped and talked to us, the car behind nearly crashed.

The we had lunch at the Sculpture Gardens and had a guided tour of the national Art Gallery and then we had a tour around the Botanic Gardens. For dinner we had fish and chips and tonight we are going to the CSIRO. By Ben Yerby

We had soooooo much fun today. First we went to the Australian Royal Mint, which was awesome. We also visited the GG’s house. Cool. We saw the GG. When she was going she stopped and the car behind it nearly crashed. It was awesome. Then we went to the sculpture gardens which had naked statues. It was so boring, but there was a fun bit there with water vapour. Then we had to see art, I have to say it was hard to appreciate the work. The botanic gardens after which was fan and boring. Yeah, produced by Alex B and D. The Alexes.

It has been a long day for the whole team and many have been looking forward to bed from the time they got out of it this morning! They have all handled themselves with real maturity and have looked out for each other very well. The Carnarvon 3 have joined in and been welcomed in and are very much a part of the team now. They are all learning so much and their journal writing and debriefing have been very impressive. They will all have plenty of stories to tell when they return. That’s all for now as we staff are looking forward to our beds as well tonight! Please keep the comments rolling as the team is loving hearing from you all. Much love Canberra team 2012