A few weeks ago, SEDA College students from all over SA ventured to The Adelaide Hill’s Woodhouse Adventure Park for a two-day camp. South Adelaide students arrived Tuesday and left the next day. Whereas the remaining campuses arrived Wednesday and left on the Thursday.

With this camp being right at the end of summer, the atmosphere and weather was lovely. We got glimpses of plenty of wildlife, including horses on the bus ride down, koalas in the park’s trees and plenty of birds from high to low. The sun was shining throughout both camps, providing a perfect climate for all activities, including those at night.

During our camp, boys and girls were split up to occupy and sleep in the grounds large-group accommodation buildings. The girls enjoyed the beautiful Old Woodhouse Manor, while the boys were split between The Rymill Centre and The Hooper Bunkhouse. Each accommodation group were split up in the first night and following morning to enjoy a delicious dinner, dessert and breakfast. Dinner consisted of a barbecue with bread and sausages, with dessert being ice cream, including available toppings. In the morning, we enjoyed a large supply of pancakes where we were also provided a series of topping choices. During the day, lunch and snacks were also provided. Boys and girls were given a choice between a variety of sandwich rolls, fruits and packets of chips.

While not only getting an opportunity to participate in bonding activities with members of our campuses. We were also given the chance to record videos of the park and work on The Great Outdoors task one.  For around an hour, groups and partners split up and wandered around the park, looking for inspiration for the written component of the task. Throughout our walks around the park, we observed and recorded aspects of wildlife, activities, nature and accommodation.

The activities supplied by the park included a range of physically challenging and exciting roles. We engaged in activities such as Challenge Hill, Outdoor Laser Skirmish, Orienteering, The Survival Challenge and The Labyrinth.

Challenge Hill was a structured obstacle course, similar to the Ninja Warrior course. Throughout the circuit, I recall our group swinging, climbing and tracking through the obstacles while also attempting to carry an egg along the entire venture without breaking it. Although, the egg task was mostly unsuccessful, everyone seemed to have a lot of fun.

In Outdoor Laser Skirmish, classes were split into either the red or the blue team. Teams competed against each other to gain control of a censored box for the most amount of time while shooting lasers at opponents who tried to earn possession of the box. Members of each team travelled throughout the outdoor trail, hiding behind natural and man-made structures in attempts to shoot down the rival team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While orienteering, small groups travelled around the ground attempting to retrieve items located on the Woodhouse Adventure Park’s map. After finding the required items, students were asked to build a survival structure that would withhold a bucket of water that the Woodhouse staff would launch while a student sat underneath. The student who came out the structure with the least amount of water damage would earn more points towards their overall score. While members who came out of their structures with the most amount of water damage would worsen their team’s score.

In the Labyrinth, students attempted to travel through the maze without getting lost and without losing members of their class. The maze included stairs, a fireman’s pole and a slide, adding an extra challenge to the course.

After dinner, everyone went to the Rymill Centre to perform and watch previously rehearsed dances to chosen songs. After the dances, people joined together to create an improvised dance circle where students jumped, flipped and danced around to upbeat songs for around half an hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the dance, teachers gave us an opportunity to engage in night-time activities where we could take part in a night-walk, play basketball or watch a movie in The Rymill Centre. My friends and myself decided a night walk seemed like a fun way to cool down and end the night off on a positive note. We walked around discussing the days events and even ventured through The Labyrinth again.

In the end the camp proved to be a fun and awesome opportunity where new friendships were made and class bonding was achieved. We can’t wait to see what next year’s camp brings.

And finally, on behalf of all the SEDA College SA students, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all the staff who took out parts of their own time to travel to The Woodhouse Adventure Park and provide us with long-lasting memories and helped create forever friendships. A huge thank you to The Woodhouse Adventure Park, including staff, for hosting this camp as well and giving us so many opportunities throughout the day and night.

 

Written by Sophie Warnecke