Camp
On 29th of October, 45 students in stage 3 travelled to Camp Rathane in Port Hacking. I think that the camp we had last year was better than the one we had this year. Last year we did canoeing, indoor rock climbing, water sliding and swimming, making carts, cooking damper and hiking. This year we did canoeing, swimming, water sliding, indoor rock climbing, archery, riverside riding, camp fire and pool rafting.
This year, I thought canoeing was the best; we made a big raft by holding on all the canoes and the two canoes on the sides. My friend and I were on the left side so we had a chance to paddle. After we reached a particular buoy we split up for races. My shoes and socks were soaked after we finished canoeing, our canoe had the most water and it needed 4-5 people to pour the water out.
Pool Rafting was new to me because I didn’t do it last year. Our group was split into two, and we quickly made our own rafts. When we made our first one, it fell apart when we lifted it up. Then we tried to copy the other groups design, but that fell apart as well. Then we made our own and it worked, and when the opposing team saw that our raft was stable they copied it and we had a race. A person on our team sat on our raft and we dragged it to the other side and back. After 3 races we had 4 minutes of free time. We booked the pool at 5 to 6 o clock, but then another school booked it first.
The activities were definitely better than last year but we only had a few water slide turns. We should’ve had more slides because there were less people this year but we did it on the last day of camp, but last year we did it on the second day.
This year it was really fun but I think last year was more fun.
