Great Camp!

Great snorkeling camp! We never stopped. We slid through clear, sun-sparkling waters with wobbegongs, blue gropers, sea urchins, swaying sea grasses with schools of fishes. The children were as wide-eyed as the fish. We camped in the tall blackbutt forest that teemed with kookaburras, lorikeets, king parrots, rosellas, singing magpies and currawongs; kangaroos and wallabies; night-time carpet pythons; and ants, ticks and leeches.

We have graduated from tarp and tent-erection, and kitchen-help 101 with flying colours.

The children were fabulous: enthusiastic, meeting all challenges, helpful, respectful of each other and other campers, and experts at having fun. A five-day camp provides plenty of opportunity for new friendships; for tired-missing-home-tears; for dealing with sandy footprints over your sleeping bag, and over your feelings; and for immersion in Mother Earth’s wonder. We had all of that.