Year 8 Snow Camp

In week 5 this term the Year 8 students set off on the adventure of a lifetime to attend the Mount Buller Snow Camp. Students braved the wet and windy conditions to make the most of our two days on the mountain. The students’ resilience and perseverance were inspiring as they learnt to control their movements on the snow with many students having the chance to ski or snowboard on an intermediate difficulty run. Students enjoyed a range of activities including skiing, snowboarding, snow play, fire building, tent and bivvy making, and orienteering. 

Thank you to our Year 8 cohort for making this a memorable and enjoyable camp, and for the efforts of our staff and the Auscamp staff to encourage and motivate our students to wholeheartedly participate.

Joshua Gaschk

Year 8 Coordinator

Student Reflections

Year 8 Camp was an eye-opening experience to the challenges of skiing and snowboarding.

Skiing proved to be a fun activity, though it was accompanied by many falls and bruises, an obstacle that most rookie skiers faced. We enjoyed snowball skirmishes and racing across various runs, building friendships amongst the snow, united by the biting cold. The laughter and shared moments of exhaustion after a day on the slopes created bonds that will last far beyond the camp.

Personally, camp helped me to build long-lasting connections with my friends, as well as foster a deeper appreciation for the beauty and serenity of the snow-covered landscape. 

Nicole Moses (8.5)

Our Snow Camp experience was extremely enjoyable; one could even deem it a breath of fresh air, both literally 

and figuratively, from the tedious workload prior, almost giving a feeling of the bisection of the school term. Surprisingly, out of all things memorable, the zenith was our self-appointed fire-keeping duty. I recall the warm luminance provided by the incandescent logs that permeated and defied the suffocating night, the flame that oscillated between embers and conflagration, the gathering of many around the little campfire that, through persistence and sheer force of will, we were able to revive time and time again. For that grand period, it served as a gathering place for all, a pleasant peace befalling those who congregated there. However, all good things must come to an end; on the end of the third night, due to the incessant downpour, we tragically were unable to resuscitate the fire.

Victor Tan (8.5), Andrew Qin (8.5) and Reuben Talpan (8.5)