Senior Camp

Senior Camp – Sovereign Hill

Last week, our Senior students had an amazing three-day camp at Sovereign Hill. It was such a special experience to not only visit Sovereign Hill, but to actually stay there and immerse ourselves in the history of the Gold Rush.

Across the three days, students took part in some fantastic experiences, including the Red Hill Mine Tour, a gold pour demonstration, candle dipping, the Gold Fever education session and Living in the Past – Society, as well as exploring the sights and experiences Sovereign Hill has to offer.

Our students were absolutely fantastic throughout the camp. They embraced every experience, showed great independence and represented Millwarra beautifully. There were lots of laughs, new experiences and memories made along the way. It was definitely a highlight of the year!

Here are some of the highlights our students shared from camp:

At Sovereign Hill, we went into a mine and we learnt a lot about the mines. It was so much fun. I loved the mines.

 William M-W

The best thing about camp was I bought lollies. It was raspberry flavoured and it was called raspberry drops. They lasted me for 3 days. I ate the last one on the bus ride home. The best activity was the park. There was a pirate ship, a giant slide and an olden days car.

Tyson R

At Camp, the light show was so cool. For breakfast there was toast. We went into the gold mine.

Annabelle

We went to Sovereign Hill on the 7th to the 9th of September. The girls had the top floor and the boys had the bottom. My room was 48. I had Jasmine, Chloe, Annabelle and Monique with me. On Monday for dinner we got to eat Spaghetti. It was really good. On Tuesday for Brekkie we had cereal. For dinner we had a parma and for dessert we had frozen yoghurt. It was a really good Camp/Park, but it was a lot of walking and took 3 hours to get there. We made candles and went bowling. I got lollies - an umbrella lollipop and a horse lollipop and a toffee apple. They were good. We went into two mines, one gold and the other was a quartz mine.

Abi

At Camp, we went to two mines. My favourite mine was the second one because we went down into darkness for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Dinner was good because we had chicken parma one night and for breakfast we had toast and cereal.

Monique

From September 7th-9th, the Seniors went to Sovereign Hill hotel for camp. My room number was 45. I was with Declan, Ryder and Vinnie. The best thing was the Aura Light Show. There were lots of lights and even a 3D show. For breakfast, I ate a yoghurt and some cereal. For lunch I had a sausage roll. Then for dinner I had a chicken parma with green beans, pumpkin and some potato. Finally for dessert I had a frozen yoghurt. It was awesome!!!

Jake

At Camp, I got to mine in the creek for gold and we got to do lots of activities. I was very scared, I hated being in the mine because the loud noise was too noisy. I got to go to the food court after. 

Chloe

Dear Diary, 

We went to Sovereign Hill for School Camp. We did many things like go out and explore the place, go out to eat meals at the New York Bakery, went into places and got our own rooms. My roommates were Will, Tyson and Steven. For our meals we had pasta, brownies, breakfast things, chicken parma and veggies, and frozen yoghurt. Then even more breakfast things and a ham and cheese roll. It was so cold, and I did not bring a jumper and I was freezing. We did go into two mines. The first one we did was the Red Hill Mine and on Wednesday we went into a train thingy.

Jack

S- saw the mines 27 metres underneath the ground.

O- owned a room with 4 beds but I was in the only room with 3 people. 

V- veggies with our Parma.

E- eat Chicken Parma at dinner on Tuesday night.

R- ride a rollercoaster thing all the way into the Earth.

E- eat a toffee apple which was hard to eat.

I- I liked all the mines I went in. 

G- get yummmmmmmmmmmmmm bakery food for lunch on Wednesday.

N- nice weather until we’re just about to leave.

Raven

Dear Diary,

I just came back from the Sovereign Hill Camp and I am buggered! The meals were pretty nice, like spaghetti bolognese for dinner and a brownie with cream for dessert on Monday, and a chicken parma with vegetables for dinner and frozen yoghurt for dessert on Tuesday. I also saw some things, especially in our room. The beds, the TV (without its remote) and the lights. On Tuesday, we were having lunch and I did not realise that the kids weren’t supposed to play, but I still got a pie (I love pies!!) and a Prima. On Wednesday, for morning tea we had some rolls and for lunch we had some different rolls and a Prima (again). The only things I bought, were from the lolly shop (handmade lollies!!). First thing on Tuesday I bought a horsehead lollipop but it was only toffee. On Wednesday I got a 185g jar ($10… worth it!) of raspberry drops and tried them when I got home. They were excellent! This concludes my diary entry. I know I didn’t cover everything but that’s something from me!

Steven