Year 8 Kangaro Island Camp
Blackfriars Priory School
Year 8 Kangaroo Island Camp
There is some truth in the statement that parts of the Fleurieu Peninsula were made by nature. From its sweeping coastlines and rugged beaches, it offers many a spectacular view. The Year 8s have been able to witness this during their annual 4-day Kangaroo Camp tour. Part of the itinerary included visiting Seal Bay, swimming at Stokes Bay, fishing at Vivonne Bay jetty and hiking along the 9km Hanson Bay walk. It is at the end of the Snake Lagoon walk, however, that the boys witnessed the powerful sculpting action of the Southern Ocean with its mountainous thunderous waves smashing the coastline.
There are an estimated 1.5 sheep, 1 million wallabies and 25 thousand koalas on KI. Compare this to a human population of 4,200 humans according to the 2016 census and that is a lot of animals on the island. The animal life in KI is amazing and the Tammar Wallaby was quite a common visitor to our accommodation at the Flinders Chase Farm. The Year 8s also had the luck to observe dolphins frolicking at Hanson Bay, a seal swimming undeath the jetty at Vivonne Bay, an Echidna crawling away into the bush at Flinders Chase National Park and a variety of birdlife.
Truly the Year 8 camp on KI is always something to look forward to and we hope the students made lasting friendships and built on the pillar of community during this excursion. In many ways it has enriched their academic field as many of the boys can know discuss, hopefully with a bit of confidence, how the landscapes around Little Sahara are formed by nature.
Mr Alex Ng’eno
YEAR 8 KEY TEACHER