Year 10 Tasmania Camp

Tasmania Camp

Monday morning, 17th September at 5:30 am 51 Year 10's were awaiting to go on their new and exciting adventure to Tasmania.  We arrived at the airport around 7am, boarded the plane at 7:30, and then we were off!  Hobart airport is where we landed and we were greeted by our amazing driver named Lou, who took us everywhere during our stay in Tasmania. On the first day, we embarked on the journey to the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) where we saw a wide range of different and unique pieces. We were then off to check into our accommodation at the motel where we were allowed free time to settle in.  

Day two we went off on the Tahune Air Walk, which was a 750m long walkway, 25 to 45 meters above the ground.  As we were walking we were informed about all the different trees and how some are immune to fire due to how thick and strong they are.  We also got to walk across a few swinging bridges on the way back to the bus, which the boys enjoyed jumping across and making sure all of our hearts where beating out of our chest from fear of possibly falling over.  At least the boys got a laugh….

On our way to Port Arthur on on the third day, we stopped in at the zoo. We got to feed many animals such as camels, zebras, emus, wallabies and even a lioness. We even got to see four baby Tasmanian Devils! The zoo trip was defiantly memorable. On arrival to Port Arthur,  we were spilt into two groups and toured around learning about the historical place. We travelled by ferry  to the other island to visit the site where the convicts were buried. Later that night we returned to Port Arthur to undertake the ghost tour.  The ghost tour seemed scarier due to my group having an extremely good story teller, who gave the stories more of an edge and uncertain feel of what was going to happen next.

On the final day of our Tasmanian tour we got to enjoy Cataract Gorge, which has a chair lift across the South Esk River.  We went inside the Mole Creek Caves which showed us the beautiful and illuminating glow worms.

Our final destination in Tasmania was Devonport, which was where we boarded the Spirit of Tasmania on our venture home. Mr Houghton claimed it was one of the calmest trips across but many of the students will say otherwise!

  I would like to thank Ms Mortellaro, Mr Houghton, Ms Purvis, Mr Freedman and Mrs Cengia for all their hard work to make this camp memorable, which it definitely was.

Adriana Gerassimou - 10A