Camp Fairbairn

Things we learnt at Camp Fairbairn 2023

by Year 3 and 4DS

• If you are going to do something big and scary, take a group of friends you TRUST with you.

• Work to overcome your fears – it's worth it.
• Always wear a 'harness' if you think you'll fall.
• Learn to read the compass before you go navigating.
• Choose your canoeing partner carefully, it's too late once you've left the bank.
• Try new things – even when you aren't sure, give it a go.
• Stay in the middle of the canoe – it solves a lot of problems.
• Always trust Gary the bus driver – his spaghetti is delicious!
• Before you put your abseiling harness on – go to the toilet.
• Communicate with your group so everybody knows what's happening.
• Push yourself to your limits – you don't know what you can achieve!
• If you get lost, go back to the place where you knew where you were, and start over.
• Always look out for potential dangers – electric eels, the Fairbairn Whale, and Beau's crocodile before you go canoeing.
• Look where you are going – there is always something somewhere that will try to trip you up.
• Tony said we needed lemonade and flour to make a damper – that's it. It was SIMPLE, it just needs to be SIMPLE.
• Try to be a good team member and think of others.
• Make friends with the Brett the groundsman – he finds cool rocks.
• Good friends are good company. Good company means you'll have a good camp.