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 TRUS​T 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.​