Thomas Chulung

Term one in KEFL was really fun and exciting and here are some of the things we got up too!

In term one, every Wednesday we went canoeing at swim beach or other locations around Lake Kununurra, we practiced paddling strokes, our t-rescue, which is when 2 people flip over with their canoe and then another 2 people rescue them by using their canoe. Every Wednesday when we go canoeing we also practice doing  different types of canoeing strokes such as the J stroke, the sweep stroke, the stern rudder, the draw stroke and the low brace. We also have been practicing tying different types of knots, so we know how to tie the canoes up properly onto the trailer. We are doing all of this canoeing practice for a reason, because on Wednesday the 28^th and Thursday the 29^th of May the whole KEFL class are going on a 2 day canoeing camp from the Lake Argyle dam wall, 25km down Coolamon Creek to the Go Wild Adventure Tours campsite. I am really looking forward to this camp and have set a few personal goals for myself: working well with my canoeing partner, good communication and completing the distance without coming last. I am also looking forward to the water activities and the flying fox.

In the last week of term one the KEFL class went out to Gibb River Station to start their Certificate II in Agriculture. They completed a lot of fencing and other station work but unfortunately I couldn’t go because of 3 very important doctor’s appointments, which I had to go to on the same week as the camp, I was pretty disappointed that a couldn’t go.

Once we have completed the canoeing/kayaking camp we start Mountain Bike Riding for Outdoor Education. We will ride various off road tracks around Kununurra. The biking riding component will end with a 3 day camp, riding along Parry Creek Road from Kununurra to Wyndham approximately 100km. This will be a fairly tough ride, but I am looking forward to improving my fitness and having fun on the camp. We are also going back to Gibb river station in week 7 and 8 for another camp but for 2 weeks this time. So it’s going to be a much longer camp, which means more work and I am definitely going out to this Gibb river station camp this time. I will need to catch up on fencing skills, and demonstrate that I can work well under instruction from trainer Michael Jeffery. I am looking forward to exploring the area around Gibb Station on the weekend, and meeting the Aboriginal people.

I am really excited to go on all of these camps this term because they should all be really fun. Plus we get to miss out on some school work for a couple of days and just get out of town. I am looking forward to enjoying having fun with my KEFL classmates and my teacher Ms Audas.