Hi guys its Tina
here. Just letting you all know that this will be my last blog entry for the
year. I will be giving you an update on all the exciting things we’ve been up
to since my last blog entry. We have been on our last two week Agriculture trip
to Gibb River Station and recently completed our Abseiling camp at Carlton
Gorge and Coolomon Creek.
Our Agriculture
Camp at Gibb River Station from the 27th of July to the 7th
of August. During this time we did fencing, which included finishing our fence
around a gravel pit, building functional gates for the muster and building a
fence around the community shop to keep the dogs out. We also looked after the
cattle that were in the yards, ensuring they had plenty of water and feed. The
KEFL crew helped built a wooden fence around the new shop, this was to stop the
dogs from entering the area, and we built a fence around the gravel pit to stop
animals from injuring themselves in that area.
During our time
out at Gibb we spent time with the new horses, making sure we did all the
ground work, to get them used to people so the community could use them for
work. We helped the local community members get ready for Mukka’s funeral by
cleaning up the community and preparing food. During this sad time we made sure
everything was under control and that the food was sorted for the day. We got
to camp out at Flat Rock a scared site and enjoy the running water and
tranquility of the place. As our two week camp was coming to an end we slowly
packed up our gear and said our goodbyes to the community, we have put in a
huge amount of work at the station over the past few years, and it was great to
see the end result. My time going out on our camps has been a tough journey for
me. I learnt things that I never knew before, like fencing and all things
safety, especially how to handle myself and others around cattle in the yards. I
want to thank Michael Jeffery and the Gibb River Station mob for a great two
years of training.
On the 16th,
17th and 18th of September, all of the year 12s, Audas
and Maka went on our last Outdoor Ed camp up at Coolomon Creek Camp ran by
Maka, our instructor. We travelled out to camp in Crocodilly (Maka’s crocodile
shaped boat) on Wednesday morning. We stopped off at the Spillway and decided
to complete a bush walking challenge, our aim was to navigate around a series
of hills and make it back to the boat. At this time we didn’t have any maps so
we made our own route, making decisions based on the landscape and landforms we
sited. We found a pretty impressive creek bed (dry) and followed that all the
way back to the river – during the wet there would be some pretty impressive
swimming spots at this location. This was a pretty challenging activity, but
was also rewarding and fun. We arrived at camp and had lunch. Maka decided to
take us on another Bush Walk to a very special location. We headed up a creek that
was right next to our camp, this is where we made our own route to find a
beautiful swimming spot, which consisted of a waterfall and waterhole that is
all year flowing. This bush walk was a privilege for us as Maka doesn’t really
talk people up there.
The next day we
headed up the river in Crocodilly to build our flying fox across Carlton Gorge.
The flying fox was about 160m long and we created it using a pulley system,
this took a massive team effort to achieve the tensile required to hold the
weight of us students. I didn’t have a go of the flying fox because I was
scared, standing on the edge of a 35m cliff was intense and I decided not to do
it. Later that day I did the abseil off a 30m small cliff into the water, this
was a different experience as we had to unclip in the water and swim to the
boat. The day was spent out on the lake abseiling, doing the flying fox and
swimming, I really enjoyed myself. On our last day we did a 55m abseil off
Carlton Gorge. After this abseil we went back to camp to pack up to get ready
to go back into town. On the way back in we stopped at Jump Rock and I was
super proud that I jumped with Audas, even though I was scared and screamed the
whole way down. It has been so much fun and such a challenge over the past two
years in Outdoor Education, I want to thank Maka and Audas for all the
experiences, and I will treasure these memories.
What I loved about
KEFL over the past two years was going out on Outdoor Education and Agriculture
camps and completing my School Based Traineeship at the Ewin Centre. When I
graduate from school I will be employed full time at the Ewin Centre where I
will complete my certificate III in child services. In the future I would like
to do more study and hopefully attend University and study Early Childhood
Education. Achieving my goals in getting full time employment after school was
a big highlight for me and graduating school with my WACE.
I would like to
thank Natasha Cross for her support with my traineeship and helping me get
employment with The Ewin Early Learning Centre. I also would like to thank
Michael and Maka for their ongoing support on our outdoor activities, thank you
for allowing us to go on these adventures and experience new things. A big big
thank you to Miss Audas, she has done an amazing job with her support and
teaching towards us, thank you for putting up with everything and always being
there for me and being the best teacher she could be.
Until next time…
Justina x
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