Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Wow, what a day! The boys returned from solo in the morning, most of the boys enjoyed it much more than they thought they would. We all set off to Coomba Falls for abseiling and a swim. The abseiling was tough at first but with a little encouragement everyone gave it a go. The wall was 18 metres. Tomorrow is Binga Challenge which is going to be great and will be one of the highlights of the last week of Binga.
Christiaan, Jacob H and Tom S.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
This morning the girls returned from their solo camp nice and early as the boys were preparing for theirs. The girls went on their first proper horse riding trail ride and also finalised the 9D Mt Binga T-shirts. We got to successfully complete our 9D compost bay. Miss Von Berky had to go out especially for two of the boys who had left their campout food behind.
Tanya, Kate and Genevieve
Version 2 Monday 23 November 2009
Hello everyone back home, hope you’re all having loads of fun back home without us.
Early this morning the girls set out for a lone adventure into the world of solos while us boys back at camp saddled up our horses and began our last horse riding session for the camp.
With our horses saddled up and ready to go, the boys set out on an adventure into the vast bush scrub that surrounds the camp. While some may have been intimidated by the large animal carrying them, we persevered and came out the other end, happy and proud with the achievement we just made.
After horse riding, the boys tore into their lunch, leaving nothing uneaten. Full and ready, we gathered in the quadrangle. Separated into groups and assigned to a job and a teacher to work with. Some students drove large block splitters into wood, others cleaned out the chook pen and the lucky ones got to work on the compost bay our class is building.
Overall it was a great day and the boys had a load of fun. There were some tough times throughout the day but we all prevailed.
Jacob, Nic and Andrew
Monday, 23 November 2009
Greetings fellow earthlings, hope you’re having fun in the normal world.
By the time all the girls had gone out on their solos the guys had already started their last horse riding session.
On the horse ride the guys went on through vicious fighting bush scrub and wild trees. After the amazing battle all the guys were forced to do some hard project work, cutting wood, cleaning the chook pen and making another compost bay to finish Faith’s 2009 contribution to the vegie garden.
Jacob, Nic and Andrew
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Today was a very hot day, while people were finishing off their washing, the rest were enjoying their free time. As it was very hot and most of us were out in the sun, Mr Greiger treated us by bringing out the sprinkler. Most of us went to get wet. To make things more fun we brought a tarp out and made it really wet and started sliding down it. Today was a fun and exciting day.
Emily, Mikayla and Nic.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Today we started off the day with a Saturday cleanup. The rest of the day was spent relaxing after a fun but challenging week. We also had time to write letters and wash clothes. Overall, it was a very relaxing day.
Jess, Rick and Michael
Friday, 20 November 2009
Today the boys started off with saddling up their horses and getting ready to ride. In pairs they chose who was riding first and who was riding second. After a 15 minute break the first group of riders headed off while the second group of riders did wood chopping and gardening.
After morning tea the second group of riders went off while the first group did the same jobs. After riding around the circuit we finished off with a trail ride through the bush.
The girls started off the day getting introduced to the low ropes and then going around the circuit. After low ropes the girls had to face Adrian’s wall but managed to get everyone over quickly.
Ashley, Taylor and Thomas
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