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Lithgow Sport & Recreation Camp

Year 11 students were fortunate to be given the opportunity to participate in 10 day Sport and Rec Outdoor Recreation program TVET course endorsed by the board of studies.  20 students from Marsden High School enrolled to participate in the program.

 

 

On the 23rd September 2011 we all met in the morning at Strathfield station. We travelled by train to Lithgow and met first leaders, Steve, Peta and Claire at Lithgow train station. The leaders took us back to Lithgow TAFE by bus where we packed the trailer and headed of to Lake Lyle campsite.

 

 Lithgow 2011

 

 

 

On the way to the campsite the trailers brakes broke which left us by the roadside while they tried to fix it. During this time George was patting local wildlife. The trailer was not able to be fixed so we had to travel back to the TAFE where we got pizza for dinner. Then the new trailer arrived and we all headed to the campsite setting up our tents in the dark. This was the start of our week long adventure.

 

 First day at the campsite had all of us doing safety training to make sure we were prepared for all the activities for the week. Day 2 and 3 we had heavy rain during the activities. A lot of our belongings got wet. We were canoeing for most Day 4 in two person canoes with the highlight being 2 students capsizing the leaders in the first few minutes of being in the water.  This day we were marked on our safety assessment and all passed.

 

 Day 5 we met our new leaders Pepper and Tom where we did rock climbing attached to safety ropes as well as Day 6.   Day 7 we did horizontal canyoning. We were wearing wetsuits and helmets while bushwalking and at times swimming in cold water.  On Day 8 we bushwalked down to a canyon where we swam in a waterhole and all of us attempted the duckdive to the bottom of  what they call ‘love heart' pool about 4 metres to the bottom to touch the rocky sandy bottom, it was freezing cold  but we were all successful!

 

Day 9 we stayed at the campsite and packed up,   Day 10 we headed back to Lithgow TAFE to unpack all the gear and then headed back to Sydney by Train.  Overall a great camp, we had a great time and best of all we passed the course.

 

Tim Caldwell