Today everyone had an awesome lesson in the aboriginal culture. We learnt about some of the native plants and which plants you can eat when they are ripe. Michael tried an unripe pigface (berry) and spat it out within seconds. “They tasted horrible.” The people who came down here to share their culture were Kylie and Susan. Kylie and Susan showed us a native plant which they used for soap. They showed us what they used to catch river eels and fish. They placed rocks around a funnel sort of shape and scared all the fish into a basket which is an ingenious idea. They did this by scaring all the fish and eels into the basket while they were splashing the water and making noises. Their funnel took over 10 years to make out of strong native plants because they selected them from different places. They told us the quickest way of making the funnel was to do it while they were sitting down at the camp fire and everyone would take turns making it. The girls told us which foods they’d eat at a ceremony. The Aborigines would’ve eaten abalone, eel, crayfish and mussels. They told us about how different boomerang were used for different types of hunting, the long boomerangs were used to kill birds and come down from the tree. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed listening to Kylie and Susan and looking at the tools, basket, funnel and clap sticks.
By Michael - Wonthaggi SC and Annika - Swifts Creek School |
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On Tuesday core 2 had presentation skills. We all learnt how to present a successful presentation. Everyone brought something personal and important to them and presented it to their expo team. Some people talked about people, others talked about places and then there was one who made up a story; quite a funny one I might add. He picked up a rock from the ground outside and pretended it was his lucky rock and made up all the things it protected him from. They were all interesting because everyone was passionate about what they were talking about and enjoyed it. Although one of our favourites was Dana’s because she talked about how much her friend trusted her with the teddy bear that she was given.
By Amy and Jordan - Trafalgar HS |
1A were all over the moon to finally get to Dock Inlet after a hot, never ending walk on the beach for 8km. You would not be surprised but not long after this photo we all went for a refreshing swim in the fresh water lake behind us.
Ella H-Wonthaggi SC |
Today was our second rest day and 19 of us went out surfing this morning on the East Cape. Everyone caught some gnarly waves and had a great time. Some people even got smashed by the waves, which gave the rest of us many laughs. For lunch we had dim-sims. This afternoon 10 people went fishing while the rest stayed back and watched ‘Tomorrow When the War Began’. It was a good day.
Ace -Viewbank College and Dana - Sunbury Downs SC |
Today was a very interesting and challenging day. It began at 6:33 in the morning as my alarm sounded and from there, I ate breakfast and was then called into the meeting room to help today’s student leaders. Everyone then met back at 9:00 for headcount and the student leaders Jess and Preston introduced themselves. Being a student leader is very tough as I had experienced the role the day before, so I could understand how they were feeling. My first class of the morning was Expo Skills, in which we learn skills that will help us throughout our Expo’s. It was going along well when we came to a fork in the road and had a discussion…..
As you may have guessed, the discussion was based around whether to turn left or right, and after a few minutes of chat, we turned left! After 5 minutes of walking, alarm bells were ringing in my head that we may have gone the wrong way, I voiced this but instead the team decided to continue. What eventuated was a 3km walk when instead (as our teachers have now told us) should have been a 150m walk if we had turned right!!! This treacherous walk included cuts to knees, smacks in the face from bushes, prickles from spiky bushes and the walk became a constant grind of energy. When we finally reached the road, we were glad to see there was only one way to go and this eventually led us to the lookout where we had Lunch. The walk back along the power lines was tough as well but we were now well seasoned professionals. After returning to campus we were able to chill and sing Sam a happy birthday song as today is his birthday! All in all today has been a great day and I can’t wait for the many more to follow!
Max - Diamond Valley College |
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