The big kids were awesome at setting up their own tent.
Willow had his birthday on camp. Happy Birthday, Willow.
Ben on a ripstik.
What a great place to go on camp.
March 2009
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After |
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Kath and Liz - beats a tarp in the outback! |
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Konaquin heroically did all the shopping for this camp and gets the "first time we ever only went to the shop once on camp" award. |
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Rose and Violet set up camp. |
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Violet wins the "most improved ripstikker" award. |
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The big kids were awesome at setting up their own tent.
Willow had his birthday on camp. Happy Birthday, Willow. |
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That's a very long tent pole for Aquilla, but it was a pretty cool tent. |
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Jade smacks in the tent peg with plenty of supervision. |
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Done. |
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"Neatest, cleanest and most well appointed tent thanks to their next door neighbour" award is, of course, for Min, Liam and Anita. |
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Cove and Phoenix |
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Brett |
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Ebony and Konaquin win the "best morning hair look-a-like" award. |
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Evie |
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The gang and the stump |
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Liam wanted to go swimming - in the pool. |
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Otis and Minna |
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Noah |
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Tom is clearly the winner in the "best storyteller to make Mr Strong sound so mesmerising to kids, young and old" award. |
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Suddenly... |
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Cove and Phoenix with the totem tennis. |
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Ben, Jade and Callam. |
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Here is Zac climbing the tree with Connor and John. |
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Close up. |
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Carnie and Cove |
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Jacob up the tree - all the space to play was great. |
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The other (little kids) gang. |
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I am not sure whether Tom would be employed at the official ANZAC Day Parade but it worked for us! Grub's up. |
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William |
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Violet, cooking her own pancake. Liz and Rachel get the award for "most heroic pancake making". |
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Food was delicious. |
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Phoenix and all the kids get the award for "looking after themselves". |
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Pancakes.... mmmm |
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Breakfast |
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Konaquin's bunny ears were a cheerful sight. |
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Fran |
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Yum yum |
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Harry, Ben and Callam do their dishes. |
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The mega sandhill was a favoured spot. Here is Rachel dragging kids DOWN the hill. Ben gets the "most keen to help the little kids in his team get to the top of the hill to win the scavenger hunt" award, by pulling and carting them UP the hill. |
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Ariane |
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Connor running down the hill. |
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Katie |
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Little kids at the caves; Liam, Indi, Zac, John and Connor. |
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Crystal Cave |
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Original shafts. |
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Cait and Twilight |
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Broken cave formations. |
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Duck |
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What's down there? |
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A mother kangaroo at Yanchep National Park. |
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A mother and her joey. |
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Koala |
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Connor, Zac, Lily and John looking for koalas. |
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Ariane gets the "most optimistic about finding a barbeque that works and getting the sausages cooked to feed the ravening hoards" award, after cleaning the FOURTH barbeque. |
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The pool wins the "most popular attraction" award. I know we didn't do any bombies or run around the pool, or engage in rough play, because that was written on the sign and we always follow the rules. That is why I can't give Harry the "best bombie" award. |
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Cait and Carnie. |
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Fran, supervising at the pool. |
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It's cool when you get out. |
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Aeron will be a sports star one day. |
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Ben and Aquilla hang out at the tennis courts. |
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Ariane gets a serve in. |
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Ben puts some top spin on his forehand. |
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Callam lines one up. |
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Harry too. |
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Jade goes for a serve. |
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Kath and Ben. |
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Geraldine and Callam are winners of the "champion tennis doubles partners" award, though they got a good run for their money from Tom "dive for it" Francas and Jade "shoes?" Stevenson-Marsh. |
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Tom |
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Ben on a ripstik.
What a great place to go on camp. |