NARMBOOL ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOVERY CAMPS
Suggested program 1
Walking with Eagles
Suggested program 2
Make or Break
Seven Dams investigation
Suggested program 3
Not Just Beating Around the Bush
Bush Skill Program
Suggested program 4
Listen to Country
Indigenous Program
Suggested Program 1:
Walking with Eagles
Day 1
The first day is for getting to know the accommodation, learning centre and environment of Narmbool. The goal is to develop skills and safe procedures in the field that will be important in the students’ experience at Narmbool. A short walk along the Echidna Track and playing some introductory games will help students to relax, gain confidence in their environment and prepare for their program.
Schedule:
· Arrive and settle into rooms.
· Lodge orientation and Induction with Campus Manager
· Lunch BYO
· Health and Safety on the Farm and in the Bush
· Eco Games
· Afternoon tea
· Echidna trail
· Evening Meal
· Stargazing
Day 2
Students begin their program on the Walking with Eagles track and explore the ways elements in the ecosystem are interrelated and how important those relationships are to the biodiversity of the property. Students walk in teams of ten along the marked walking tracks and stop for detailed examination of selected sites. Students start to make sense of the environment and to interpret their understandings, thoughts and findings in a creative way. On returning to the Lodge students will be supplied with tools and materials to create a response to their experiences in the field.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Briefing and time for students to choose their preferred Creating Connections medium_(see attached list of sample options)
· Organise backpacks, water bottles and comfortable hiking shoes and clothes.
· Walk to Manna’s Outstation to start the Eagle Track (and have morning tea)
· Walking with the Eagles trail
· Lunch in the field
· Return walk to Lodge for afternoon tea.
· Creating Connections
· Evening meal
Day 3
Students can consolidate their understanding of the interconnectedness of things in nature, some of the challenges of managing land in a sustainable way, and their own responses to the experience of being at Narmbool.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Pack luggage and tidy rooms
· Exhibition time
· Morning tea
· Food Web Challenge
· GOHK-BAH-LAH NARPAL
· Lunch and depart
Suggested Program 2:
Make or Break
Seven Dams investigation
Day 1
The first day is for getting to know the accommodation, learning centre and environment of Narmbool. The goal is to develop skills and safe procedures in the field that will be important in the students’ experience at Narmbool. A short walk along the Echidna Track and playing some introductory games will help students to relax, gain confidence in their environment and prepare for their program.
Schedule:
· Arrive and settle into rooms.
· Lodge orientation and Induction with Campus Manager
· Lunch BYO
· Health and Safety on the Farm and in the Bush
· Eco Games
· Afternoon tea
· Echidna trail
· Evening Meal
· Stargazing
Day 2
On day two students will explore the Narmbool property with lots of walking. Students will visit Manna’s Outstation and then conduct an investigation of the Seven Dams Conservation Area. On returning to the Lodge students will have time to get creative using modelling clay or creating puppets.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Organise backpacks, water bottles and comfortable hiking shoes and clothes.
· Walk to Manna’s Outstation and have morning tea.
· Walk to Seven Dams Conservation Area for lunch
· Seven Dams Investigation
· Lunch in the field
· Return walk to Narmbool Lodge.
· Afternoon tea at Lodge
· Creative Critters workshop OR Puppetry workshop.
· Evening Meal
Day 3
Students can consolidate their understanding of the interconnectedness of things in nature, some of the challenges of managing land in a sustainable way, and their own responses to the experience of being at Narmbool.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Pack luggage and tidy rooms
· Exhibition time
· Morning tea
· Food Web Challenge
· GOHK-BAH-LAH NARPAL
· Lunch and depart
Suggested Program 3:
Not Just Beating Around the Bush
Bush Skill Program - (Not available in fire season)
Day 1
The first day is for getting to know the accommodation, learning centre and environment of Narmbool. The goal is to develop skills and safe procedures in the field that will be important in the students’ experience at Narmbool. A short walk along the Echidna Track and playing some introductory games will help students to relax, gain confidence in their environment and prepare for their program.
Schedule:
· Arrive and settle into rooms.
· Lodge orientation and Induction with Campus Manager
· Lunch BYO
· Health and Safety on the Farm and in the Bush
· Eco Games
· Afternoon tea
· Echidna trail
· Evening Meal
· Stargazing
Day 2
Students travel to Tea-Tree Gully Bush Camp and experience the surrounding bushland. The Tea Tree Gully Bush Camp provides shelter and a place to cook or warm up. Students will learn how to read the land and find the signs of what lives in the bush. The day in the bush culminates in students taking responsibility for themselves and their team-mates in the Great Bush Challenge.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Organise backpacks, water bottles and comfortable hiking shoes and clothes.
· Bus to White’s Hill
· Walk from White’s Hill to Tea-tree bush camp
· Morning tea
· Scats and Tracks
· Basic Navigation
· Lunch
· The Great Bush Challenge
· Walk to White’s Hill and bus back to Lodge
· Evening Meal
Day 3
Students can consolidate their understanding of the interconnectedness of things in nature, some of the challenges of managing land in a sustainable way, and their own responses to the experience of being at Narmbool.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Pack luggage and tidy rooms
· Exhibition time
· Morning tea
· Food Web Challenge
· GOHK-BAH-LAH NARPAL
· Lunch and depart
Suggested Program 4:
Listen to Country
Indigenous Program (limited availability)
Day 1
The first day is for getting to know the accommodation, learning centre and environment of Narmbool. The goal is to develop skills and safe procedures in the field that will be important in the students’ experience at Narmbool. A short walk along the Echidna Track and playing some introductory games will help students to relax, gain confidence in their environment and prepare for their program.
Schedule:
· Arrive and settle into rooms.
· Lodge orientation and Induction with Campus Manager
· Lunch BYO
· Health and Safety on the Farm and in the Bush
· Eco Games
· Afternoon tea
· Echidna trail
· Evening Meal
· Stargazing
Day 2
Students walk a track which explores the relationship of Indigenous people have with country. Students play Indigenous games, learn how Indigenous people tell stories and history through their art, and . role play -aspects of the untold history of Colonisation/Invasion in Australia. . Students will gain a better understanding of the importance of land , for Australia’s Indigenous people and their culture.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Organise backpacks, water bottles and comfortable hiking shoes and clothes.
· Bus to White’s Hill
· Walk from White’s Hill to Tea-tree bush camp
· Scats and Tracks
· Morning tea
· Close Contact
· Lunch
· Indigenous games
· Walk to White’s Hill and catch bus to Lodge
· Afternoon tea
· Indigenous art workshop
Day 3
Students can consolidate their understanding of the interconnectedness of things in nature, some of the challenges of managing land in a sustainable way, and their own responses to the experience of being at Narmbool.
Schedule:
· Breakfast
· Pack luggage and tidy rooms
· Exhibition time
· Morning tea
· Food Web Challenge
· GOHK-BAH-LAH NARPAL
· Lunch and depart