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Illawarra
Rookie Camp Killalea - Nov 2004
All
clubs were invited to nominate 2 rookies to attend. The camp
aimed to bring 13 & 14 year old life savers together in
a learning environment that was fun and encouraging. The weekend
was held at the Killalea State Recreation Reserve, South of
Shellharbour.
Participants:
Amy-Leigh Perrin & Hayley Johnson - HSP, Georgia Chapman
& Ben Unwin - Thirroul, Ryan Hennessy - Bulli, Jonathan
Williams & James Hutton - Woonona, Andrew Whittaker, Samantha
Turcato, Jereme Collins & Sally Bond - Towradgi, Ashley
Kuiper, Kelly McGuinness & Shea O'Neil - Fairy Meadow,
Alexis Dengate, Emma Hales, Tegan Delves, Joel Knight &
Sam White - Wollongong City, Ben Styan, Shaun Claypole &
Anthony Luhr - Windang.
Ok
Georgia run up and hold the next run.
Stuart explains the exercise and helps the team.
Ben
Unwin walks the ladder.
Four
feet and five bodies - how do you all get over there?
Ok
teamleader, now how do we get down ?
Ben
Unwin from Thirroul takes charge and moves the team forward,
sideways, uphill or .....??
Blindfolded
it was quite difficult to make a square out of the rope. Steve
Watson from Windang led the team to make a pretty good circle
!!
Canoeing
on Minamurra Rivulet
First
a how to canoe safely briefing from Stuart and it was straight
into the Minamurra River.
Grab
a life jacket, paddle and boat and let's go.
Lovely
day for canoeing.
Ben,
Georgia & Anthony ham it up.
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"Hey
Boss we captured Georgia trying to escape by swimming the
Minimurra River!" Good work men!
Rescue
boat crew Joel Knight lends a hand.
Return
to shore! "Yes Captain!"
Orienteering
Discovery Session
"Hey
Ben do you know anyone who can use a compass?" asks Georgia.
"Gerald is a bit of a legend when it comes to the compass!"
replied Ben. "We should ask him to help us!"
All
that compass work has sure given me a large appetite!
Rainforest
Exploration
Just
on dusk Stuart shows us a small pocket of nearby rainforest
and by playing amplified bird noises from his mini disk player
he attracts some local birdlife in. Cool...!
As
nightfall came the wildlife increased.
"Ahh,
no sleep, running around all night, hope this breakfast makes
up for that !"
Sunday
Morning Surf and Beach Activities
"Broken
collar bone or not I am having some fun!"
Going,
going.......
Gooone
!!
All
n all a great time was had by all. No injuries, no sleep,
great food .....looking forward to next year. We are planning
to camp down on the spit at Killalea next year and take all
rookies & all rookie coordinators from all clubs. Many
thanks to Stuart from Killalea for organising and leading
many of the activities.
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Previous
Editions of Life Saving News
02/03
No.1,
No.2, No.3, No.4,
No.5, No.6,
No.7, No.8,
No.9, AOE
03/04
No12, Christmas
News, No.14,
No.15,
No.16, AOE,
04/05
No 17, No
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