Recount of camp- Grace

It was a sunny clear calm blue sky. We drove past a sign- it had some trees and a horse on it. It said Lakes Ranch. Once we had passed it the volume of the eager children raised. Everyone was so excited- "We're here, we're at camp," the children murmured. As the bus came to a stop all the children jumped up and barged out the doors into the courtyard. We got assigned our cabins and then had free time to unpack and explore the camp. Then we had dinner and went to bed (you did the mud run!).

The crickets were chirping and the air was muggy as we did or morning jobs and then had breakfast. Now it was time for our first activity, Hells Gate, which is a day spa/bush walk/museum. I learnt about the different types of natural mud that they use for beauty treatments.  Then we did Sports. First we played soccer and then we played netball. The boys won soccer but we thrashed them in netball.  Next we were on to orienteering. We found two of the posts and the boys found three.  Then we did Archery and Air rifle shooting.   I got 45 points in archery but I didn't get and ducks down in air rifle shooting. And that was the end of the second day.

Third day, well it was a bit more challenging to get up in the morning because we had breakfast duties so we had to be in the barn at 7:30. Our first activity was water activities. We learnt lots of survival skills and had a game of water polo at the end.  Then we had the water slide which was one of my favorite activities. You slide down as fast as light and the adrenaline rush made you wanna go faster.  After we did Kayaking and raft building. kayaking was a bit boring but fun at the end, and raft building was quite stressful.

Fourth and final day of activities, we woke up and had breakfast. Maddy and I were quite tired though because we stayed up last night and talked.  Our first activity for the day was the bush walk where you had to go through the bush and find certain items.  Then we did Magic Carpet. It was the best thing ever, apart from the dust. You sped down a field sliding around corners and falling of alot from a carpet towed by a car.

On the last day of camp everyone was a bit sad because were leaving. We did our morning chores and said our thanks to all of the staff that had helped us have the best camp ever.

So that was my week of camp and it was one of the best experiences I've ever had.