My Trip to Jindabyne
The trip to
Jindabyne with my Summer school, from 9th to 11th of
January, was very tiring but I had a lot of fun. We stayed at the Jindabyne
Sport and Recreation Centre for two nights and did many activities, which were
very challenging for me.
We arrived
by bus on Wednesday after a long bus drive of about three hours. I think most
of the people, myself included, slept most of the time, because the bus started
at 7.30 am at Lake Ginninderra College and picked up different students at
three other stations, so we were all very tired. We stopped at Cooma for about
20 minutes to go to the toilet and eat some crisps or fruit.
At 11.00 am
we arrived at the camp and got a small instruction on the rules of the camp.
After that we were allowed to have a look in our rooms and unpack some things.
The lunch we got at 12.15 was very nice. We got Fish and Chips, but also some
salad and fruit. We returned to our rooms and changed for the first activities.
We were divided into two groups. One group did a high ropes course and the
other group, like me, went canoeing. Joy, Jennifer and I went together in one
boat. We had a lot of fun, especially when three boys fell in the water and one
of them lost his shoe. We drove back to the camp in a small bus and had some
free time to take a shower and change the dirty clothes. When the other group
was finished with their high ropes course we got dinner and played many funny
games with Jen. So the first day was done and we were all very tired and felt
asleep very quickly.
On the
second day in Jindabyne we went to the top of Mount Kosciusko. We left at 9.00
am to go to Thredbo, so we needed to wake up early and have something for
breakfast. When we arrived at Thredbo we went up the mountain on a chairlift for
a few kilometres. At the beginning of the chairlift ride I was a bit scared but
we had lots of fun and a beautiful view of the ground. We climbed up a bit more
than 6 km to the top and went back down all the way to the Chairlift. We put on
a lot sunscreen every hour, but nevertheless
I got
a bit sunburned in the face. The walk up was very exhausting but once we
reached the top it was an overwhelming feeling. We ate some lunch and took some
pictures. As I went to the edge and looked down in the valley I got a bit dizzy
but you got a wonderful view. The way back wasn’t that tiring. I taught Pearl
some German and we talked a lot about our home countries and the people in
Australia. I taught Pearl the numbers from “one to ten” (eins, zwei, drei,
vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun und zehn) and “Hello. I’m Pearl” (Hallo.
Ich bin Pearl). We want back to the Chairlift and back to Thredbo. Joy and I
bought a Coca-Cola and went back to the bus. After our arrival in the camp
Pearl and I wanted to be the first ones to take a shower so we ran into our
room, grabbed our things, ran back to the bathroom and took a shower. After we
had lunch we were able to choose an activity. Some went rock climbing and some
played soccer or basketball, but we just sat outside, listened to some music
and talked. We had some supper and soon fell asleep.
On the last
day my group did the high ropes course and although I have done that a few
times at home, I was still scared of the different tasks. However I did the
second floor completely. Some of the other students stopped after they climbed
up the ladder and some stopped after the first task. Joy, Mark, Trung and Wally
helped me a few times to figure out how to go on but once I started the tasks
were very easy. Just the task with the tyres on the rope was very difficult to
manage for me and I had lots of problems. I was very proud when I was back on
the ground. We had some very nice burgers with chicken for lunch which we ate
fast and got back in the bus to drive home.
When we got
back to back at Lake Ginninderra College I had to wait for my uncle to pick me
up. I waited at the McCafé next to the College and had some time to think about
the trip.
All in all they
were some very exhausting days but I met lots of new nice people and gained
many new experiences and I’m very proud of myself because I tried everything. I
didn’t expected that but I really “had a go”.
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