This term we went to Toonallook. Toonallook is located near the South Gippsland lakes and it would get really hot there during the day and freezing cold at night.

On the first day when we arrived, stinking hot and full of energy, we were welcomed to Toonallook by an array of different plants. Later, after some free time, we had scones with jam and cream and fresh fruit. After we found out our tents, we did a photo rally. We were given clues and we had to find different landmarks and record a letter combination that was on the landmark. The aim was to get as many combinations as possible within an hour. I was in a team with Keira and Matilda but we didn’t win the photo rally.

The next day we did kayaking and bike riding. We were split up into groups that we would be doing activities in for the rest of the week. My group did bike riding first which was good because we were riding when it was less hot. After bike riding we had lunch. When we had finished lunch we went kayaking. It wasn’t easy because Christian was my partner and he was not helping a lot. We got to go for a swim after we had been kayaking which was really fun. That night we went camping. Matilda and I were in a tent together and we couldn’t find out why we had so many leaves in our tent! We sat around the camp fire and played a game called Empires. I had over 10 people in my empire. Then we went for a night walk and threw sand in the sea. That made it sparkle or glow.

On Thursday we did fishing and bike riding again. My group went fishing first. We took a super fun boat ride to a place called Paynesville. We didn’t catch any fish but we caught lots of jellyfish. When we went bike riding it was really hot so I was a bit fainty. The bike ride was still really fun though and we saw lots of koalas.

On Friday, we woke and saw the sunrise. It was amazing. Also, Mrs.De Pavia took some photos of a kangaroo and her Joey. Later, we did the Toona Challenge. We had to do a dance, a bike riding race, drawing competition, charades and a beach race. My group won the Toona Challenge by 1 point. After the Toona Challenge, we packed up and headed home on the bus.

The best activity for me would be the kayaking because I really enjoyed being on the water and swimming afterwards. The most challenging thing at Toonallook would be coping with the heat because it got really hot. The PLA I used the most would be Collaboration because the activities that we did needed a lot of teamwork.

What was your favourite camp and why?