Beware - Kids on Tour
Submitted: Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 19:00
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Holden4th
Just an advisory that 104 children and 13 adults are just about to invade Matilda Country.
Our Year 6 school tour takes off for
Winton at 5:30 am on Wednesday morning in two buses and two support vehicles (one of them
mine). We get to
Mitchell on Wednesday night and
camp there before spending a couple of nights at a VP in
Longreach. After that it's two nights in
Winton's Matilda VP before a long day's journey to
Emerald for an overnighter. Then onto
Yeppoon for two nights before heading back to the
Gold Coast.
Our students are fine
young people and this
heritage tour is part of their education. We apologise in advance if you're in one of the parks when we arrive en masse but we promise to be as quiet as possible.
Reply By: nsngood - Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 21:49
Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 21:49
Sounds like fun.
Dont make them be to quiet, least if they are noisy you can locate them easily lol
Good luck
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Reply By: Member - Porl - Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 22:05
Monday, Jul 14, 2008 at 22:05
I agree, a long time ago, but if it's yr 6 and you can't giggle, it ain't fun. Very important to let them be kids I think, gee whiz, it all changes for them in 18 months big time.
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Reply By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:23
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:23
Having taken that age group on excursions to all sorts of
places for years, can I offer you all the luck in the world :)) No amount of planning and preparation can cover everything, and it's only the professionalism of the attending staff that will make it enjoyable for all.
I certainly hope that the parents and other staff at the school appreciate the effort.
I know that the kids will have a ball. I just hope that you guys manage to get some sleep :))))
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Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:48
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:48
If you don't already know about it there is a very interesting little area for the kids behind the outdoor truck museum at
Winton. It's just over the rail tracks from the CP. This area is for kids (big & small) to make music by banging on various size and shaped containers or 'plucking' a wire fence.
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Follow Up By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 15:29
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 15:29
Ahhh...so that's where Elvis went to? :))) I knew he'd left the building, but.....
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 16:38
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 16:38
They even have tiered seating ready for 'The return' !
Seriously though, it's a real neat setup. The sunroof over one part of the fence is constructed as a sound box and any vibration of the fence wire is amplified. Even a breeze is enough to make a high pitch (and pleasant) sound.
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Follow Up By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 16:51
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 16:51
Just the thing to give an ex chalkie nightmares :))
I once took 300 kids on a walk through a
park near
Central Station in
Sydney...I can't even begin to describe some of the "excitement" the kids had there...the inhabitants were...umm...unusual to say the least. :((
I know that some school in the US sends kids out to
Longreach every year on excursion. They're pretty
well dressed and individual resources don't seem to be a problem....
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Reply By: Ben W - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 15:37
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 15:37
Only one school I know of that goes out that way - ABPC (I was there for 11 years).
Good luck and I hope the kids enjoy it!
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 16:39
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 16:39
Did you graduate after the eleventh year ? :-))
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Reply By: Holden4th - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 18:34
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 18:34
Ben (I assume it's Weber) - you got it in one. We're still doing it though there is no 'Bill' anymore. We'ree looking forward to this trip and we take off at 5:00 am tomorrow morning. Maybe Bill will be out there somewhere?
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Follow Up By: Ben W - Monday, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:13
Monday, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:13
Yep, that's me, not quite sure who is on the other end but I'd probably get it in a couple of guesses.
It is a shame that Bill won't be out on the trip (or those to come) with them but you never know, paths do cross and I'm sure they'll still have a blast. No doubt he'll be out there somewhere with the tinnie and a couple of fishing rods, I'm just glad that he's getting the time to enjoy it now.
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