New Zealand Adventure

The Year 10 camp programme this year provided the opportunity for a group of 40 students to venture across the Tasman and partake in an adventure-filled week based in Queenstown, New Zealand. Over five days our group experienced a range of adrenaline-pumping activities, beginning with a magical day skiing at the world-renowned Coronet Peak. Then our boys battled through challenging white water, rafting along the Kawarau River. This provided many spills and thrills with a few of the boys making an unscheduled plunge into its freezing waters. Continuing our adventure, the group’s nerves were tested by jet-boating through snow-capped mountains up the Dart River at speeds of up to 85 kilometres per hour in water as shallow as 10 centimetres. The leisurely paddle back down stream through “Paradise” was nothing short of breathtaking as the boys looked on in awe of their surroundings, made famous as the backdrop in recent blockbuster movies. By night, the group experienced the culture of New Zealand, participating in a Kiwi Haka show, with Luke Brownhill the stand out, being named our honorary ‘chief’. The picturesque mountain ranges were equally as stunning on the return flight home, the perfect way to end what was a unique opportunity to broaden our horizons. Mr David Alexander