Year 6 Broome Camp Recount

“ Good morning Campers! “ Mrs Rolton got us out of bed and told us to get dressed then sent us to breakfast, it was our first day in Broome as a class the Girls were in Onyx and the Boys were in Joker and we had camp groups Roebuck, Gantheaume, Cable and Broome. After breakfast we had Team Building Activities, my favourite activities were the 3 way tug-of-war and toxic waste it was a blast. After that Mrs Rolton sent us to our dorms to get dressed and get ready for the Beach.

As we were walking to the Beach we could smell the fresh beach air and see the seagulls enjoying the breeze. When we got to the sand we put our boogie boards down and sat down to listen to the instructor as he told us to stay within the flags. As we were running to the water Mrs Rolton took a photo of us and it looked amazing. When we got into the water it felt so good because we don’t have a beach in Tom Price, it was so much fun.

On Tuesday afternoon we went to the Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park and there were lots of crocodiles and our tour guide was Mr John, he was really cool. We also got to hold baby hatchlings with hair ties around their nose so they couldn’t bite us. After that he told us facts about females and male crocodiles as we toured the park, along the path to the side was an enclosure that held Bluey the male crocodile and his two females. Bluey was trapped in a Victorian river after killing a horse and he was really BIG!!!  After that we went to the gift shop to buy merchandise, our visit to the crocodile park was the best highlight ever.

On Wednesday we got up and did the same thing like on Tuesday except we got into our togs and got on the bus and drove to Gantheaume Point. When we got out we had to get into single file and walked down to the beach. Eventually we reached the beach and put our stuff on the trailer and waited for the teachers instructions. After listening we got sent to the yellow poles and lined up. Once we were lined up we had a race in the water. After that we had morning tea and when we finished that we listened to the teacher again and got our boards and went out to the water and surfed the waves, it was amazing!

On Thursday we got up, got dressed and had breakfast we got on the bus did a head count and drove to Willie Creek Pearl Farm, it was a really rough road and we drove on dirt tracks.  When we eventually got there we had lunch and it was delicious. After that  the tour guide Megan told us to go and sit in the tiny show room. During the show we passed around the pearl shells and she opened up a new oyster shell and it still had its body parts and it was still alive, she told us many interesting things about pearls it was great and I got to pull the pearl out of the shell it was disgusting yet fun. After the small show we got on a boat and went to look at oysters that were still growing pearls. It was an interesting day.

On the last night we packed our bags and at 4am we got out of bed, got dressed and got our bags and waited for the bus. By the time we left it was 5:30am so we were an hour early. When we were nearly at Tom Price Mrs Rolton started an auction it was really cool. I won a jump rope and other people won some interesting prizes, it was fun. When we got home we had Roadies and then went straight to bed. It was the BEST CAMP EVER!

By: Keira