School Camps & Outdoor Education

Girls

Lady Northcote Camp

Emphasis is placed on social activities at camp in a comfortable environment with the Year 4 students leading and supporting the Year 3 students. Outdoor adventure activities include: orienteering, hiking, archery, giant swing and bush craft.

Boys

Camp Manyung 

Emphasis is placed on social activities at camp in a comfortable environment with the Year 4 students leading and supporting the Year 3 students. Outdoor adventure activities include: orienteering, hiking, archery, giant swing and bush craft.

Sovereign Hill 

Overnight stay at Sovereign Hill where activities include a gold mine tour, educational sessions complimenting the unique Goldfields environment, attending the Aura Night Show.

Phillip Island Surf Camp

Students learn to surf, enjoy boogie boarding, participate in a beach carnival and enjoy the sights of Phillip Island.

Canberra 

Complimenting their study on Government, the girls and boys attend Parliament in session and visit places of national importance such as the War Memorial, National Gallery and Questacon. Flying to and from Canberra, students spend three nights at the Greenhillls Centre.

Iluka Lodge 

This Aquatics camp is located at Shoreham with a focus on building relationships with peers and staff. Students spend half the time at a campsite participating in aquatic experiences such as stand-up paddle boarding, snorkeling, swimming adventure and surfing. The other half of the camp is in tents at a bush campsite where students are introduced to the journeying concept of OE, including cycling bushwalking and tree climbing.  These fundamental skills and experiences are the foundations for future journeys and expeditions.

The Grampians

Students journey through a range of challenge-based activities, camping at a variety of sites within the Northern Grampians. This camp develops a greater level of responsibility for self, and develops a sense of empathy and teamwork towards others. Students immersed in the natural environment with minimal facilities, promotes resourcefulness and resilience. Activities include: initiative challenge, bike riding, rock climbing and hiking. This camp is organised with a girls and boys departure date.

Outdoor Education Program

The overarching theme of Year 9 is Challenge. Students apply the fundamental skills gained in previous camps and through three unique camp experiences build resilience, independence a sense of achievement in self and team. The camps include:

The Great Ocean Walk

Students bushwalk along the iconic Great Ocean Walk on this five- day/four-night camp.

Winter Camp

Based in the Mansfield area in accommodation, this camp includes five-days of high country winter activities: rafting, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, bushwalking and an adventure race.

Summer Expedition

A variety of locations and experiences in Victoria are offered to students to spend five days with a specific focus on a specific activity.

World Challenge

This extra-curricular experience is held at the end of the School year and is open to students in Years 9, 10 and 11. Recent destinations have included Nepal and Cambodia. Read about our students experience in Cambodia 2023 . Students raise money for the trip and make leadership decisions on aspects of the experience. Read more about World Challenge.

Deakin University Geelong – Transition to Year 11 Camp

All Year 10 students spend three exciting days on campus at Deakin University’s Waterfront Campus. Rotating through a variety of sessions, students experience University and TAFE life, participate in practical sessions of careers of interest and form an understanding of their future beyond Year 12.

Transition to Year 12 Conference

Students learn how to create a balanced life during Year 12. This three-day non-residential Conference is held at the end of Year 11 as students are preparing for Year 12. Students attend workshops and hear from inspirational speakers with the aim of creating a greater awareness about important social issues in our modern society and strategies to support their academic learning and wellbeing.