Flight Update

The flight is on time and they have taken off!

Please be at the domestic terminal to collect your child at 12.30 pm.

Flight Info

Good morning everyone

The wonderful people at Air Nuigini have informed us that at present our plane is on time, so we should be leaving a 10.55 and ariving at 12.00. We are all excited to see you at 12.00 so we can tell you about all the exciting things we have been doing.

Make sure you keep an eye on our blog for any updates.

Last Day!

Monty watching the Olympics

Hi everyone,

We are all making the most of our last day in Alotau today. We will be sad to leave, even though we are excited about seeing our families again tomorrow.

This morning we continued with some of the activities we started yesterday such as canoeing and orienteering and we also all took part in the Wanigili Olympics.

Canoe Hikers and Hibiscus competing in the Wanigili Olympics



Last canoeing session

After lunch we were tested for our canoe licences. We also spent some time filling in our workbooks and practising for the camp concert tonight.

Later on, we also had a chance to buy some souvenirs as some of the local craft sellers came to the education centre to set up some stalls for us. We are pretty happy with our purchases!

 

We are trying to make the most of our last evening here and are very excited about the camp concert. Before we know it, we'll be packing our bags and on our way back to POM.

Please check the blog tomorrow morning for updates on our flight as we will let you know as soon as we hear any news of possible delays.

See you tomorrow!

Rainy Wednesday

The rain has been thrashing down most of the day but it's not stopped us!

We worked in our teams all morning and rotated between different activities. We all took part in some Initiatives - team building games, we also did either canoeing or orienteering. We will be completing the activity we missed out on tomorrow morning.

"Canoe Hikers" practising back-flips on beam

"Hibiscus" doing Tarzan impressions

"#1 Team" walking the plank

After a quick sandwich and pizza-bread lunch, we took a trip on the diner trucks to the oil palm plantation.

Having fun on the diner truck

 

At the plantation we met a nice lady called Joanne. She answered all of our questions and gave us a tour. Two interesting facts about Joanne; today is her birthday, and she is an ex-student of Murray School!

On the plantation

We're back at the education centre now and have just started preparing our team performances for the Camp Concert which will take place tomorrow. After dinner tonight we will all be outside playing night games! We're really looking forward to it!

DAY 3 - AROUND THE CAMP

After a good night's sleep, we got up and enjoyed the activities of the camp.

 Table Tennis

 Waitng our turn

volleyball skills

I made my bed but now I'll mess it up again!

Our place!

 Is it time to get up?

Upstairs to Breakfast

Boy, am I hungry!

Making Milo

Texting time for the teachers!

 

Our camp co-ordinator, Guy Edwards talking to us about the day's activities

Monty helped us dry the dishes 

AN EXCITING DAY TWO

Today, we set off in diner trucks for a half hour ride to a place called Ladava Beach at the western end of Milne Bay. We enjoyed swimming and snorkeling and just hanging out together.

 Life jackets help us float without effort while snorkeling.

 Digging in the sand was fun!

 After swimming and a picnic lunch, we headed through the village and learnt that this site was where the Australian and American army bases were during WW2.

Birthday Boy

After dinner last night, Alex got a special surprise for his 11th birthday

Monday Ridge Top Walk

A few snaps from the Ridge Top adventure walk yesterday...