Sam's Recount

Camp Glentui

I woke up felling calm and rested until my mum told me it was the 28^th of February. It was the time for camp and I forgot to pack my bags. I was so worried I felt like a deer running for its life from hunters. I quickly brushed my teeth, ate my breakfast and asked my mum to help me pack. I hurriedly got my colossal blue bag, sleeping bag and other essential stuff and squeezed it inside me dad’s car.

On my drive to school I was excited and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I couldn’t wait to do interesting activities at camp but I was nervous because some activities might be scary or challenging.

In about twenty minutes we arrived at school. I waited anxiously for everybody to arrive and at 9o’clock we were ready to leave.

I was in an enormous car with Dave, Tony, Vincent, Brittany, Zia and the driver was Zia’s dad. I was in the backseat with Dave and Tony. I brought a packet of chips to eat. Tony was eating so slow he was like a baby slowly eating an apple while Dave was eating so fast like a monkey who hasn’t eaten banana’s for a long time while I was just eating like a normal human being. Dave and I were about to fall asleep when Zia shouted, “Were almost at camp!” That made Dave and I angry and then we started to complain and moan.

When we arrived at camp Dave and I walked to the dining room. We waited for a long time to collect our bags from the trailer.

Once we were aloud to go to our bunkrooms Dave, Jeremiah and I charged quickly to our bunkroom. We soon realised the people in our bunk were Tim, Alex, Vincent, Sean and Caleb. Our bunkroom was so clean it was like we had a housekeeper cleaning our room.

Later it was our first rotation and I did stream study. Stream study was fun and sometimes freezing because you go into the water to get stones by kicking them.

After stream study it was lunch time. I ate a donut for my lunch.

When it was rotation two I did outdoor cooking with Mr Barr. We got into groups of two. Campbell and I worked together. The whole group first collected dry sticks, grass and flat stones. After that we made our pancake mixture. When the mixture was done we made a fire. We used heaps of matches and then we used a firelighter and the fire started. We cooked a pancake each. The fire was pretty big but then we forgot to feed the fire so it died down.

I walked up the stairs which had about two hundred steps and then it was free time. Sean, Vincent and I couldn’t be stuffed swimming so we played uno. It was so boring but later Dave and Jeremiah came back. We played games and later it was dinner time.

For dinner we had corn and pasta. It was tasty. The dessert we had was delicious.

After that we went back to our bunkrooms. About two hours later we had milo and biscuits. Later we went to bed.

The next day I did sketching which was fun. I drew what we could see outside the window.

Later that day our group did initiative games. There was a game when you have a horse and you put horse shoes on it.

It was so fun I didn’t realise that lunch was ready. For lunch we had an oven baked bun and we chose what ingredients to put in.

About an hour later I was overjoyed because it was my turn to go abseiling. I put on my harness and my hard hat and I waited until it was my turn. I walked slowly and stealthily until I was on the edge. I looked down and fifteen metres seemed a long drop. I slowly fed the rope and I started abseiling. It was kind of frightening but it didn’t really matter because I was filled with enjoyment. When I was almost at the bottom Phil called out, “Feed more rope in before walking or you won’t go anywhere!” slowly but surely I was at the bottom. I was so delighted because I abseiled.

When I got back to my bunkroom I collapsed on my bed like the world trade centres getting hit by the aeroplanes. I lied down and Vincent was in the room. We talked and later it was dinner.

For dinner we had drumsticks and vegetables. It was delicious. The dessert was scrumptious.

Later that night we played spotlight. On the first game Dave and I didn’t know where to hide so we were caught. On the second game we hid in the long grass but we were caught again. On the third and final game Dave and I hid in a bush. Once again we were caught.

We made our way upstairs, drank our milo and went to sleep. I was so exhausted I went to sleep immediately.

I woke up and it was the day for the walk. The Mt Richardson walk was cancelled because of bad weather but we could do another walk that would take three hours.

Dave, Bailey and I got in Ms D’s car and she drove us there. We got dropped off at the beginning of the track and then we walked.

We walked for a long time. The parents gave us biscuits and little chocolate bars to eat. When we asked Jan how much longer he said, “Fifteen minutes.” Then an hour later we asked him again and he said, “Fifteen minutes.” According to Jan the walk was only fifteen minutes but it was really five hours.

When I got back I took a shower, ate dinner and watched a movie which was hilarious. After that I went to my bunkroom. As soon as I lied down I fell asleep.

The next day was cleaning day. It was fun because I didn’t get to clean and I got to play games. 

We had lunch which was delicious and then we got ready to leave. I was in the last car with Mrs Mac.

When Mrs Mac started to drive there was a red car and she swerved out of the way. After she passed that car we saw that Mr Barr and Mr Russell had crashed because of the red car. Mrs Mac kept driving until we had reception and then called Ms D to pick them up.

Overall camp was fun, laughable and amusing and I will never forget what I did there especially abseiling and the fifteen minute walk!