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Adventures
on the High Seas!!!
The Young Endeavour
Fifteen intrepid students with an assortment of Visiting Teachers,
integration aides and parents lined up on the wild-and-windiest day this year
for a morning with the youth crew on the Young Endeavour.
Students came from Wangaratta, Shepparton, Ballarat and around
the Melbourne metropolitan area with one thing on their minds… to venture
on the high seas.
The trouble was that the seas were too high to venture upon!
No matter! The sailors - navy and youth crew - were more than
hospitable. We all toured the ship from top to bottom and witnessed demonstrations
of climbing to the tops of the sails. Sails were unfurled and furled, and
students were invited to a disco and an entertaining review-style performance.
There was also an astonishing amount of very yummy food to eat! Initially,
the students were a little reserved with each other - but by the end, there
was much laughter and networking. Several students had to be dragged out of
the sleeping quarters where they were engrossed in some spirited card playing
with members of the youth crew. Despite not being able to set sail, the morning
was a huge success. Hopefully we will have the chance to participate in the
Young Endeavour program sometime in the future when it visits Melbourne again.
Here is what Kyle C., who lives in country Victoria, had to
say about his day on the Young Endeavour:
Below: James, Nathan, a youth crew member, and Kyle G. on the
Young Endeavour.
Below: Michael and his dad take a look overboard at some large
jellyfish.
About the Young
Endeavour
The STS Young Endeavour is an impressive 44 metre-long tall
ship purpose-built for sail training, with modern technology and world-standard
safety and navigation equipment. Young Endeavour is fully capable of sailing
any ocean on earth and is staffed by expert navy crew. Young Endeavour was
the United Kingdom's bicentennial gift to Australia in 1988. The Young Endeavour
Youth Scheme, funded by the Commonwealth Government, manages the program with
the operational support of the Royal Australian Navy.
For more information about the Young Endeavour - its history,
captain's log, photo gallery, etc go to: www.youngendeavour.gov.au
If you would like more information about the Camps and Activities
program, please contact Deb Lewis.
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