The annual MLMC Central Australia trip continues to grow in popularity for our Year 10 cohort and during the recent school holidays a group of 80 Year 10 students and eight teachers headed to the Northern Territory for an unforgettable 10-day adventure.
The trip began at Uluru and continued through the outback to Alice Springs, Katherine, Kakadu and Darwin. The students had a fantastic time and came back to school this week with plenty of great memories and stories to tell.
Year 10 Jade student Abbey Wheeler wrote about the experience:
Weary and cold, all 80 students and eight teachers loaded on to the buses at 6am on Friday 20 September for our transfer to the airport. As we got there, we soon learnt that or plane was delayed for two hours due to a dust storm in Alice Springs that would have prevented us from landing.
When we finally arrived at Yulara at 7pm, we all collected our bags and headed to the buses where we met our drivers, Steve and Brian. When we arrived at our campsite, we set up our tents and sat down with our dilly bags for dinner. We were welcomed with soft drinks and a platter and, thinking that the food was going to be this good throughout, we were all happy. But we later learned that this was meant for our picnic at Uluru's viewing area.
The rest of the trip was filled with amazing experiences, amazing sights and amazing food (thanks Di and Tracy) and more amazing people. Throughout the 10 days we visited Uluru, Curtin Springs Station, Mt Connor and Lake Amadeus lookout, Kings Canyon, Devils Marbles, Banka Banka Station (where we slept under the stars), the iconic Daly Waters pub, Mataranka thermal springs, Berry Springs, Simpsons Gap, ANZAC Hill, Alice Springs, Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Nitmiluk National Park, Nitmiluk Gorge, Karrke Aboriginal Experience, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Darwin Ammunition Storage, Darwin wave pool, Yellow Waters Cruise, Mindil Beach Market and we had a Darwin Harbour disco cruise.
