ALI - Action Learning Initiatives, outdoor education / recreation specialist


" Action Learning Initiatives are experienced professional outdoor education / recreation specialist based in Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains of NSW Australia."

Summer Outdoor Education Programs

Choose any combination of the following activities to design you schools own outdoor education program, field trip or retreat.

  • Abseiling
  • Rock Climbing
  • Canoeing – White Water up to Grade 2 and Open Water
  • River Sledding
  • Hiking - 1/2 and Full Day to Multi-Day Hikes
  • Mountain Biking
  • Raft Building & Initiative Games
  • Archery
  • Camping - in the National Park or on-site at Bungarra in either tents or hoochies
  • GPS / Orienteering
  • Sailing
  • Full sized sports field
  • Disco

Alternatively, you may wish to design an Expedition style journey for your students where they may hike for 5 days across the Main Range or choose to travel through an area by Hiking, Biking and Canoeing.

Sample of a Summer Program Matrix


  Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
Day 1 AM A
(directly from school)
A
(directly from school)
E E B C
PM D D C B
overnight 1 1 3 2 2 3
Day 2 AM B C A A D E
PM C B E D
overnight 3 2 1 1 3 2
Day 3 AM D E B C A A
PM E D C B
overnight 2 3 2 3 1 1
Day 4 AM Teams 1 – 4 Pack-up campsites, return to Bungarra, hand packs & tents in and assist at shed Teams 5 & 6 clean up of Lodges (packs & tents handed in on Thurs night)
PM

10.00am – 12.00pm Bungarra Challenge and skits 12.00 – 1.00pm Lunch for whole group
1.00pm Debrief as a whole group & Load Coaches
By 2.00pm Depart Bungarra for school
PLEASE NOTE: Arrival time at school is approx. 4.30pm

Activities
A = Full day hike in the Kosciuszko National Park from Thredbo, up the chair, to North Ramshead and back to Thredbo via Deadhorse Gap
B = 1/2 day Mountain Bike Session on-site Bungarra
C = 1/2 day Canoe Session on Lake Jindabyne
D = 1/2 day Camp Craft & Hike with packs in National Park
E = 1/2 day Archery & Team Building on-site Bungarra Alpine Centre

Accommodation
1 = The Junction Lodges – 2 groups on-site
2 = Thredbo Diggings Campsite – Kosciuszko National Park: group cooking, 2 groups in 2 separate sites
3 = Island Bend Campsite – Kosciuszko National Park: ration packs, 2 groups in 2 separate sites