Team Adventure Camp

 OBJECTIVE:

To provide a challenging, 2-day team adventure camp, which will develop group initiative, problem solving skills and cooperation amongst your group. Focus activities to include camping, navigation, abseiling and rafting.

WHAT TO BRING – WHAT IS SUPPLIED:

Each team member must bring suitable walking shoes or boots (thongs or sandals are not acceptable, the group will navigate off-track in rough terrain), a small day pack with a woollen jumper or fleece, rain jacket, sun hat, sunscreen and any personal medication, asthma puffers etc.)

Each team member will be given a map, a compass & safety whistle, a group two-way radio, drinking water and trail snacks to carry.

 TEAM COMPETITION:

• Each team will commence their adventure with 100 points.
• A number of navigation check-points are clearly marked with flags throughout the navigation course. Minor check-points assist the team to stay on track, additional navigation aids and track information is located at major check-points. Ten points will be awarded to those teams that locate each major check-point without assistance. Teams will be advised of a cut-off time by which they need to locate each major check-point (check-points can be achieved within time through good navigation and a normal walking pace). The team radio officer will call base, identifying the navigation card that they have located once they get to each major navigation point. Teams that radio in after the check-point cut off time will be deducted five points from the team score for every 10 minutes late.
• At prescribed times, teams are required to make a radio check with base to advise their approximate location, map grid reference and estimated distance to the next navigation check point. Points can be lost from the team score for navigational errors requiring assistance from the base operator.
• The team abseil will be managed by two experienced guides. Teams will be awarded 5 points for each member who performs a successful abseil decent.
• The rafting course has six coded cones or pumpkins. Raft teams 4 to 6 persons, must navigate the course collecting the codes from the top of each of the pumpkins. Teams will be awarded 5 points for each correct code collected and given to the guide (verbally is OK) on completion of the course.
• Rafting guides will award a score out of 20 for boat control, team oarsmanship and the finesse with which each raft navigates the big rapid.

ADVENTURE CAMP STRUCTURE:

Day1 – Team members to travel from Melbourne via the Goulburn valley Highway through Alexandra towards Eildon township in own bus, lunch en route, meeting Stirling Experience team leaders at the Number 2 picnic ground on the Rubicon River Road (Detailed map to be supplied) at 12.30pm

12:30pm Introduction - Camp briefing and equipment check, team members to undergo a short (1 hour) map reading and compass navigation refresher course together with a practice session.

2:30pm Afternoon Navigation – Locate start point on Herb’s Track. Navigate through check-points 1 to 5, making scheduled radio calls to base en route.

5:00pm Arrive - Morris’s Lookout camp site. Debrief, rest & dinner (2 man tents, 4 man cooking groups) Camping equipment, food and beverage supplied.

Day 2 – Breakfast, clean and pack-up camp site and personal gear into vehicle by 8:30am

8:30am Abseil - Qualified climbing guides to meet team members and guide them to the top of the abseil. Short training session on small decent followed by abseil decent of the large rock face.

11:00am Navigation – Today’s navigation leg begins at the bottom of the abseil. There is a scheduled radio check in and a time limit to reach the finish point on Snobs Creek Road where the bus will be waiting to transport the group to the rafting section of the program.

1:30pm Rafting – Following lunch on the bank of the Goulburn River, the team will board two rafts. Qualified rafting guides will instruct crews and go through safety procedures prior to commencement of the rafting challenge.

2:30pm Rafting Challenge – The rafting challenge will take  place on the Australian Institute of Sport Goulburn River Rapids. It will comprise a points course whereby teams must paddle their craft through the rapids and into the eddies behind marker pumpkins collecting identification codes.

 Raft Entry Point                         Upper Rapids                           Lower Rapids

Followed by a fast rapids skills run through the lower rapid where guides will judge and score each teams boat management competency.

Following the completion of the course, rafting guides will board the boats for a number of fun runs through the rapids to wind up the days physical activities.

6:00pm Final Briefing – Rafting finishes at the site of this evenings accommodation. After a quick room allocation we will all meet for a final get together and debriefing Final team scores will be tallied and we will share some of the highlights of the day before our guides retire and leave team members to prepare an evening BBQ dinner finale evening.

Day 3 - Return Home

8:30am – Rise, breakfast, pack up. Board bus for return trip to Melbourne.

Team Adventure Challenge Course – Eildon District