Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom—some of the most powerful lessons come from being outdoors. Our Outdoor Education Program gives students the chance to step away from the school environment into nature, where they learn by doing, facing challenges, and working together.
From Year 5 to Year 9, students take part in a series of compulsory outdoor education camps that increase in challenge and remoteness each year. Whether learning to skipper a sailing boat, swimming in waterholes, hiking through Litchfield National Park, or kayaking and camping under the stars at Lake Argyle, students build independence, resilience, leadership skills and respect for the environment along the way.
Through shared adventures, students develop confidence, teamwork, and a deeper understanding of themselves and others—emotionally, socially and physically. These experiences foster cross-cultural understanding, as students collaborate with peers from diverse backgrounds, reflect on different perspectives, and gain appreciation for the cultural significance of the natural landscapes they explore.
Year 7: East Litchfield Expedition
Year 7 students pack everything into a backpack and embark on their first real expedition. Learning the skills needed to survive and thrive in the bush on their big expeditions in the next few years, students will travel around some familiar and some not-so-familiar places in Litchfield National Park. Bush navigation, use of Trangia and packing a backpack will all be essential skills.
Year 8: West Litchfield Expedition
Year 8 venture to the less visited side of Litchfield National Park and visit some amazing hidden waterfalls and viewing points on an epic 5-day adventure.
Year 9: Lake Argyle
The big adventure! A full day of driving west to the epic and remote Lake Argyle awaits Year 9 students. Once there they will embark on a journey by canoe or sea kayak where they are unlikely to see anyone apart from their own group for six whole days.
Lake Argyle is famous for amazing fishing, rock jumping, sunsets and freshwater crocodiles.
Students return to School feeling capable of looking after themselves and their peers in a remote environment.
