When we got to Echidna Gully we were put into rooms, introduced to the Monk family and then had morning tea.

We were put into groups and commenced our activities.

After dinner we watched a movie and went to bed.

In the morning we had breakfast and went on a gully run.

After the gully run we had lunch and then returned to Kootingal.

Written by Joshua Deasey, Class 3M

When we went to Echidna Gully it was lots of fun.

After we got there we went in to the hall and had some fresh homemade scones for morning tea.

After morning tea we got settled into our cabins.

Once we got back to the hall, we were introduced to everyone.

There was Mr Monk, Mrs Monk and Mr Monk Junior.

Then we were put into groups and set off to do our work.

My group learnt about the Echidna Gully run because we were going to do it the next day.

All the groups learnt about how we had to go cray fishing, do a golf swing and build a campfire.

We learnt to tie different knots because we had to build a raft.

After we put our raft together we went back to our cabins and got changed into our swimmers and went back down to the dam and put on life jackets and swam and pushed our rafts up and down the dam. We came in second place.

Once we got back we had our showers and watched a movie and went to bed.

The next morning we did the Echidna Gully run, had some morning tea and got our bags ready and hit the bus.

It was so much fun. I want to do it again.

Written by Megan Johnson, class 2/3G

On Thursday morning went on an excursion to Echidna Gully for one night and two days. The host family were called the Monk's.

We did lazer blitzs, rafting and the Echidna Gully run.

First we had morning tea then we had to go outside to get into groups.

I was in group four and then we got split up.

I did golf first then we did Jenga, then cray fishing where I didn't catch anything.

We had pizza and mini pies for lunch.

During the afternoon there were more activities where we built a raft and tested it. Jade and I shared our raft.

We had a shower then we had spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner.

After dinner we watched a movie called Paper Planes and then went to bed at 9.30pm.

We woke up at 7am because Miss Magann came in and scared my friends then we got ready for the day.

We did cray fishing and the Echidna Gully run.

We had morning tea, did more activities then the bus came.

After lunch we left to come back to Kootingal. It was fun.

Written by Matilda Lees, Class 3M