What a day it’s been!

This morning kicked off at full speed as we packed our bags and hit the road for Jindabyne, ready to gear up for our big snow adventure tomorrow. With everyone bustling around and the energy high, there wasn’t a quiet moment — just lots of excited chatter and last-minute suitcase zipping!

Breakfast gave us the fuel we needed — fresh fruit and fluffy pancakes were just what we needed before a jam-packed day exploring the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the National Capital Exhibition, and finally arriving in Jindabyne. We were able to try on some snow gear and getting all kitted out for the snow, with our own boots, gloves, coats and pants! We even managed to squeeze in a fun and competitive HASS Tour quiz tonight, testing our knowledge of the places we’ve visited so far!

Today, six students from Mr Osborne’s group had lots to share about their day:

Olivia Hanson was fascinated by the AIS: “I enjoyed viewing the arena and all the different sporting facilities, especially the netball and basketball courts. I thought the AlS was really cool and I like how it gives young Australians many opportunities to pursue their sport. It was also very interesting seeing some athletes train whilst touring the AIS and seeing what they are capable of.”

Vishy Dutta also thought the AIS tour was a great experience: “I liked the combat centre because I’m interested in combat sports and I’m glad that the government is giving this area of the AIS more funding. I liked the fact that I was walking past trophies, medals and ribbons that have been won by champions, and how I got to walk the same halls that some sporting legends have walked.”

Imogen Dever loved seeing the AIS up close — and visiting the gift shop: “It was really interesting to see professional athletes train right in front of us, and see the spaces that they train in everyday. The most interesting thing about the AIS was that long-distance runners live in high altitude and train in normal altitude to support their training. It sounded super intense! I also liked the swimming pool because it has cool features, like a mirror in the water to help synchronised swimmers practice.”

Lochlan Smoker had a great time at the National Capital Exhibition: “I thought that the miniature replicas of Canberra was very cool. I liked how we got split into groups and got to plan our own ideal city. I thought it was a very informative tour, but it could have been longer.”

Rylan Maher also had some thoughts about the National Capital Exhibition: I enjoyed being able to design my own city – it reminded me of a HASS assignment in Year 8 where we had to create our own sustainable city. Learning about Canberra’s history and why it’s called Canberra and not ‘Unison’ or ‘Shakespeare’ was very interesting.”

Imogen Stephens enjoyed some fantastic team bonding in her day group for the quiz night: “The quiz really tested our knowledge and what we have learnt so far while on our tours. It’s a good activity for us to get to know our groups better, especially because some of us are from Duncraig, and some are from Carramar. There were 56 questions but we went through them so quickly!”

Thank you, and have a good evening.

Warm Regards,

The HASS Tour Staff.