Duke of Ed Silver
Coby New, Year 10
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Silver practice camp was such an awesome experience. We hiked a total of about 30km over three days. The hike was long, narrow and strenuous but it was fun to be with friends and rewarding to complete. We hiked through narrow bush, on wide gravel, on sand, across water, up and down steep hills and eventually to our campsites. The first night we stayed in a very big cave. This was one of the many highlights of my experience as my tent partner and I chose to not set up our tent and to sleep without it. As there were no taps, everyone had to catch drips of water coming from the top edge of the cave as a source of water, for both drinking and cooking. The second night we stayed in a small campsite with trees surrounding us. Another highlight of the camp was having a fire both nights and cooking dinner and telling riddles and jokes around it. We also did ‘tribal’ both nights which was when everyone spoke about their experiences that day.
By Coby New, Year 10