Third day was the best

"Wake up", my mum whispered, as she nudged me awake.

I looked at my clock: 6:30 am in the morning.

I didn't want to get up but amazingly I managed to force myself out of bed and into the shower.

Once I was fully awake, I realized today was the day, I had to go to Camp Yarramundi with the rest of Year 6.

I got dressed, did my hair, made sure I had everything I needed and then packed it into the car.

After breakfast, I got into the car with my mum and headed for school.

When I got there, I said goodbye to my mum and sat with my friends to wait for the bus.

When I got on the bus, I sat next to Breyana.

Luckily I got a window seat.

During the ride to camp, I was annoyed with someone who was taking photos of me crying.

I asked them nicely to delete it but they just laughed and said no.

Once we got to Camp Yarramundi I was happy, excited and a little bit hungry.

After we found out about our instructor and our activities for the day, we had afternoon tea and then went to do our activities which were archery and rock climbing.

At archery, I nearly got a bulls eye but not quite and at rock climbing I was scared but I did it and really enjoyed it.

After our yummy dinner we had showers, brushed our teeth and got into bed.

I was really tired so I fell asleep nearly instantly.

My favourite thing we did on the second day was the high ropes course.

I was a little bit worried about falling off but I managed to go through the whole course and it turned out being really fun.

The third day was the best day because first up we had the giant swing, which was terrifying but extremely enjoyable.

Then after morning tea was orienteering and swim.

Next we had the flying fox.

It was really high and fast.

Last we had the cave maze which was particularly scary because I'm claustrophobic so the whole way through I cried but I faced my fears and I'm proud of myself.

During the last two days we went camping in the bush which was really exciting.

I was with Bree and Kari in a tent.

They were both afraid of ants in our tent, but we still had fun.

My favourite part of camping was performing by the fire and cooking toast over the fire.

If I could go to camp again, I wouldn't change a thing.

It was the best camp ever!

Newsletter, 30 Mar 3011 Julia Heare-Walker, Empire Bay Public School