101 THINGS FOR SCHOOLS TO DO AT WANGAT.....some program ideas and give yourself a bar of organic chocolate if you are one of our stalwart guests who has done ALL of these things at Wangat!
1) go on a bushwalk (predictable item but different every time!)
2) play water polo in the river (...has anyone done this in August?)
3) hug a tree...just pick one that looks in need
4) make a mud-brick
5) catch a frog 6) climb a vine 7) cow poo discus (one of the Wangat Alternative Olympic events in 2000).
8) stone-skimming and plopping
9) visit Chichester Dam 10) descend The Rope of Destiny 11) eat bush-tucker on The Island 12) FeelSniffListenLook Loop - ask for the clue sheet 13) Bird-Watching Trail - see guidesheet or see how many different birds you can spot in a 20-minute walk 14) have an adventure walk to Bunyips Bath - see guidesheet, follow the bottle-top markers and track from Platypus Bridge
15) climb inside the Giant Strangling Fig in Hauler Gully 16) get your bus to take you to Jerusalem Creek Falls
17) ochre-rock face-painting 18) orienteering games 19) spot-lighting
20) make string from tree-bark 21) boat-building 22) play table-tennis
23) volleyball
24) cook a BBQ 25) mime 26) have a concert at the Meeting Ground 27) play percussion music 28) pond-dipping 29) have a coo00000000-ee! contest 30) take a photo at Shaky Knees Lookout! 31) plant a tree 32) wrestle some lantana 33) roll down a grassy hill 34) sing The Earthsong as loud as you like! 35) go camo and play hide-and-seek 36) have a sing-song around the piano 37) collect bush tucker and have a feast 38) make fire with Nikki 39) play mime games with Jean-Paul 40) make a bush shelter 41) cook damper on the fire 42) pitfall trapping
43) possum hockey 44) story-telling 45) Survival Game 46) mask-making 47) shadow-puppet plays 48) Track a Brush Turkey for an hour and see whither it goes
49) yodel unashamedly from Shaky Knees lookout 50) watch sunrise at Shaky Knees Lookout 51) star-gaze on the heli-pad 52) make a bush sculpture of sticks and bark 53) spot as many animals as you can in 1 hour using our wildlife list
54) borrow a magnifying glass and find ten minibeasts 55) make a map of Wangat environs 56) float a boat down the river 57) li-lo from Fig tree Pool to Dusodie Bridge 58) draw your favourite Wangat animal 59) go tracking footprints and clues in the bush 60) visit the Gringai supermarket on the Island 61) find 3 feathers and make a tribal headband 62) decorate a tree with biodegradable decorations 63) make a shadow puppet show 64) watch the fireflies at twilight (early summer) 65) set up a small sensory trail around the forest for friends to follow 66) do a bark-rubbing for 5 different trees
....to be continued!
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