So today is the 14.12.12, and I was unable to write yesterday as I was hiking on my Duke Of Ed Hike. Joyous. So let me tell you a little about this hike: We left from school at about 9.00am and about an hour and a half later we arrived in Torquay. LET OUR DAY BEGIN! After about 5 or 6 kms, we stopped for lunch. By that time, the sun was high in the sky, the weather was seriously hot and my feet were in pain. We finished lunch and walked along the nude beach for a couple of kms. At one stage, we had a break by some rocks, in the shade and the teachers - Miss A, Huddo and Jordan - were doing handstands and cartwheels and having competitions. We were just minding our business when this guy comes jogging along. People, we were on a nude beach. Go figure. After about half an hour, we moved on and got to the top of a path, where we had to waited for one of the other groups, who had taken a detour, to come. We waited for quite a while until they finally came. We went to our next destination, which was another beach. This beach was horrible, because the sand was soft and it was really dune-y. From the beach was a walking track which went on FOREVER. It seriously did not ever stop. The end of the track was our 'campsite', which I swear was not a campsite, but a random patch of grass that just happened to have portaloos on it. The ground was really bumpy, which warranted a bad nights sleep. Anyway, the next morning at 5.50am, I was up. Ew. Anyway, this time one of the teachers told me to put my 15kg bag in the trailer because of my feet problems. Aiyana and I packed up and everyone was ready by 9am (even though we were meant to be ready by 8.30am). The walk yesterday was much better. It was more downhill and the weather was definitely less hot. We even had a sea breeze. The view was amazing and I thought that maybe Ireland would look something like that. We arrived for lunch at a beach and some of us swan - I stood in the water - but most people didn't. Our last stretch for the day (5km ish) was on the beach, which was amazing because we were allowed to go barefoot and walk in the water. About 10 minutes before we got there, it started to rain. Only lightly, though. Lots of people swam - or went in the water - but less than was expected because of the weather. We were bussed - by one of the teachers - from the beach to the campsite. We had to go in groups of 18 because it was a mini-bus. When we got there there were showers - LUXURY - so lots of people had a shower and I had a rinse-off. Then we set up our tents at the bottom of a giant hill, which was a pain because the toilet block was at the top. There were also lots of bull ants around, which we nicknamed Spants (spants = spider ants). That night it rained heaps, but we didn't get wet because we were warm and cosy in our tents. The next morning - this morning - I got up at a slightly better time - 6.50am and had to pee, so I walked up the giant hill to go. It had started to rain again, so the quicker we got packed up, the better. We finally packed up, and after a lecture about picking up rubbish, we were off. It was raining consistently, so after about 15 minutes, we were all saturated. We got to about 3.5/4km and we stopped for about a 5 minute break. Next stop was the lighthouse. The lighthouse was up a very steep slope, which I just managed. This time I was carrying no bag, but a tent and drink bottle. We arrived at the lighthouse and I found out it was the lighthouse where Round The Twist was filmed. Awesome stuff. From there, it was about a 10 minute walk to the place where the busses were coming, which took about 20 minutes. Once the buses arrived, we were off and back to Melbourne.
Fifty-five people (out of 91) who came on Duke:
1. Ellie
2. Aiyana
3. Ruby
4. Tali
5. Penny
6. Breanna
7. Imogeon
8. Niamh
9. Natalie
10. Cara
11. Abhi
12. Laura
13. Ellie
14. Alannah
15. Ashley
16. Alexia
17. Jess
18. Laura G
19. Seii
20. Elizabeth
21. Liss
22. Mollie
23. Chloe
24. Amy
25. Courtnee
26. Alyssa
27. Charlotte
28. Guy
29. Shai
30. Xanthia
31. James
32. Will
33. Nick
34. George
35. Luca
36. Lucy
37. Ben
38. Matt
39. Ben C
40. Jack
41. Fletcher
42. Tim
43. Cam
44. Jason
45. Jeremy
46. Will M
47. Willem
48. Reece
49. Paul
50. Dom
51. Casey
52. Brendan
53. Robyn
54. Jade
55. Jenna
56. Jessie
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