Program: Week 2

Adventure Camp Location "Fraser Island National Park"

After your first action packed week in Australia, you head for the pristine beauty and adventure playground of Fraser Island (Great Sandy National Park). Stretching 75 miles along Queensland's southern coast, Fraser is the world's largest sand island. More than 98 percent of its 410,000 acres is part of the larger Great Sandy National Park. So special are its natural features that all of Fraser Island is heritage listed.

Stark sand blows, high dunes and coloured sand cliffs, sculpted over time by wind, water and waves ~ sparkling freshwater lakes ~ forests of towering rainforest giants ~ extensive woodlands ~ richly varied wildlife ~ wildflower-filled wallum heaths and swamps ~ fern-fringed creeks ~ beaches sweeping into the distant haze ~ this is Fraser Island and you get to see it all.

This will be an exciting yet challenging week trekking everyday to discover the highlights of this remote world famous landmark. After crossing by barge to the southern shores of the island, you will head off on your guided tour of this amazing landscape. Supported by our 4WD back up vehicle and under the supervision of qualified staff you will encounter shipwrecks, rugged surf beaches, towering headlands, crystal clear inland freshwater lakes and so much more. The island is carefully managed for nature-based recreation where the needs of protection and recreation are carefully balanced.

Fraser at this time of the year usually has dry days and nights, with temperatures ranging from 50-70deg on the coast, and cooler inland.

Adventure Camp Program

Higher Ground staff are passionate about providing professional, safe experiences that encourage, inspire and challenge. All our team undertake an extensive in-service training process along with maintaining all appropriate outdoor qualifications. Rod Field is the Director of Higher Ground Australia and has been working in the areas of Outdoor Education, Adventure Therapy and Human Resource Development since 1993.

Higher Ground staff hold a wide range of qualifications, including:

• Bachelor of Education
• Bachelor of Leisure Management
• Bachelor Adult and Vocational Education
• Masters in Outdoor Education
• Program Development and Facilitation
• Nationally accredited canoe and kayak instructors
• Swift Water Rescue Technician
• Nationally Accredited climbing and abseiling instructors
• Low to High Angle Rescue Technician
• Wilderness First Aid

In the evenings we will explore the concepts of:

This week is a mix of adventure therapy and outdoor education, which encompasses a range of experiences and learning strategies, aimed at individual and group development. Outdoor education programs typically include a series of carefully sequenced activities designed to provide opportunities for learning, growth and development. Higher Ground has a proven track record in the delivery of quality outdoor education experiences. Our instructors and staff are trained professionals with wide ranging experience in both program design and activity leadership. Adventure therapy is a specific field of adventure-based programming that focuses on the therapeutic value of adventure and wilderness programs.

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