Outdoor Education at Wesley College

Wesley has three outdoor education residential campsites where students participate in a wide range of activities, including bushwalking, sailing, kayaking, surfing and caving. Students from Years 3 to 8 participate in these activities, whilst students in Year 10 can choose to participate in the Mallana Expedition, a kayaking and sailing journey through the Gippsland Lakes.

These sites offer students the opportunity to:

• Explore new environments and develop an understanding of our land – especially how we use and affect it.
• Develop team-building skills.
• Show leadership and extend their capabilities.

All activities are conducted in a safe, supportive environment with specialist instructors and homeroom teachers.

Locations

Chum Creek

Chum Creek is a bush property of 130 hectares at the foot of the Great Divide, approximately 80 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. Year 3, 4, 5 and 7 students participate in a Chum Creek program.

Camp Mallana

Camp Mallana is situated on a four-hectare block of land on the Banksia Peninsula, which is on the Gippsland Lakes, near Bairnsdale. Students in Years 6 and 10 participate in a Mallana program.

Lochend

Lochend is an 80-hectare property nestling between freshwater lakes and the sand dunes and seas of the wild west coast of Victoria. It hosts Year 8 students.