Outdoor Education

Year Level Description

Year 4 students participate in a three-day Outdoor Education program based at Carey’s permanent Outdoor Education centre, Camp Toonallook. Toonallook is situated on the shores of the Gippsland Lakes, on the Banksia Peninsula and is approximately 300 kilometres from Melbourne.

Students are introduced to Toonallook as a place and begin to develop a connection to Country that is built upon in sequential years.

Students will visit the 90 Mile Beach via a boat tour of the Gippsland Lakes and learn about the importance of the Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park through the lens of Past, Present and Future.

As one of the primary aims of Outdoor Education is to develop independence, students are encouraged to organise and pack their own clothing and equipment, with parental supervision. This will assist them on the last day of the program.