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Three Sisters declared an Aboriginal Place 26-Jan-2014 At 3:57:13 PM simey

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On 26/01/2014 Doug wrote:
>If this is one of your pet hates Simey you must have a lot of them. The
>picture of Outdoor Education you paint is pretty limited. While I generally
>agree that a longitudinal program would be much more beneficial, even a
>day or two can make a huge difference for some. In some cases it can be
>the teacher who makes the difference, other times for the students it might
>just be the experience itself. I was lucky enough to be taken for a multi-day
>hike on Vancouver Island as a student and it changed my life. Just a one
>off experience not connected to any part of the curriculum.

I work in outdoor ed so I plead guilty. But I am aware that genuinely empowering younger people to be self-reliant in the outdoors is buried under a lot of liability issues, schmaltzy feel-good de-briefing sessions and limited time/opportunity. I just feel that in my youth I had more opportunity and freedom to have adventures in the outdoors without all the bullshit.

>It must be pretty ordinary on the mainland at the moment. Maybe you lot
>should all get yourselves down here to Tassie and get on the rock. It was
>a beautiful Australia Day on the Organ Pipes today, and all over the state
>for that matter. The forecast looks pretty darn good for at least the
>next week. Gerry's new guidebook is out in the shops … no access issues
>for any of our worthwhile crags

>… what more could you want?

A shoulder that works and an arm that isn't encased in a sling.