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Three Sisters declared an Aboriginal Place 26-Jan-2014 At 3:43:26 PM Doug

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On 26/01/2014 simey wrote:

>One of my pet hates is the world of outdoor education and how the idea
>of taking a group of disadvantaged students top-rope climbing for a day
>or two is somehow beneficial to them.

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 as a student to be taken hiking for a few days on Vancouver Island by my Phys Ed teacher and it changed my life. Just a one off experience not connected to any part of the curriculum.

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?