In term 2 before I had started the Muir subject, I went to a orienteering competition for school which I came last in as I didn’t know what I was doing. Now that I have been learning how to orienteer in Muir I can safely say that I wouldn’t come last in that competition and I might even be able to win. Muir has taught me lots of skills that will help me when I go camping or snorkelling. The capability that I used during orienteering was problem solving as I had to figure out where to go from question and maps.
Snorkelling, I have learnt new tips and tricks with snorkelling throughout this subject which benefited my experience in Rottnest and just snorkelling in general. Before I started this subject I did not know how to duck dive underwater without swallowing lots of sea water, now I can successfully duck dive perfectly without any sea water entering my mouth. I can also release water that fills up in my goggles 456underwater which was very helpful when I was snorkelling. The capability I used during snorkelling in this subject was resilient as getting in the cold water and staying in it for 20 minutes at a time was very exhausting and freezing.
Camp, The Rottnest camp was very fun and even though it was only for 2 days I would say its one of the best camps I’ve been on. When we first arrived on the island we walked from the ferry to little Parakeet bay which is where we had our first snorkel. The water was cold even though I was wearing a wetsuit but it was nice swimming around the reefs and seeing the fish in the water. After that we walked to our campsite where we set up our tents and got ready for the amazing race around Rottnest. The amazing race had questions about Rottnest that we had find the answers to by going to each location. When we got back to the campsite we played sports on the oval till the dinner was ready. For dinner we had a barbeque which was very delicious as I was starving from barely eating all day. At 9:00pm we were in our tents ready for bed, and ready for our big day tomorrow. In the morning we packed up our tents and walked to the Basin for another snorkel. In my opinion the water was colder at the Basin but there were a lot more fish to look at and the reef looked nicer as well. The capability I used when I was on the Rottnest camp was collaboration as everything we did was in a group such as, the amazing race and snorkelling partners.
Leave no trace has been implemented into Australia as of recently, leave no trace is when you clean up your camp site in the bush/environment to make sure your leaving it the same way you found it. Ways that you can leave no trace at a camp site is by cleaning up all your rubbish from food you may have cooked, and making sure you destroy and bury your fire that you made. Doing this helps the environment and reduces the harm we are doing to our beautiful bushland. On Rottnest we did an emu-bob at each location that we stayed to make sure we collected all the rubbish we left and also rubbish that the public may have left as well.
