Following camp I feel the main capability that I had improved on was leadership. We participated in numerous activities throughout our time in camp to sharpen our many capabilities and were constantly pushed out of our comfort zones. Each capability forming part of our norm in Kalbarri, and in the six days we spent in camp I feel that we had all come out much more advanced in our capabilities and having grown in many ways, whether it’s learning to become a stronger leader, being better at teamwork, or overall becoming more responsible.
There were many cases when we all had to shoulder leadership within our group. Each night we cooked dinner I had to use leadership to direct others within my group and create some form of organisation to prepare our dinner for that standing night. Every night of cooking my confidence was able to grow. Instead of something that I would dread it began to form into something that we looked forward to. Becoming somewhat of a team, and when before we used to finish dinner as the latest group, we were now enjoying our meals as the first group to finish out of the other five. As part of being a leader I had to find other ways to coerce members in my cooking group to be more productive and guide them to ensure we had dinner that night, as they weren’t completely skilful at cooking.
Another time that showcases our adaptation to our new norm through time spent in camp along with the growth of our capabilities was when we had to constantly shift campsites. Our first relocation of sites was haphazard and disorganised. Yet once again through the time spent in camp and as we began to relocate more often, we began to learn that leadership was key to success. I had used leadership to once again guide and organise others to ensure that any spare time that was given to us, we would use to prepare for our next movement.
