Aishani SINGH Review of Great Aussie Bush Camp
So like we were forced to go on this camp which I ...
So like we were forced to go on this camp which I was freaked out about since people from my school who went there in the past said it sucked, and that fear grew bigger when I actually saw it in real life. It looked more depressing than a concentration camp.
However, as they usually say, don't judge a book by its cover, the actual experience wasn't that bad. The activities (especially the giant swing) were actually really fun (even lost island although putting my whole head plus hair in mud was very gross and also the fact that we had to throw away our clothes and shoes was sad :/ ), the food was pretty good (I was a dietary requirement person so i had chicken instead of beef and that wasn't bad. I don't really get why people said that the food was bad -- at least we got food!) and also just being with people and friends our age was kind of nice.
BUT, the 'tents' (actually tarps held up by poles with no floor) were by far the worst thing. They were really cold and damp in the night time but humid and stuffy in the day. The floor was just concrete and seemed quite dirty. And the 'beds' were very uncomfortable (I became sleep deprived) and had no space to sit up, like LEGIT. I slept on the top bunk and even when it didn't rain the roof was wet and when I lifted my head I touched it and my hair got a bit wet. Also when I came in for the very first time the 'mattress' had some dirt on it, which was kinda gross. I'm only like 5 foot 6 but i even had trouble fitting my whole length on the bed without kicking the person sleeping next to me.
TBH the bathrooms weren't bad for public bathrooms but the showers didn't supply hot water and shower time for me was not pleasant. It was nice though how 'clean', I guess, they kept the bathrooms. The instructors were pretty okay, but I heard from other people that they were kinda nasty and rude. The geography session where we left camp for 4.5 hours was boring but the sand dune experience was nice although it was very tiring walking in the sand!
Overall, a pretty good camp and wouldn't mind going again (but in cabins with actual beds) :D
"You can't run through a camp ground
You can only ran,
Because it's past tents"
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