Pemberton

Pemberton Camp School

Accommodates: 59

Camp School Directed Activities

  • Bush breakfast - bicentennial tree
  • Orienteering, rogaining, navigation and mapping exercises
  • Low ropes course
  • Cooperation games
  • Self-esteem and trust building activities
  • Earth education
  • Yeargarup Lake and sand dunes bushwalk and kite flying

Specially Designed Programs

  • Outdoor Education: bushwalking expeditions through the karri forest - day, overnight and extended expeditions, plus local bushwalking trails suited for primary and secondary students and adult groups
  • Low ropes course, roping
  • Flat water canoeing
  • Raft building
  • Mountain biking
  • Camp cooking using a campfire
  • Environmental education, Aboriginal education - guest speaker program
  • Leadership - Student council leadership, primary and secondary peer support
  • Team building - staff and students, self esteem and self-confidence programs utilising problem solving and trust activities
  • Special purpose camps: curriculum-based camps; geography, music, theatre arts, reward camps, exchange camps, positive interaction, community and recreational groups
  • Conference venue for DET professional development - catering for schools and district offices

Local Excursions

  • Tree Top Walk and Ancient Empire Walpole
  • CALM forest exploration
  • Bunnings sawmill tour - Pemberton, Manjimup and Deanmill
  • Karri Discovery Centre and Pioneer Museum
  • Trout and marron hatchery
  • Gloucester tree, bicentennial tree and diamond tree - climbing trees
  • Forest Products Association tour
  • Hundred Year Old Forest
  • Windy Harbour excursion/Northcliffe Museum
  • Cascades
  • Big Brook Dam and Arboretum
  • Bush survival skills
  • Beedelup Falls walk
  • Salitage wine tour
  • Pemberton Tramway and steam train rides
  • Manjimup Timber Park
  • King trout fishing

Contact Pemberton Camp School

Swimming Pool Road
Pemberton WA 6250
Camp School Manager: Mark Hudson
Telephone: (08) 9776 1277
Mobile: 0429 379 242
Fax: (08) 9776 1649
Email: Mark.Hudson@det.wa.edu.au or Pemberton.CS@det.wa.edu.au
Websites: www.pembertoncampschool.com.au