Rail Trail Camp

This historic railway line was used to carry timbers and suppliers to townships for over a century, with the conversion into a cycle / hiking trail finishing in 2018. With a low gradient originally designed for locomotives, it makes for great bike riding with consequently fast cycle speeds, and gradual descents. We plan for a social riding speed of 10km per hour and will be stopping at various sightseeing locations along the way and linking up with our support vehicle for assistance if required.

Some amount of riding fitness is required for this camp program. Faith will supply serviced and roadworthy mountain bikes for the program; however, if students would like to bring their own bike, that is also fine (so long as they are roadworthy and capable of doing 60km over 3 days).

Program Aims:

• To engage with other Faith students; work as a collective or team; making new connections and sharing various roles and responsibilities that go with a journey based expedition.
• To provide an adventure-based learning experience that links with the Health and physical Education Curriculum and provide 21st century learning opportunities for students to develop various general capabilities.