Emu Gully Adventure Education Group

Amazing experience! I was fortunate enough to get to spend a weekend here with #youngveterans. What a great place for the entire family to learn about the ANZACs whilst challenging yourself, learning teamwork, cooperation and having an amazing amount of fun. Adam and Joe were fantastic wealths of knowledge and so hospitable. Highly recommend if you have the chance to go, take it!

Camp was pretty good. Nathan and Brittney were scary. I died of heatstroke and couldn't do activities. Rations were lit, i lived off noodles for 4 days.Pro tip: DONT SWEAR or else push ups

Went a few months ago for a grade 11 camp, the activities were very fun, instructors were great. The food wasn't the best and the quantity of pushups seemed a bit excessive (Though I appreciate the team spirit it builds) but overall a great experience!That being said, If you're doing any activities involving mud or water make sure you know when you're doing them so you know when to wear your disposable clothes/shoes (They didn't tell us one of the activities contained water and it took days for my good shoes to dry)

Pretty standard camp I liked the emu and the horses, I didn't really know anyone so it was great for bonding and team building, the cabins could be a bit better and the activities where ok but all in all the buggies where my favorite part.

I went to this camp and swallowed the water and got dysentery. I spent the rest of the camp sleeping in the same bed as Mr Dubery. He gave me back massages while I was sleeping. That made it so much better. Would recommend getting violently ill.- Heinrich Van De Beld

i've just come back from 3 days from 'the challenge - emu gully adventure education group' and i'm going to give a rundown on the camp.FOODdinner day 1: was a butter chicken, and was amazing.82/100don’t ask why i’m using a 100 mark scale.supper day 1: was a cup of milo, and your choice of an arnott's assorted biscuit. the milo was cold, but that is the only downside.85/100breakfast day 2: your choice of hashbrowns, eggs, sausages, cereal or baked beans. i chose everything except for the baked beans or cereal. again, it was full of flavour.90/100lunch day 2: was a wrap with pork and your choice of salad, most people didn't like the pork, but i didn't think it was too bad.82/100the other meals were good, but not worth talking about.ACTIVITIESday 1: hula hoop competition - you had to get a hoop from the first person in your group to the last, with it always being connected to at least one person. a great first exercise in terms of team building.95/100day 2: you had 3 activities that all went for 45 minutes, that you rotated in your groups in. the activities were the swinging log, commando cable crossing and escape from colditz. they were all good, and again, got you to think and work together as a team. can't really fault it.96/100still day 2: after lunch, you had 4 more activities that you rotated in. these included the siege of tobruk, bridge over the river kwai, tunnel rats of Vietnam and the kokoda track. they all had a WW1 or WW2 theme to it, which i will talk about later. the tunnel rats of Vietnam was very claustrophobic for some people, but it is easily doable for all. the kokoda track was a mud walk that you had to carry one of your team on a stretcher through, with small mounds to carry them up. the only bad thing was the mud was freezing cold.87/100day 2 night: was a night walk. again, you had to carry someone on a stretcher, but this time, it was a 4km walk on a dirt track, going up and down steep hills etc.70/100other things- camp instructors were funny (my instructors were Brittany, Chelsea, and Jack.)- every activity had a strong tie to either WW1, WW2, or the Vietnam War. they gave a 10-15 minute story at the start of each activity, which explained why we are doing it etc.- after each activity, there was a 10-15 minute debrief, going over how we worked as a team, and what we could do better if it was to be done again.- we had a talk from a Vietnam war veteran which was really interesting.- cabins were good, however they did get a bit cold through the night.- Ernie the emu is amazing.- in your day groups, you have none of your friends. this is good though, as you can get closer with other people.if you have the chance to go, i strongly recommend it. you get a lot closer with your year cohort.

Reflecting on my experience from 2020. I will update this review next week as I am returning for the leadership camp on Monday.2020 review:Staff weren't too pushy when it came to students not wanting to do activities. They encouraged students to join in on the activities but weren't forced to do them, such as the tunnel activities and the mud. I enjoyed learning about stories behind each of the activities more than the activities themselves. Staff were also kind and encouraged fun at the end of the day. The activities in the hall were fun as well.Food was pretty good considering the number of students being fed. I did go a bit hungry on the second night as I don't really like/can't eat nachos.Dorms were also pretty good. Had a working aircon.2023 review:Will be added soon

Went here for school camp and that's where we will be going for the rest of school. This was my best camp experience ever, the activities were so fun and they never forced you to do anything. We did pushups if someone ruined the teamwork. Wasn't allowed to bring my phone though so I didn't get photos. This was honestly so fun especially because of the mud, I recommend this greatly!!

Emu Gully was a great place to visit! The activities including several teamwork exercises, Tunnel Rats of Vietnam and the Siege of Tobruk, in addition to multiple water activities. The activities mix Australian history into fun games however, some of the activities are a bit frightening such as the Tunnel Rats of Vietnam, which makes you feel quite claustrophobic.The coolest part of this place is the emu mascot, which I have attached pictures of below.