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At Kinglake Forest Adventures Camp our qualified staff can fully facilitate your one day or multi-day camp experience allowing you time to properly engage with your students. Our crew start with and stay with the same student group throughout and really know how to connect with the group. Teaching staff have a unique view for a few days.

Day Programs
Transport your students out of the classroom and into the bush for a day of personal and team challenges exploring wellbeing and inner strengths through outdoor recreational activities blended cleverly with soft skills development.

Full day of experiential learning.
Exclusive use of facilities and activities for your group including treetop challenges, mountain biking, flying foxes, ropes courses, outdoor rec arenas, educational discovery centre and a good dose of nature.
Dedicated program director to fully oversee the day.
Full catering and bus transfers available.

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3-5 Day Facilitated Programs
Our specially developed multi-day camp programs are guided by a mature meta-program that includes wellbeing processes and activities that will engage various intelligences and learning styles. Our 3 day camp programs include: Adventure Camp, Leadership Camp and Survivor Camp. Our flagship camp program Young Rhythms is only offered 4 to 5 days.

Adventure Camp – 3 Days, 2 Nights (Fully Facilitated)
Our most popular camp program, the Adventure Camp is purely focused on optimising engagement opportunities with participants, providing each student a mix of challenges to conquer and opportunities to lead. Over three days students will test their limits with outdoor experiences scaling our treetops courses, taking a leap of faith, being creative and bonding as a cohort.

Selected night activities such as drumming, indigenous culture, campfire chillouts or our amazing Hunger Games challenge.
A final day Wildergaining Mission activity designed to step up the intensity to test out their new found skills.
Dedicated facilitator for each teacher/group
Exclusive use of our facilities including accommodation, outdoor activities, forest and catering

Leadership Camps – 3 Days / 2 Nights (Facilitated/School Facilitated)
A popular program bringing the leaders from multiple year levels together on camp. There are many of the elements of the Adventure Camp program but slightly adapted so teachers can facilitate some of the school’s language and frameworks. Over three days students will test their limits with outdoor experiences scaling our treetops courses, taking a leap of faith, being creative and bonding as a cohort. Additionally our “Noticing Leadership” process which shines the light on leadership for the camp’s duration and makes leadership outcomes intentional, not hoped for.

Selected night activities such as drumming, indigenous culture, campfire chillouts or our amazing and the Hunger Games challenge.
A final day three Wildergaining Mission activity designed to step up the intensity to test out their new found skills.
Dedicated facilitator for each teacher/group to fully implement camp program
Exclusive use of our facilities including accommodation, outdoor activities, forest and catering.

Survivor Camp – 3 Days / 2 Nights (Fully Facilitated)
The Survivor Camp focuses on connections, culture and communication. Broken up into tribes, we seek out the wisdom from the past as we investigate the unique culture and practices of the ancient Tribes of the Kinglake Ranges. We learn new (or old!) ways of communicating, shift our ideas of wealth and abundance and discover the importance of building and adhering to a code of conduct. Each day in the forest is a mystery and your first task is to prepare for the journey through developing your tribe’s uniqueness, communications and conduct. It’s our same positive foundational meta program, just with a great theme to carry the journey. It develops the cohort and becomes legend.

Survivor props including flags, bandanas and theatrical facilitation and tribal councils
Choose your degree of ‘roughing it’ from little, to giant teepees to hiking tents or built shelters
Dedicated facilitator (Tribal Elder) to fully implement and run camp experience
Learn the fundamentals of non-defensive non-judgemental personal communication
Take home props
Exclusive use of our facilities including accommodation, outdoor activities and catering.

Young Rhythms – 4 to 5 Days – Our flagship camp (Fully Facilitated)
Young Rhythms is a carefully sequenced program drawing on evidence based research designed to empower students to discover and utilise their strengths, enhance their life communication skills and develop habits of positive psychology. Before and across the five days students will:

Learn the fundamentals of non-defensive non-judgemental personal communication
Explore the concepts of planning, diversity, teamwork and leadership
Discover the value of self-reflection and learn to develop new habits to incorporate into daily life
Create resilience tools that work for them individually
Question advertising’s validity for role modelling
Open up to the practice of quieting the mind and resting through meditation and mindfulness and learn to develop new habits to incorporate into daily life
Consolidate their achievements in an individual personal workbook to record their milestones.

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To enhance the program lessons beyond the camp, teachers and parents will receive resources to introduce the concept, skills and behaviours discovered in the camp and provide tips on how to foster this growth into daily life.

Additions include:

Dedicated facilitator to fully implement and run camp experience
Exclusive use of our facilities including accommodation, outdoor activities and catering
Take home mementos
Additional teacher and parent resources.

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Want to deliver your own program? Find out about our DIY camp programs

The program at Kinglake Forest Adventures was well tailored, in order to best meet the wellbeing needs of our students and prepare them for their final year of schooling. We select KFA due to their innovative approach towards programming and their flexibility in tailoring the structure of our Retreat to align with both our school culture and our goals for our students. The KFA staff are friendly and welcoming, allowing the students to feel at ease, whilst encouraging them to challenge themselves, work as a team, reflect on their strengths and step outside of their comfort zone.

Nov 2019
Colin, Michelle and their team really did provide us with a Journey in the design and execution of a program for a group of young women focused on individual strengths, teamwork and leadership. Consultation in the crafting of an experience that captured key objectives was thorough, bespoke and delivered with utmost care and detail. They were open to flexibility both in planning and execution, using our staff as guideposts to improve any aspect of the program once it was underway. Our young people walked away from KFA with a heightened sense of self, a deeper appreciation of their own wellbeing and a bag full of long lasting memories. We would like to thank the Journey team for embracing our group, displaying adaptability around program specifics and cultivating a safe environment where young people were able to explore, experience and flourish. Thanks guys!

Talent & Wellbeing Manager

NAB AFL Women’s Academy – Aug 2019
Kew High School.

Kew High School has been attending Kinglake Forest Adventures since 2013. We chose KFA as it offered a different experience from other camps. Over the past seven years we have benefited from new and exciting activities offered to our students but the one main consistent point is their attention and dedication to their ethos in wellbeing and positive psychology which is integrated into and around each and every activity. As the school I have always enjoyed being part of the conversation about what else can be implemented into our program to make it unique and specific to the needs of my students. This has included the physical challenges we take on and the language which we use at the school. In 2020 Kew High School are additionally bringing our year seven student camp program across to KFA from another provider because I know that they can offer us something that is unique, innovative, fun, exciting and is all backed up by current research into resilience and student wellbeing.

Nov, 2019

Kew High
Shelford Girls Grammar

Year 8, 60 Participants.

Our Year 8s absolutely loved the challenging, thrilling and thought-provoking Young Rhythms Program at Kinglake! What an amazing week… The skills they gained from their camp experience are so important at this stage in their development, and link in perfectly with our approach to pastoral care here at school. The program run so smoothly and it was a joy to work with such a capable team throughout the week! Thank you!!

Alison Reid, Year 8 Co-ordinator.

Shelford Girls Grammar
Mentone Girls Grammar

February 2018, Year 7, 80 Participants.

“On behalf of my team and the school, I would like to thank you and your team for providing such a professional and high standard service. We share a lot in terms of our vision in providing the challenging but entertaining experience to push students’ comfort zone and learn more about themselves. I have received so many positive feedback from both school, students and their parents that students had a very good time.

I also appreciate your flexibility and understanding to accommodate our dynamic and demanding environment as it comes to the student’s well-being and health. ”

Ellie Beni, Head of Year 7

Mentone Girls Grammar
Camberwell High

200 Year 9 Students

Despite some difficult weather conditions, the Year 9 cohort from Camberwell High School had an amazing experience at Kinglake Ranges Wilderness Camp again in 2018.

Favourite adventure activities, including the ropes course and hike, encouraged the students to push out of their physical comfort zones in a safe and supportive environment. The meditation and “About Me” sessions allowed opportunities for emotional development and bonding within small groups.

Other activities throughout camp were designed to develop students’ co-operation, collaboration, communication and teamwork skills, which of course are invaluable. Watching the individual growth in these areas over the three days was extraordinary.

The camp staff were, in all circumstances, amazing. The understanding and support they showed to all students during the activities was commendable, and they went above and beyond to ensure all were engaging with the challenges and getting the most out of the camp experience.

A sincere thank you to all involved in making this camp such a resounding success.

Renee Gordon

Year 9 Student Learning Leader

Camberwell High
“Dear Colin, Slim, Maddy & KFA Camp,

On behalf of the Highton Primary School Grade 5/6 students and staff, we would like to thank-you for a wonderful three days at your camp. From the moment we arrived at camp, we were treated in a warm and friendly manner, with many students commenting about the polite and lovely nature of the KFA staff. The program you implemented allowed the students to foster and strengthen new relationships. The staff promoted and encouraged students to adopt a growth mindset and to s

afely step outside of their comfort zones. For our students, the Leap of Faith and the Wildergaining Collaborative Mission were highlights. Furthermore, we would like to say a huge big thank-you to Michelle and the kitchen staff, for their professionalism in dealing with dietary requirements and for ensuring the food was always delicious.”

2019 Ben Leitch, Grade 5 & 6, Highton Primary School
Eltham High School, May 2018

Eltham High School, again took advantage of the program at Kinglake Forest Adventures Camp in 2018. Colin, Steve and the rest of the crew worked extremely hard to provide an engaging program that challenged our students to push them selves out of their comfort zones. Our kids formed new friendships, engaged with their facilitators and teachers building strong relationships and came away from their experience with a host of new memories. Each group learned to recognise not only their own strengths but the strengths in others that they worked with and built a culture of positive reinforcement and a growth mind set. Steve worked closely with us to deal with the challenges that come with bringing up a huge cohort of year 9 students and made sure the entire program ran smoothly for the duration of the camp. On return to school the next week I my-self heard more than one student exclaim that this was the best camp they’d ever been on.

We here at Eltham High School extend our most sincere thanks to the team at KFA for their hard work and the friendly atmosphere they created for us.

Simon Maurdev, Eltham High School

Eltham High School
“The leadership students of Cheltenham Secondary College go so much out of each and every aspect of your camp. From the Wildergaining, to the Tree Talk, to the staff, we really grew to learn and understand to a deeper level what leadership is to each of us.

Throughout the camp the cooking staff would outdo themselves time and time again, holding nothing back, providing us with nutritious and delicious meals to keep us sustained each day.”

Tara O’Neill, Year 12 Public Relations, Cheltenham Secondary College
“Your attention to detail and ability to adhere to strict regulations and controls is clearly evidenced by the care given to our students.”

Katherine Smith, Middle School Leader, Kew High
“Our year 8’s absolutely loved the challenging, thrilling and thought-provoking Young Rhythms Program at Kinglake…The skills they gained from their camp experience were so important at this stage in their development.”

Alison Reid, Year 8 Co-ordinator, Shelford Girls Grammar
“ On behalf of the other teachers and our merry band of intrepid international students, I wanted to thank KRWC for your hospitality and conducting a program that exceeded our expectations in terms of delivering student growth outcomes. You can certainly be proud of the product and service you afforded to our school.”

Christopher Menage – The Peninsula school
Cheltenham Secondary

Leadership Camp.

“Thanks KRWC for an absolute legendary camp!! The leadership students of Cheltenham Secondary College got so much out of each and every aspect of your camp. From the Wildergaining, to the Tree Talk, to the staff, we really grew to learn and understand to a deeper level what leadership is to each of us. KRWC provided a warm, fun and enlightening experience for us all!!The staff at KRWC were amazing! Greeted with warm smiles and fun icebreakers we knew we were in great hands. Then in smaller groups later they helped us to learn more about leadership styles, ourselves and our group members. During these group times the staff helped to create an environment that made us comfortable to share encouragement and ideas about leadership with each other without feeling judged.

Throughout the camp the cooking staff would outdo themselves time and time again, holding nothing back, providing us with nutritious and delicious meals to keep us sustained each day.

I’m sure we all really appreciated the beauty of the environment that this camp is situated in. Doing the smaller group activities was made significantly better just because of the native, natural environment. The accommodation was perfectly adequate for us all. And we all loved the Mac on the wall with our school logo on it and the other welcoming touches around the main room also.

In all the games and activities we did, we were pushed and stretched in different ways, helping us to gain more confidence in ourselves and others also. The fun level for all these games and activities were “off the Richter Scale”!!! We all learnt to function as a team better and learnt valuable lessons that can be applied to many leadership opportunities we may be presented with both now and in the future ahead of us.“

Tara O’Neill, Year 12 Public Relations, Cheltenham Secondary College

Cheltenham Secondary
“Hi Colin and Michelle,
Many thanks for the fantastic experience you provided to our students, staff and parent helpers last week at your camp. All of the students have been talking about their time away and have returned to school, renewed, fresh and full of vigour. It is a testament to your thorough planning and organisation skills, that these camps are successful, happy and enjoyable.

The staff you have employed are extremely caring about the students they work with in the small groups. They not only encourage the students to go beyond their limits, they reward all of their efforts, whilst completing the challenges they face.”

Liz Moody

Moonee Ponds Primary