Hi my name is Abbey l am from Timboon P-12 School and I went on my first expo last week.

We left at 7:30 in the morning to start our long journey to Dock Inlet. We were first dropped off at a bridge and then after about a 1km of walking up a few steep hills we made it to the beach. From the hot sandy beach we then had to walk a further 6kms. It was a very long hot walk. As we walked along the beach there where many sing alongs and fun games played. It was the only thing that would keep you away for the pain of the 12kg packs that we had to carry filled with your food, water, a tent, a sleeping bag, your sleeping mat and your clothes. When we finally made it to the track that would lead us to our campsite we had to climb over and under fallen trees. After a long walk to the campsite at Dock Inlet we then had lunch and set up our tents. The boys took forever to set up their tents so the girls got to go swimming in the lake. When the boys finally joined us we got to have hand standing competitions and play games. After the swim we had a bush cooking lesson.

After a great night sleep in our tents and a bit of rain we were ready to go for the second day. We had to walk another 7kms! But this time on dirt tracks. Every time you went up one hill you could see the next hill. When we got to the top of one hill you could see the sea and how far we had walked which was a great feeling. We were so happy when we walk around the corner to see the bus and we all ran…. well tried to. We had a great two days of bush/beach walking and were proud of our efforts and the skills that we had learnt. I have made so many friends here and they were very supportive on expo. After we all got into the bus we drove down to Yeerung River for a swim and some lunch.