2019 Canberra Trip

NOV
28
| DAY 5
Our final day started bright and early at the Australian Institute of Sport. We participated
in hands on activities in Sportex such as indoor rock climbing and basketball as well hybrid
physical & digital game play that provided virtual HD gaming for rowing, cycling, soccer,
wheelchair and even a bobsleigh skeleton run. There was even a friendly arm-wrestling
competition between teachers and students. We were accompanied by a current volleyball
athlete as a guide as she took us through the impressive state-of-the-art sporting facilities
for athletics, swimming, volleyball and gymnastics. The grounds contain imposing statues of
welded iron that represented a range of athletes and sports and although grand in scale, we
saw birds had made use of them as the perfect spot to create a nest.
We also visited the National Gallery of Australia where our students were able to peruse the
various artworks, spending time in the Indigenous, Asian, Pop-Art, Surreal and Dada galleries
enjoying pieces from world renowned artists like Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Pablo
Picasso, Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali.