The Modern Treasure Hunt

On Friday 9 May I was lucky enough to join Mrs Berry and two teams of Year 6 students on a trip to Rottnest Island for the annual Nature Play Geo-Challenge. The Geo-Challenge is an action packed race around Rottnest Island where we search for hidden geocaches, learn about the island's rich history and compete for the Geo-Challenge Cup.

For those of you who don't know, Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game that is played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with a GPS or Smartphone. Played by all types of people, the basic idea is to use a GPS or Smartphone to locate a hidden container - called a geocache - then share your experience online with the rest of the world! On Friday we used a GPS that lead us all around the island, searching in the most obscure places at times for the capsules!

As well as being a lot of fun, the race challenged our fitness, our inner strategist and our teamwork. All of the boys were certainly up to these challenges and although we didn't come home with the Cup we were certainly competitive and had a wonderful time. I would recommend geocaching to everybody and I really hope that I get to join in the adventure again next year.

Miss Lana Schorer

Teacher 7L