06/09/2026
Canberra Trip – Day 5 (Our Last Full Day in Canberra!) ❄️🚌
Early start today… although the students were already up, dressed, and practically vibrating with excitement for SNOW ⛄️✨. We nervously drove into Corin Forest, but the moment we arrived we saw snow everywhere and the snow‑making machines blasting. More snow than Perisher, which is closing skiing this weekend! 🎿
After signing my life away as Principal so they could toboggan 😅, the kids hit the slope — a very gentle children’s hill. Honestly, these students do more dangerous things doing chores at home. Motorbikes, cows, hunting… Corin Forest was nothing. 🏍️🐄🎯
And yes… although I haven’t yet seen the video evidence of my toboggan run, I can confirm I did not hear the safety briefing and therefore did not know to put my heels down. I shot straight under the mats at the back like a rogue penguin 🐧💨. The men came running to check I was alright while I was giggling like a child. 😳😂
Resting my back tonight — pretty sure the snowballs aimed at me were thrown with Olympic enthusiasm. 🎯❄️ These gorgeous kids keep me young… and bruised.
We headed up to Mount Ainslie for the obligatory photo 📸, then around to lunch at the National Arboretum, watching kites fill the sky 🪁🌤️. One lost cash card gave us a moment of panic, but thankfully it was handed in 🙌.
Next stop: Cockington Green Gardens, exploring tiny miniature worlds built at roughly 1:12 scale 🏡🌍 (so yes — about 1 cm representing 12 metres).
And although Questacon was always on the agenda, we were lucky enough to have extra time there — which meant an even bigger afternoon of hands‑on science, noise, excitement, and very happy students 🔬🤩.
Pizza back at base for dinner 🍕, tired adults hoping the students might finally run out of steam tonight 😴.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads — hope your day was as joyful as ours 💙❤️
