Bush/Adventure Therapy is aimed at young people to help them to rediscover their potential, build self-efficacy, resilience, confidence, develop team work, learn appropriate behaviors, and life coping skills. It’s a practical way for young people to discover who they are and what they are able to achieve when they set their mind to something.

Activities Include:

• 8 Day Sailing on the Gippsland Lakes
• Day-trip Snow Boarding at Mt Buller
• Day-trip Rock Climbing
• Day-trip Caving
• Day-trip Mountain Bike Riding
• Day-trip Surfing

Adventure Plus aims to create a positive learning environment to engage young people in adventure activities that are challenging, exciting and achievable. The great outdoors offers a unique setting to positively influence the lives of young people.

• We offer young people opportunities on expeditions and adventure weekends/days that incorporate; team building initiatives, hike and rafting trips, abseiling, rock climbing, high and low rope courses and canoeing.

• Participants are encouraged to think, reflect, ask questions and begin a personal search for significance and meaning.

• They have the opportunity to experience adventure and fun, build friendships and learn new skills and values so that they receive positive input into personality and character areas such as: confidence, self-esteem, sense of value and worth, trust, accepting responsibility and gaining a sense of hope and direction for the future.

The R.A.P. program provides local high schools with an alternative to suspension of students who are a disruptive influence in the school and are at risk of leaving the education system too early through disenchantment, suspension or expulsion.

• It is aimed at students aged 13-17 and in particular those in years eight and nine.
• The program operates for eight weeks, two hours per week or four weeks 1 day a week.
• Included is a two-night expedition run towards the completion of the program, to further enhance skills learnt in the previous weeks.

Key focus areas are: relationship building, communication, teamwork, problem solving and self assessment. .