ASD Family Camp 24/25

Hello all, and are you ready for another adventure with the team of volunteers who are super excited to provide you with a life time of memories. This year we have extended the camp to three nights and four days with the team and the program aiming to develop and/or strengthen friendships.
The four days will consist of fun, creative exploration and a new activity that will kick off the camp on day one when you arrive. Provided by Skies Unlimited you will have the opportunity to experience navigating a drone while journeying with a team to explore the camp from a different perspective.
This year’s theme is ‘friendship’ giving you some tools and strategies to maintain and develop friendships at camp and within your own neighbourhood. We as a team know some of the challenges faced by your loved ones and you which is why we maintain a safe space in a ‘nonjudgmental’ environment giving you and your family a sense of belonging and acceptance while inclusion for all is encouraged.
Once again sensory needs are prioritised and feedback from you and or your family is always welcomed. Whether they are observable through touch, taste, smell, hearing, seeing we as a team know there’s more to it with sensations experienced on our inside for example difficulty communicating one’s body state like feeling hot/cold.
Therefore please let us know in your registration as much or as little details you hope to experience. Last summer we had one family super excited to see we put thought into catering for a member of their family by having the yogurt they loved even though they thought we would need to consider the catering needs for all. This emphasis’s how we don’t consider a one box fits all approach even when it comes to their sense of taste, smell or appearance.
Our cooks will be cooking up a feast that is healthy, tasty and delicious while dietary needs are taken into account. Families will be treated to a boat trip on the C.C. Neil to one of several destinations in the area. With a fun action pack camp planned, and preparations are on the way we hope you are ready and excited as much as us.
One activity that is planned for this year is an evening of trivia with a difference. As we know many of us learn in different ways and that’s why movement, creativity and teamwork will be useful and supportive for the deepening of friendships. Although the activity is planned for the final evening it is our hope that the families and the team will have had time to get to know each other identifying qualities, skills and passions we have been given to share. We also hope this will help to bring about inclusion, cooperation as each person compliments one another.
Knowing that in society many people tend to emphasis competition we aim for cooperation which is more helpful to equipping people with social skills that favours teamwork, for in our experience the achievement of goals is usually through teamwork.
Accommodation at Camp Coolamatong’s farm site offers spacious living in an environment that supports communal living. On site there are five cabins each fitted with three bedrooms, a bathroom and toilet. There is also a bunk house that has rooms for larger families, and facilities available for anyone with mobility difficulties.
Well, I think the majority of your questions may have been answered here, but if not please don’t hesitate to contact Lou or myself (Eve) and we will be delighted to answer your questions, although some may be tricky and we might need to speak with someone else however we will do our best to respond as soon as possible.