Scotch Annual Cadet Camp Finished

I have just returned from a Puckapunyal military base. Overall, it has been a pretty good experience and I especially liked the live firing.

I woke up with the urge to vomit and feeling dizzy on the final day. I had to take some Panadol tablets and fell asleep a couple more times. The teachers and the platoon were very helpful while I was sick.

On the trip back we watched Scooby-Doo, a 2002 live-action film. The film concerns Mystery Inc. (Shaggy, Fred, Scooby-Doo, Velma and Daphne) investigating an island, owned by the eccentric Emile Mondavarious, where teenagers are turning into mindless zombies. They end up unravelling a rather bewildering plan. The film includes Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson and Neil Fanning.

Here is what we did on the days...

Day 1

Arrival in bush
Abseiling (25 metres)

Day 2

Navigational exercise
Shelter building (using wood)
Night navigational exercise
Lantern Stalk

Day 3

Arrival in barracks
Drill using rifles

Day 4

Live firing (using, as I recall, the 5.56mm F88 Austeyr rifle)
Personal training (just a whole lot of exercise, and I found it particularly difficult)
Drill with rifles
Lantern stalk

Day 5

Drill with rifles
Concert night (with the whole unit)
Skit night (with Alpha company)

Day 6
Drill with rifles
Parade