Kalkari Visitors Centre
Commencing at the Kalkari Visitors Centre, the students get to know more about the Windybanks family through Norman’s Bush Journal and old photos of the Windybanks family. This will enable them to compare with their own lives in the 21st century.
The students will receive their own blank bush journal enabling them to document their own journey along the bush track during the day.
Reading from Norman’s diary, the students will learn about Norman’s Aboriginal friend, Jimmy and the Aboriginal engravings of the area. At the 3D map, the students find related rivers and places.
Bushwalk to Bobbin Head
During the walk to Bobbin Head, the students follow Norman’s path and journal entries, recreating a day in his life and comparing his daily life to their own. The students are will undertake several hands-on activities to help them understand the history and changes of the area which they will document in their own journals, including sketching and poetry reading. Students will also learn the local Aboriginal names for several of the plants and animals that will be seen along the way.
Bobbin Head history
Journal reading is completed. Students are challenged in their observations of old photos of early Bobbin Head to see what has remained the same and what has changed.
