Volunteer Voices

We returned from Townsville in February and had an interesting experience to say the least- that's a good thing! Overall, the camp was safe, had excellent accommodations as workcamps go, and there was an air-conditioned mall in walking distance (We were there at the height of their summer, 110 degrees, 100% humidity). Big FYI- We were unprepared for the fact that it is a very conservative religious boarding school and found the politics surrounding the issue of religion and Aboriginal culture a constant topic of conversation. The nice thing is that kids are pretty much kids wherever you go and on a one to one basis they were fun."

Amy Timm / Lysa Twardosz ~ Australia 2002