2021 CLASSROOM CANBERRA THE POWERFUL STORY OF 02 9540 0999 KOKODA VETERAN [email protected] REG CHARD p4 unearth-ed.com.au CANBERRA SYDNEY BATHURST MELBOURNE SNOWFIELDS BLUE MOUNTAINS BALLARAT JAPAN NEW ZEALAND Your venue of choice on the ACT’s doorstep ... Warrambui offers group accommodation facilities in a peaceful bush setting. Enjoy “They showed really the tranquil surroundings while staying with us for your camp, conference or retreat. lovely, friendly attitudes • Accommodation for groups from 20 to 200 people and I appreciated all the • Two styles of accommodation: dorm and ensuite • Full catering with delicious meals to suit all ages flexibility and care for us” • Located near Murrumbateman on the Barton Highway, just north of Canberra • A range of day and night on-site activities • Conference facilities and break-out rooms SL17026-0417 Ph (02) 6220 1000 • [email protected] • www.warrambui.com.au Managing Director’s Letter 2021 contents Your guide to the very best Canberra has to offer! “The Canberra Trip” is a rite of passage that has continued to inspire students for over 80 years! The merits are discussed in detail by industry 03 MANAGING luminaries later in this planner. We all have fond memories of when we DIRECTOR’S went to Canberra, often senior public figures recall it was their school LETTER Canberra trip that inspired them to pursue a career in public office. 04 UNEARTH-ED In our companies 95 years of operation we have never experienced such Digs in for Ugandan charity catastrophic conditions. Unearth Ed arranges travel for around 9,000 05 REG CHARD students from all over Australia each year, who visit Canberra and the The story of War Snow and not one student travelled to Canberra with us in 2020. 06 360 ON The challenges have been felt by students, teachers, accommodation PLANNING venues, attractions, coach companies, airlines and my staff. You would YOUR TRIP have thought we would be quiet however we have been ‘flat out’ all Tips and tricks to make year cancelling and rebooking Canberra trips sometimes 3 times for the your trip a breeze. one school as the pandemic rolled on. Thank you to the Commonwealth Government for providing Jobkeeper which has allowed us to continue. 08 CHANGING ATTITUDES Martin Wren CEO We are proud to have not charged one cent in cancellation fees; our of Nova Employment team has worked tirelessly with our business partners to postpone, refund and rebook for the 2021 year and beyond. They are renowned 09 THE MORE THINGS for always being friendly and helpful with our customers. CHANGE Garry Watson explains. Our team developed other travel options for students, self-drive family itineraries to Canberra and State based Civics and Citizenship itineraries. 10 ATTRACTIONS & OPTIONS We have continued our efforts in social welfare partnering with Love Mercy financing the construction of a clean drinking water well in 11 CANBERRA: Northern Uganda. On average, a well is used by 500 people from 1 DESTINATION, nearby communities, many of whom have never had access to clean 5 DAYS water and it serves us a timely reminder of how fortunate we are even Uncover our in these difficult times. nation’s capital city. Reg Chard’s recollections of his time on the Kokoda track during WW2 12 PACER SUBSIDY are a testament to the bravery of Australians defending our freedom Help your students and the importance of remberance, afford to travel. Garry Watson, CEO of NCETP continues his great work promoting the 13 DIRECTORY ACT and in particular his passion-Australian Democracy. Your Canberra little black book. Dr Naomi Dale, the only Doctor of school excursion tourism contributes a fantastic piece demonstrating why “The Canberra Trip” presents the 32 LEARN, LIVE, best option for school excursions in 2021. DREAM, DISCOVER It’s a big wide world, All the staff at Unearth-Ed have been outstanding and I thank them why not explore it! for turning up every day with a smile and determination. Thank you to our suppliers who are always our greatest allies, thank you to our For Marketing and Advertising enquiries advertisers who have managed to join us this year in this publication contact Scott Longmuir on: and to those unable thank you for your support. p. 02 9540 0999 Unearth Ed is ready and eager to arrange your school to visit Canberra m. 0430 700 672 in 2021 and if you use another provider please support the great organ- e. [email protected] isations that appear in this publication. Follow us on facebook for Paul Crowther all our latest information Managing Director UNEARTH-ED.COM.AU PAGE 3 LOVE MERCY STAFF REBECCA, CAITLIN, CEO CAITLIN BARRETT AND ELOISE WELLINGS WITH PAUL CROWTHER (INSET) ELOISE ON THE TRACK. PICTURE JOHN VEAGE Unearth-Ed dig in for Ugandan charity Cronulla’s Eloise Wellings fulfilled her Olympic “The Well in Uganda illustrates that whilst people dream in London in 2012, and backed that up in are doing it tough in the Shire, there are plenty of Rio being the highest placing female Olympian in things to be thankful for like clean drinking water. Australians history in the 10,000m event finishing 9th. “Seeing how others cope just to live has made us more determined to keep working hard and being Eloise also competed in her fourth Commonwealth innovative to create new opportunities.” Paul said Games on the Gold Coast in 2018. The Crowther’s well is based in Ogwete, a rural Still training hard and waiting for an opportunity area in Northern Uganda, two hours out of Lira to achieve a qualifying time for Tokyo in 2021 With access and many of these local communities haven’t had Eloise’s greatest legacy is her ‘Love Mercy to clean water access to clean water,with women and children Foundation’ a charity she co-founded after having to walk 5-10 kms to the nearest water meeting Ugandan Olympian and former-child comes the source. soldier Julius Achon. empowerment Eloise said this can take hours, and often the Eloise was moved by his story of triumph over to pursue more water source isn’t clean and shared with livestock. adversity and felt that her troubles with injury for their lives were put in perspective by Julius’ life. She founded beyond the “For young girls, spending time this way means the Love Mercy Foundation in 2009 and has since traditional they have less time for school. With access to clean impacted over 100,000 local Ugandans through roles water comes the empowerment to pursue more health and agriculture programs. for their lives beyond traditional roles. Eloise is committed to seeing change in Uganda “The new Crowthers well works to break the cycle and supporting Julius in his dreams to see his of poverty, benefiting generations to come.” she village prosper and overcome the effects of war said. and poverty. In athletics there are some athletes qualified Local leading educational tourism business owner already with reigning javelin World Champion Paul Crowther and his family through Crowthers Kelsey-Lee Barber, Rio bronze medallist walker coaches and Unearth-Ed are the latest to help in Dane Bird-Smith and runners Jessica Hull Eloise’s vision, recently buying a well in Uganda (5000m), Stewart McSweyn (5000m and which is now operating and used by 500 people from nearby communities. 10000m) and racewalker Jemima Montag selected to the Australian Olympic Team for the Paul said his company is proud to be able to Tokyo Olympics. contribute to a charity like Love Mercy for something we take for granted in Australia -clean With the long layoff from international drinking water. competition Eloise just needs the opportunity to try and make the team-she is already making the Paul has never seen it tougher in his business- most of her opportunities. the coach industry has been one of the hardest hit industries during the Pandemic and schools Photo and article courtesy of John Veage and the haven’t travelled on excursions all year. Leader Newspaper September 16, 2020 PAGE 4 a new journey awaits LEST WE FORGET – REG CHARD LEST WE FORGET The Reg Chard story epitomises the War Memorials importance to modern Australia However, the heart and soul of the Memorial is the Commemorative Courtyard; a place where visitors are welcomed by the stark realities of the painful sacrifice Australians have made while defending freedom. It’s there where the names of every Australian who was killed in war is etched on long rows of bronze panels. It is also the site of the Tomb of the Unknown soldier, the final resting REG CHARD CHARD REG 18 AT ARMY THE JOINED WHEN HE place of an unidentified Australian soldier who in 1993 was ll of the pomp and pageantry for the official repatriated from a First World War cemetery in France. opening of the Australian War Memorial in Visitors to the Memorial should ensure they attend the Canberra had been finalised when 18-year-old emotion-charged Last Post ceremony, which is the daily Private Reg Chard, an apprentice pastry chef salute to the fallen and also to Australians such as Reg Afrom Sydney, commenced his basic infantry training in Chard . people who have given their all. November 1941. Australia’s military history is also commemorated in When Charles Bean, Australia’s official war historian Canberra by a series of monuments along Anzac Parade, Unearth-Ed dig in for Ugandan charity mooted the idea for a national war memorial in the 1920s, which leads from the memorial to Parliament House. he thought its purpose should be to commemorate the Visitors can comfortably walk the three kilometre and country’s involvement in the Great War of 1914-18.