Encompass Issue 52 – May 2013 - Kawana Scouts

SISEP Adventure by Mitchell Eickenloff – Goodna VenturerWeek 5 - 8 of SISEPSunday 23 rd December to Saturday 19 th January 2013Week 5 of SISEPThe Week of ChristmasOn Christmas day we woke up at9.00am. It was fun experiencing thedifferent style of Christmas in themorning. Santa gave me a lot ofscoung things and some funthings like chocolate and thermals.I need the thermals.At dinnerme we only had the familyand Ellio, which is Bethany’sboyfriend over for a roast dinner. Ican’t really remember having aroast dinner at Christmas me inAustralia. It was so nice and therewere a lot of different styles ofcooking. Aer dinner and dessertwe watched some Christmas moviesand when to bed about 3.00am.Week 6 of SISEPThe Week of New YearAer having a lovely Christmas withthe family but not a white ChristmasI helped out around the house.We helped set up the house fortheir New Year Eve Party. I had alot of fun with everyone and wewent to bed at 7.30am on themorning of the 1 st of January.Week 7 of SISEPThe Final Week with the Host FamilyThis week is my final week of beingwith the family and what an awesomeweek it was. For starters, Ididn’t go to college for the wholeweek, instead I went to work experienceat AirMed. This is an AircraCompany that helps medically illpeople with their supplies and helpswith emergency evacuaons. Ilearnt so much in only 4 days and Ialso received a reference fromthem, which is great.them, I went to Baden Powell House to start a week of fun and travelwith sixteen other venturers from around Australia.So, aer meeng everyone andhaving a group meeng abouteverything in London, we finallywent to dinner at this lile Italyrestaurant. It was great to talk toeveryone about our adventures inthe United Kingdom and Denmark.Day two, so it starts with ChurchillBunker, which are war rooms fora history lesson. Then we walkedthru the park to ParliamentHouse, where we got a VIP touraround the grounds. We went onthe train to the Eye where we hadlunch and then to LeicesterSquare, Oxford Street for someshopping and also Camden market.Aer, we had dinner at Noodlebox, we went and lookedaround Oxford Street for onesies.On the third day of London, it wasvery interesng because we thenwent to The Crystal, which is ourfuture built on sustainable cies,showing people how the worldwould be in 50 to100 years me.Aer taking a cable car to the LondonOlympics Stadium, we wentand got some food from the BoroughMarkets.Aer the markets we went to theTower of London, Tower Bridge and the amazing Monument. Aertoday’s history lesson we went to an underground comedy placeand laser force.On the fourth day, it was just thebest day because we went toHarry Poer World and spenthours there. We then went backto Oxford Street for lunch. Atnight we went on a Scary Jackthe Ripper Tour around Londonwhich we learnt so much aboutthe history of London Police.On Friday, it was my last day at college and I had so much fun. First Ihave to do my power point about Australia and the students lovedit. They also thought that it was very interesng, they all want to goto Australia now. Aer saying my goodbyes to everyone from collegewe went to Winter Camp. It’s like a Jamboree but with only 500venturers and scouts, but it was a lot of fun. There was everythingfrom flight simulators to a disco to white water raing. I have somuch fun for the whole two days and got so muddy too.Week 8 of SISEPThe Final Week in LondonAer saying thanks to the family for everything and sadly leavingOn the fih day in London, we started the day by going to Ma’sSecrets Place, which is the Sixth Floor. It is an awesome place to justchill and to get a great view of the city. We then climbed the Towerof London, which was crazy. Then we had lunch and went to thereal Shakespeare Globe which is awesome and then we paid a visitto Ma’s University and went to an open Mic Comedy Night.Sadly on the fih and final day we spent the whole day packing, justpacking and cleaning up the rooms. Throughout the week, I havehad so much fun and Ma was the coolest guy to show us aroundLondon. So thanks Ma for the me of our life. One day I hope tosee you again, hopefully in Australia.29