Director of Outdoor Education, Tallong Campus

Exciting times at Tallong this week. Our Year 11s arrive for their end of term retreat and the Wodi Wodi building has new carpet and a new kitchen!! As the old carpet was ripped up a couple of weeks ago I was reflecting on just how many students and staff feet have walked upon that carpet. Given on average Tallong hosts up to 10,000 participant days a year and the carpet is well over 30 years old that means that some 600,000 feet have walked upon that carpet…I think.

Perhaps many of you are not aware that the Tallong campus was opened in 1983 by Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith AC and began its life as a youth at risk program whereby over a number of weeks young people would embark on a program designed to rehabilitate and course correct. The Tallong campus was called the Merle Hurcomb Wilderness Centre back then and while the client group today may be a different mix, all are entitled to benefit from the sense of space that is Tallong.

Kendal Hann
Director of Outdoor Education and Tallong Campus