It was time to make a decision after six years at uni culminating in one teaching degree to either become a professional uni student or take the world by storm and join Outward Bound Australia. I decided to hop on the Outward Bound fun bus and applied for the internship to get outdoors and active and away from the doom and gloom of essays and tutorials. The internship has been great fun so far. I've learnt tons of new skills, met some awesome people and been to magnificent areas.
I'm excited to wake up each morning knowing that each day I'm getting closer to being a fully qualified instructor. I love having the outdoors as my classroom - not only do I get fresh air but I also get a great tan at the same time. I've found that being dirty is the new clean and any sandwich (even the soggy ones) tastes great when I'm sitting on a ridgeline or beside a river.
I encourage anyone who enjoys working with people and getting their hands dirty to apply for the internship. You'll love it!
I am 21 years old from Ballarat, Victoria. I was an Outward Bound participant at high school, and have always been passionate about the outdoors- getting outside for a mountain bike ride, a run or a bushwalk. I came into the internship with no specific outdoor training, so the internship so far has been a full-on experience! Already we are qualified in wilderness first aid, know how to set up and run abseils, rock climbs and ropes courses, have done high ropes rescue and heaps more. We don't get all that many days off, but time flies because of all the cool stuff we are doing.
Romeo Intern (January 2007)
