OPERATION FLINDERS Quiz Night - hosted by ABHS and Rachel Sanderson

Fundraiser to sponsor students from Adelaide Botanic High School to participate in Operation Flinders in 2022.

QUIZ NIGHT DETAILS

Tickets are $20 per person.

There will be tables of 10 set up on on the night - you can buy a set of 10 tickets for your friends/family/trivia partners to form your own team (group bookings are essential if you wish to sit with your preferred table-mates).

BYO nibbles and drinks (alcohol is permitted). BYO utensils and plastic drinkware. There will be the opportunity to purchase soft drinks.

There will be prizes, silent auction and games - so bring your gold coins as well!

Doors open at 6pm for a 6.30pm start.

A reminder that there is no parking on site at Adelaide Botanic High School - take advantage of cheap weekend parking at Wilson's carpark (Lot 14).

Please note - as this is a licensed event, U18's are not permitted.

OPERATION FLINDERS DETAILS

The Operation Flinders Exercises takes place at Yankaninna Station, in the northern Flinders Ranges, providing the remote and ancient landscape upon which the Operation Flinders Exercises are conducted.

A team of students will be accompanied by ABHS staff and also experienced Operation Flinders Field Volunteers. The team will trek over 100km over the eight days on the property and participants are challenged both physically and emotionally in an isolated environment.

Activities undertaken during their time on Exercise include :

• Daily cross country hikes between their night camp sites
• Abseiling
• Team building activities
• Bush survival skills
• Bush cooking
• Navigation
• Learning about the local Indigenous culture

The team will be self-sufficient for 8 days, carrying packs on their backs including all sleeping, camping equipment and personal items. They move around the property according to a navigation plan that determines their night locations. At each night location, the team is provided with a tub of rations for meals and sufficient water for the following day.

Once the program commences, participants will be expected to complete it. There is no opportunity to ‘opt-out’, as they so often do when faced with challenges in their daily lives. Teams will generally go through an initial ‘storming’ phase, followed by acceptance or ‘norming’, then finally ‘performing’ when the team comes together and are working effectively.

Through participating in the program, participants are also able to gain credit towards their Year 11 and Year 12 South Australian Certificate of Education under the banner of Recognition of Community Learning.

Host or Publisher Adelaide Botanic High School