O-Camp
2009
20th-22nd Feb 2008 HAVE THE WEEKEND OF YOUR UNI LIFE!
Check
out the sss
facebook group and page. Keep abreast of current goss by being
in the SSS group, check the latest news on events, and chuck in a comment or two...
Also check
out and be a friend of the sss at the sss
myspace.
Orientation camp is the best way
to kick off your new Uni life. Party all weekend, meet new friends,
fall off a canoe, have a blast, dance all night and remember it
for the rest of your life. By O'Week, you'll find that instead of
standing in a crowd of strangers, you'll be surrounded by friends.
Orientation Camp is open to all
1st year students of any course.
The camp lasts 3 days from Friday 17th February through to Sunday
19th and is held at Campapse Downs Country Resort (near Kyneton).
An indoor pool, spa and sauna, basketball, volleyball, trampolines,
canoes, private lake and a goat are all on offer, as well as the
traditional array of events, activities, games and spontaneous silliness
that live on in Uni folklore. It's guaranteed that all through first
year, enough classic "and one time, on O'Camp" stories will be told
to make even the most thick-skinned non-camper jealous...
Numbers are limited to 250 with a strict 'first
in first served' policy - so you'd better get your application
in early!
Download the Orientation
Camp 2006 form, print it out, and fill in ALL
details. You can also pick one up from one of our friendly
SSS crew, who will be answering your questions or just hanging out
around uni during the enrolment period.
Please fill in ALL your details on this form,
attach a cheque or money order for $154. Please make cheques out
to Melbourne University Science Students' Society.
Please note, payment is non refundable, unless all places on camp
have been taken, in which case all money will be returned immediately.
Download the 'Indemnity
Form'. Print out the form on white paper,
making sure you have signed it and filled in ALL
details, then send it, the O'Camp form and attached cheque
or money order for $154 to::
Mail must be recieved at the above address before
Friday 10th Feb.
You can check that we have
received your camp form and payment on this website: (Click
Here) - please allow for postage and processing time.
If a week has passed since you mailed your payment and form, and
you are still not listed here, please contact Bennie Phillips(details
below)
Pack your stuff, which should include:
• Three days worth of clothes, warm or
cold.
• Bathers, towel, shower bag and shower cap if you want to
look silly.
• Address book and pens for all the new friends you will make.
• No glass bottles - Alcohol should be brought in cans wherever
possible
• No sleeping bags - bedding is provided
• No food is necessary - 3 'gourmet' meals a day will be provided
by the camp managers.
Turn up to uni at or around
11am on the morning of Friday 17th of February. The best spot to
go is the Melbourne University tram terminus on Swanston St, and
then follow the posters and chalk arrows to the North Court. (Click
here for a map and directions)
Buses will return to Melbourne University on Sunday 19th
by 5pm, but stick around afterwards for a few at a local pub, The
Barn Bar (Plough & Harrow)... (this is also a good spot to get
picked up from, or to grab a tram!)
If you have any queries, problems or just want
a lovely chat, feel free to call:
Bennie Phillips
0425 762 352
Dave-O Mulholland
0404 297 525
Some mobile services have limited reception
in the area. Campaspe Downs camp can be contacted in case of an
emergency. In such a case, messages can be left
for campers by calling 03 5424 8383 - no direct calls are possible.
Orientation Camp is an annual event run by us,
the Science Students' Society - a non-profit, non-exclusive student
society affiliated with the Melbourne University Student Union. Membership
is a paltry $2 (get your sss discount card here!!), and is open to
ABSOLUTELY ANYONE hanging around Melbourne Uni, Science student or
otherwise... Orientation camp usually runs at a small loss, but is
subsidised by money raised at our other (fun) events throughout the
year. Feel free to browse the site, and get as excited as we are about
our many upcoming sell-out events...! You'll read about it first on
www.sssonline.org.au!!
