Alpine Ash Mountain Retreat & Conference Centre

Alpine Ash Mountain Retreat & Conference Centre

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PLACES TO VISIT

Basketball	Blind Fold Walk	Bush Cooking
Bush Craft	Bush Hut Building	Bushwalking / Night Walk
Campfire	Environmental Studies	Fitness Trail
Flying Fox*	High Ropes Course*	Low Ropes Course
Mohawk Walk	Nitro Crossing	Obstacle Course
Orienteering	Playground	Possum Glider*
Spider's Web	Swinging Log	Tension Traverse
Trust & Initiative Activities	Volleyball	Wild Woosey
N.B. Activities marked with * must be run by a qualified Alpine Ash staff member and an extra cost is involved.

Basketball
	An outdoor basketball court is available for use by guests. This activity is usually done during guests' free time.
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Bushwalking / Night Walk
Established walking tracks surround the property and are available for guests to use either for day or night walks. There are also many more walking tracks only a short drive from the retreat.
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Flying Fox
	The Flying Fox starts from a platform approximately 6m high and the cable runs for approximately 160m.
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High Ropes Course
The High Ropes Course consists of 3 elements: Chasm Leap (jump and swing over a 2.5m gap between two platforms), Turkey Tyres (row of suspended tyres to navigate with no hand support) and Multi Vine (one taut cable for the feet and several ropes suspended from a top cable to use as hand support). All elements are fixed at a height of about 10m.
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Low Ropes Course
		The Low Ropes Course consists of 4 different elements: Postman's Walk, Parallels, Heebie Jeebie and Multi Vine. This can be run as one continuous challenge or as 4 separate challenges.
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Mohawk Walk
	The Mohawk Walk consists of five separate sections of tautly strung cable, with each successive section longer than the one prior. The task is for the whole group to traverse the entire length of the series of cables(or as far as possible in a specified time) without falling or stepping off. If someone falls or steps off the cable, that person returns to the starting point or other specified point. Group Size: 8 - 15 participants
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Nitro Crossing
	A spliced loop rope swing is suspended from a cable between a small platform and the starting point. The basic problem is to obtain the rope using only the resources found within the group and then get the whole group across the area between the starting point and the platform, without touching the ground, and onto the platform. There are different variations with this depending on the group requirements. Group size: 8-15 participants.
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Obstacle Course
	The Obstacle Course consists of 11 separate obstacles of varying difficulty. Participants can be timed as they make their way around the course, then aim to beat their time on their second attempt.
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Playground
An outdoor Adventure Playground is available for use by guests. This activity is usually done during guests' free time.
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Possum Glider
	A ropes course belay pulley is suspended from a horizontal cable about 14 metres above the ground. A haul belay system (group of participants pulling on the end of the belay rope) is used to slowly elevate the participant off the ground towards the pulley. With right co-ordination, and teamwork from the group pulling, the participant enjoys an exciting swing.
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Spider's Web
The Spider's Web consists of a prefabricated web strung between two posts 3-4 metres apart made up of 10-15 open web sections. The task is to pass each member of the group through a separate web opening without letting any part of the body touch any part of the web. Once a member uses an opening, that section is closed to further passage. If a participant touches the web during the process, the person being passed must return to the beginning side, and the section they went through remains closed. Group Size 8 - 15 Time approx 40 minutes
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Tension Traverse
	A single cable is strung tautly between a tree and a support post. A long rope is also attached to a point at a height above the start of the foot cable, to provide a tensioned support to use while the participant traverses the foot cable. The aim is to traverse as far along the taut foot cable as possible. Spotters are also encouraged to stand either side of the participant for safety support.
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Volleyball
An outdoor Volleyball court is available for use by guests. This activity is usually done during guests' free time.
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Wild Woosey
	Two tautly strung cables, close to the ground and starting at the same point, progress outwards to end points approximately 3-4 metres apart. Two participants (one per cable) walk the diverging cables, while maintaining physical contact, to a point where they can no longer continue or they reach the support posts. Group Size 8-15 participants
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