Students Turn Tourists in Crystal Brook Adventure
Our students explored the local heritage museum, marvelling at the underground bakery, the military artefacts and the old vehicles. They were well supported by the museum’s volunteers who had many stories to tell. They then went on to explore what Crystal Brook had to offer travellers and found it was quite a lot.
They whetted their appetites with the famous Crystal Brook pasty and both savoury and sweet offerings from Kupsch’s Bakery, enjoyed a raspberry from the Railway and learnt the stories of the owners, explored the many Op shops and newsagent, post office and RSL, and looked at the art in the subway. A real highlight was smoothies and juice tasting from Little Edon!
They then went on to be intrepid adventurers and burn off energy at Bowman Park, have fun in the nature playground and enjoyed the gardens and hills climbing up to the lookout! As tourists they were incredibly curious, asking questions and interviewing the locals, who were all very supportive of our young people.
We cannot wait to see what they produce as travel writers and the forms they will take up, vlogging, podcasting, reviewing, creating a website or putting out the challenge to South Aussie with Cosi! It was a great experience for all and now we can’t wait to read what they think!
A big thankyou to Trevor Greig and all the volunteers at the Heritage Museum in Crystal Brook, such an amazing place to visit, Kupsch’s Bakery and in particular, Leah, the staff at the Railway Hotel for the history lesson provided, the staff of the Post Office, newsagent and Op Shops who made themselves available and to Vicki and Peter Ackland of Little Edon who made juice tasting so much fun and were able to share the stories of Litle Edon and the community of Crystal Brook with our students.
Also a shout out to all the locals who were asked questions and had their dogs patted along the way. Thankyou Crystal Brook.
