It has been a long standing tradition at Joeys for the boys to have a special celebration day for our Patron Saint, St Joseph. While the feast day is actually March 19th, we often celebrate the day on another day of the week.

Today, for the first time in over 15 years, our Year 7 boys headed down to Jamberoo Action Park for a feast of fun on the wide variety of activities available to them. Accompanied by several staff who volunteered to spend a full day with them, the boys headed off in coaches just after 8am. Lady Luck was on our side with the trip taking not much longer than two hours. Mother Nature followed suit with ensuring that the weather was perfect.

Once we were there, it didn’t take long for the boys to get stuck into the action. While many headed to Jamberoo’s famous “Bobsled” straight away, others couldn’t resist the temptation of the water. Jumping from “The Rock” was many of the boys’ first adrenalin rush for the day.

The activities were numerous with traditional water-slides, Go-karts, the Wave Pool, Mini Golf, Surf Hill and the Rapid River. The park’s most recent addition, the Taipan was a favourite … for the boys at least… as they sped down the chutes, often in pitch black darkness with the loudest squealing possibly coming from unsuspecting staff who had somehow been convinced that it was an easy going and enjoyable slide!

The atmosphere at Jamberoo was just awesome. Apart from 300 Joeys boys, the park was very quiet and this allowed the boys to roam freely around and get on almost all the rides/slides with no waiting time at all.

Lunch came and went and the boys really seemed to have a ball. Seeing the boys run up the hills and slide down them again, repeating this pattern literally hundreds of times was fantastic … a boy’s heaven!

The boys should be commended on their behaviour at the park – as I was leaving, one of the staff asked me about the school and boys – she was particularly impressed with their manners and ability to do what they were asked to do.

We arrived back at Joeys not long after 5pm where the pool and touch footy were the popular activities, followed by pizza and Coke for dinner!

All in all …  a great day which I hope that the boys greatly enjoyed!

Pictured in Photo 1:  Aymon Bertah (Caringbah)

Pictured in Photo 2:  Kieran Hayward (Cremorne)

Pictured in Photo 3:  Dom Vickery-Nies (Annandale)