Murray School ship SS Mundoo, A High school alternative for the wild child.

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A 3 year Technical High School Ship with the full time student bunks below deck aft, supervised by School ship teaching staff.

SS Mundoo full time resident students study Cert 3 in Tourism Adventure leadership. Their learning focus is on "Learning partnership living skills, and the Safe use and protection of, the Murray River Environment as a National Asset".

All our full time students work & learn as buddy pairs, building strong supportive partnership skills, essential life skills for a future happy life.

SS Mundoo also hosts up to 120 school camp students with swag sleeping mats on the top deck carpet.

The School Camp programs are assisted by our teachers and our three year full time VETiS-Tech Entrepreneurial Studies students, training as group leaders in our outdoor adventure programs including kayaking, water rescue training, and first aid.

  • All students on SS Mundoo work and learn as Buddy pairs for safety.

  • Visiting school camp are hosted on SS Mundoo carpeted top deck floor as indoor activity and swag mat camping space.

  • Kayaking adventure and evening mooring riverbank site activities are part of our camps programs.

  • We carry a full fleet of double kayaks, for exercise and relief time.

  • Our High speed tender boat "SS Ugly" provides the required safety support.

Avoca Trust accepts 100% DGR gifts for:-

"Education and training about the Environment of the Murray darling River region" Covering the cost of operating our ship programs.

The SS Mundoo School Camp programs are managed by our teachers, assisted by our three year full time VETiS-Tech students, training as group leaders in our outdoor adventure programs including kayaking, water rescue training, and first aid.

SS Mundoo is a unique, safe, all inclusive, teacher supervised "teen in transition" living and learning environment, a safe "Cocoon"

Why do some parents send their teens to Boarding schools for their end of high school years?

Same problem.

Different solution.

Schools ship provide an adventure challenge solution for the wild ones.

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Adventure learning on school camps is the most memorable form of youth education.

Learning happens in real-time. Standard classroom routines are replaced by full time hands-on river boating challenges, teamwork, and outdoor leadership skills.

The full time resident students study Cert.3 in Entrepreneurial Tourism, building the required real work experience on the boat as Boat Operators, Leadership Assistants and Adventure Guides.

  • School ship Mundoo is a self contained "Cocoon" remote from the normal student world, where everything is part of their new learning.

  • Curriculum-Linked Outdoor Education: Integrating water safety, navigation, ecology, and river history directly into the experience itinerary.

  • Entrepreneurial Life Skills & VET Pathway for students who stay with us: Students earn SACE points, practice practical hospitality and tourism skills, and build self-reliance.

  • Safe, Structured Living Environment: Fully supervised sheltered living, structured routines, and dedicated mentors ensure complete peace of mind for visiting teachers and parents.

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About SS Mundoo School Ship Cruises

To teachers:-

Take your Outdoor Ed. camp onto the water with the very experienced SS Mundoo school camp management team.

To parents of rebellious high school teens:-

Our schools ship Crew knows the thinking and needs of older school aged teens.

If your beautiful wild-child needs to escape from their misery school or parental conflict, break the conflict circle. Send them to the schools ships for 3 years of "Cocooned" adventure, learning, safe from unhappy home conflicts and other potential bad influencers.

We give them 3 years Tech high school Cert.3 in Tourism, Hospitality, Catering, Care services and Outdoor leadership skills, while cruising the Murray on the residential school ship SS Mundoo. By then they will have matured into a happy adult.

Join in with our adventures, perhaps tag-along with your boat to escape from your busy work life for your time out.

Master:- Capt. Bouc's Experience:-

  • Qualified Teacher & Trainer/Assessor

  • Primary and Secondary school teaching, country and city.

  • Homestay parent for Senior High International students for over 20 years.

  • Very early life yacht club member sailing & later rescue boat skipper.

  • Commercial Boat Master, Murray River and Coorong waters escort boats for school sailing, canoeing expedition camps.

  • Consultant teacher and in-service teacher training in managing Outdoor education, school camping, with focus on water adventure learning activities.

  • Principal, Coorong Outdoor School, operating out of Mundoo Channel near the Murray Mouth. (average 2,000 camping students/year)

  • Phone: Capt. Bouc for more information - 0418 836 137.

  • SS Mundoo Full time VETis Training and Cruise-Camp School: Departing from major ports across the Navigable Murray River.

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