Ballon Outdoor Education Centre
The stated major goals of the Ballon Outdoor Education Centre are to nurture and empower young people to shape and enrich their world through a life of faith and service, by providing them with:
a) the opportunity to develop awareness, appreciation and understanding of their relationship to God's creation;
b) the opportunity to deepen their spiritual life and recognise how God's word affects their lives;
c) the opportunity to live within a Christian community upholding Christian values concerning themselves, others and the environment; and
d) personal and group challenges, which are physical, mental and emotional and which promote responsibility and respect of self and others.
Ballon aims to give students an opportunity to:
- learn outside the classroom
- cope with the pressures of living: responsibilities, failure, success
- experience a bush lifestyle
- spend time away from the comforts of home
- learn to appreciate their families
- meet God in a different setting
- gain a better understanding of self
- make new friends
- heighten acceptance of others
- learn new skills
More information:
For more detailed information see the Ballon experience
Or see the Ballon OEC Handbook (500KB PDF)
And the Ballon OEC brochure (450KB PDF)
Or visit the Ballon Outdoor Education Centre web site for details of this venue.
