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Get your kids enjoying the outdoors with Apex school curriculum camps — and give yourself a break.

Our camp programs focus on developing a child’s love for the outdoors through challenging and fun activities – from SUP boarding, abseiling, to archery, hut and raft building, bushwalks, orienteering, bush Skills and much more!

Apex Camp is an important place for students to build life skills, relationships (both with their peers and teachers), independence and resilience. Our award-winning camp programs are catered towards cultural and indigenous awareness, environmental consciousness and sustainability.

Activities

Apex Camps Magnetic Island offers more than 20 awesome outdoor adventure activities for you to choose from!

Apex Camps Magnetic Island offers more than 20 awesome outdoor adventure activities for you to choose from!

Take advantage of our tropical island location, with kayaking, raft building, stand up paddle boarding, reef tours and more! Or step outside of your comfort zone by abseiling off the island's amazing rock formations!

We also run a lot of popular onsite activities, including catapults, archery, team builders and radio rogaine, along with some fabulous supervised night activities to keep your group entertained all evening.

Each activity session is 1 hour and 30 minutes, with the exception of abseiling (3 hours), reef tours (half day), and Townsville activities (2-3 hours).

Total of up to 8 activity sessions plus 2 supervised night activities over a standard 3 day/2 night camp (for day visits, up to 3 activities).

Stinger suits available for daily hire for water and beach activities (up to 40 suits are available and must be pre booked prior to your camp). Please note: Stinger suits are compulsory for all water and beach activities during stinger season (typically November to May). At all other times, a stinger suit is highly recommended, or at a minimum a long sleeved sun shirt/rashie top and a pair of stockings.

Having trouble deciding on a suitable activity program? Let us help you tailor a program to suit your desired outcomes.

Apex Camps activities are designed for inclusiveness, resilience and active participation.

We will give you the freedom to participate at a level that suits you, in a supportive and encouraging environment. We just ask you to step outside your comfort zone, get active and have fun!!

Apex Camps programs are designed to meet specific individual group outcomes, offering a range of adventure-based activities, with an emphasis on delivering learning outcomes, participation and leadership through relevant and engaging experiential practices.

Individual student outcomes include:

Experiential learning practises

Accountability and discovering one’s own potential

To value being outdoors and the importance it plays in our mental health and well-being

Development of confidence and resilience

Personal Achievement

Team Building & Leadership

Adventure Skills

Abseiling

Find yourself close to the characteristic granite boulders while steadily abseiling down the rock. Face your fears and step out of your comfort zone in a controlled and safe environment with one-on-one support. remember, before we can abseil down, you must climb up first!

Learning Outcomes

Sustainability

Personal Development

Sea Kayaking

The traditional owners of Magnetic Island are the Wulgurukaba, canoe people who canoed from the mainland across to the island. Experience this part of history by kayak. Paddle across the coastline, covered in granite boulders and pine trees. you watch the tide rolling out, crabs scrambling over the rocks, coral that briefly sees daylight before the water covers everything again. Don't forget to look up and spot the eagles and kites circling above you.

Learning Outcomes

Leadership Development

Personal Development

Sustainability

Intermediate Skills

Raft Building

Learn how to persist with a challenge when failures transpire, reflect on processes and consider alternate perspectives. Work in a team to create the most seaworthy raft, with limited resources. It's a test of creativity, determination and teamwork. After the hard work is over, it's time to put the rafts in the water and see if they float.

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Leadership Development

Sustainability

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Enjoy Magnetic Island from the water. Balance in your board and paddle on the blue waters watching for turtles and eagle rays. Paddle quickly in a game of SUP Tag, the person who is "it" will be trying to tag you. or why not trying to do some yoga on your board? If standing up is not your thing, sitting, lying, lying, or kneeling is also possible!

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Sustainability

Snorkelling

Being part of the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is one of the reasons that makes Magnetic Island a very special place. Walk into the blue waters from the beach, slide on your fins and put on a mask and snorkel: You are ready to explore the coral, giant clams and reef fish that's living below the surface!

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Sustainability

Soft Skills

Archery

Take aim, shoot, fire and discover the art of a true archer!

Archery activity will cultivate confidence through the development of fine motor skills and setting personal challenges, while also touching on the cultural and historical aspects of the sport.

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Leadership Development

Archery Tag

Learn the skill of archery whilst playing a variety of energetic games. Score points by hitting players of the opposing team with your padded arrow and eliminate the players. Transform into a Bowerbird and gather blue object to bring back to your nest but be aware of the crows, they try to steal the blue treasures off you!

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Personal Development

Beach Games

Beach Games will foster initiative in a team environment to achieve a common goal, applying strategic thinking and communication. With short walk to the beach nearby, this is a great selection for groups travelling from inland areas.

Learning Outcomes

Leadership Development

Team Development

Bush Skills

Sure, we’ve all seen ‘Bear Grylls’ but what happens when you’re injured or stranded and your iPhone batteries die. Bush skills is a practical activity teaching participants the skills and knowledge about surviving in the bush. Our qualified survival instructors will teach you hands on activities such as fire lighting without matches, shelter construction, damper making, trapping, water collection and navigation. They will be a budding ‘Bear Grylls’ in no time!

Learning Outcomes

Sustainability

Leadership Development

Bush Walking

Walk to the top of Picnic Bay's magnificent headland and take in the stunning views from Hawking's Point lookout. Discover ancient boulders while walking between the tops of Magnetic Island's characteristics trees and overlook the surrounding waters. Respect wildlife while discussing stories about gold, pirates, and the island history.

Learning Outcomes

Sustainability

Catapults

Critical and creative thinking is at the core of the catapults activity as participants work together to design and construct a functioning catapult using basic knot tying skills and logical thinking. Once each team has finished their sturdy, strong catapult masterpieces, the competitive games between teams begins.

Learning Outcomes

Sustainability

Team Development

Circus Skills

Have you ever wanted to run away with the circus? This is your chance to learn all the talents of a true circus performer - from juggling and plate spinning, to devil sticks and ribbons, try them all out before putting on a show for your peers of fine-motor skills, persistence, creativeness, and initiative.

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Court Sports

Participate in a range of sports and games played on the courts. we introduce you to European handball, half-court basketball, line tag, soccer-style skittle ball and more. Fell free to turn it into a competition or choose to mix the teams for every round to explore each other's strengths.

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Field Games

Play a variety of games and sports on the field, focus on your technique with lacrosse, plan your tactic during Pirates and Naval Officers and utilise your strength during T-Ball. This activity emphasises teamwork and competition but with the guidance of a spirit captain to ensure fair play and fun.

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Fishing

Take delight in a relaxing fish from the infamous Picnic Bay jetty and learn about sustainable practices that focus on the healthy futures of our oceans and waterways. Our instructors will teach you the basics of how to find bait, casting and correct fish handling techniques.

Learning Outcomes

Sustainability

Kite Building

Express your inner Picasso and design your own dream flyer. Kite building is the perfect opportunity for participants to creatively express themselves. Once kites are designed, assembly is easy and the group head outside to fly. The sky will be full of creation and the ground will be full of animation.

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Leadership Development

Carefully designed physical and mental challenges aimed at drawing out our future leaders. While learning about effective communication and decision-making skills, this activity will set the scene for leaders to shine.

Learning Outcomes

Leadership Development

Orienteering

Manual navigation is a precious disappearing skill in our current the  technological world. No phones allowed in this activity, exploration will be taught the good old fashioned way. First learn to use a compass and a map, and then participants will navigate their team from point to point tracking down markers in a treasure hunt race! The key to success in this activity is clear planning and effective team communication.

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Personal Development

Leadership Development

Sustainability

Radio Rogaine

In this activity participants will work in groups to focus on communication, spatial awareness and group dynamics. Equipped with a map of camp, each team will hunt for check points and answer trivia questions in order to proceed to the next checkpoint. 

Learning Outcomes

Leadership Development

Team Development

Sustainability

Round Robin

Enjoy this high rotational activity where you get a taste of different sports and games like volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee and foam hockey. This activity focuses on team spirit and participation but can be turned into a competition for those who love winning. This activity is also suitable for larger groups.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Development

Team Development

Team Development

Who said building a team had to be hard? Apex Camps has created a challenging yet light-hearted program that will have groups working cohesively together to cross acid rivers, race a ball down our pipeline, guide your tank to victory and much more. Based on the Principle of TEAM "Together Everyone Achieves More", Participants will work closely to communicate and cooperate to "stay alive"

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Night Activities

Camp Fire & Night Games

Experience an iconic tradition, a campfire under the stars. Enjoy the best of campfire songs, games, toasted marshmallows, and thoughtful reflection time, a perfect way to bond and connect with one another after a big day of pushing outside comfort zones.

Learning Outcomes

Leadership Development

Personal Development

Cinema Movie Night with Popcorn

Sit back and enjoy the cinematic Big Screen Movie Night, ideal for those wanting to relax and wind down after a big day of adventure. With an assortment of movies to choose from and popcorn for all to enjoy, you can't go wrong with this choice. 

Disco Dance Night

Put on your disco outfit, listen to some funky tunes, and dance the night away under the disco light. A very lively and fun event for all.

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Games & Trivia Night

Whether you're a sport expert, movie expert or geography expert there is Trivia questions for you. Participants must work together to score the most points and have their group crowned the trivia champions.

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Minute-To-Win-It Games Night

All the fun and excitement of popular game show Minute to Win it, without the cameras and lights. This is a hilarious way to spend the night, it will leave everyone with laughter and new skills to take home to show families. With multiple games and challenges all to be completed in a minute.

Learning Outcomes

Personal Development

Leadership Development

Night Walk

Night Explorer Walk is an activity designed to bring quietness to a group, transferring the focus from the hype of the day - to identifying noises, animals and stars in the stillness of the night.

Learning Outcomes

Sustainability

Night Olympics

Release your inner Olympian under the lights of Apex Camps. March as the hall turns into an Olympic theatre, groups into countries... and let the games begin. With more than 14 challenges, the countries will compete for the title of "Olympic Champions".

Learning Outcomes

Team Development

Leadership Development

“The catering staff are very approachable, and nothing was too much trouble. they are very lovely to the children. The site was well maintained and had very useable amenities. The activity staff are great, they use the children's names and were engaged with them, Admin staff are very happy enthusiastic and helpful.” - Teachers

Year 6 | Taigum State Primary | October 2023 | Sunshine Coast

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