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Group 14: Week 8; 28 June, 2003

 
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FAREWELL GROUP 14
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Clunes has been one of the best experiences I have ever had and I loved every minute of it! I had a great house (house 11) which made all the difference and meeting so many wonderful people would have had to have been one of the best parts!
Tahlia A.
I thought Clunes was  challenge. To me, Clunes is fun if you put in the effort to make it fun. Clunes is good because it teaches you great strategies for the future and I have learnt that the future is only what you make it. Other challenges like living with new housemates is one of the biggest and most challenging experiences I have ever been faced with. Some times the choices you make are not always what you were expecting but I found that in other areas I had a great time. One of the best things about Clunes is that everybody fits in and everybody has an area in which they shine and everybody knows when it happens. Good luck to everybody in the future.
Toby B.

I enjoyed Clunes because we got to choose our project topic. I really enjoyed being  in such a wonderful house because we never fought and we always had great times. I think that my experience at Clunes  will stay for ever with me and that I will keep in touch with all these wonderful people I've met.
Elsa B.
Clunes has been one of the greatest times of my life. It has given me all of the life skills I will ever need. I have made heaps of friends and the leaders here are great. My house leader was a great person and a good friend. I have grown as a person and I will never forget my time here.
Adrian D.

Every step of the way Wesley @ Clunes has been an experience. Through its highs and its lows, you keep on learning about the skills for later life. When I look back at the first day I know I was un-sure but now it was all worth it.
Rodman F.
I enjoyed my experience at Clunes because of the options and the laid back feeling we were given.
Nicole J.

Clunes was a great experience to me because it has made me more independent and it has made me more mature because it has taught me how to deal with certain problems by myself.
Jade K.
I thought that Clunes was a ' not to be missed 'experience and I very much enjoyed it. I liked that you could go and visit your friends any time you liked because they lived so close. I also liked that we came here with the other two campuses or other wise I would never have made all the friends that I have over the last eight weeks. I hope that I will stay friends with everyone way past our time here at Clunes. I wouldn't ever advise anyone against it as it is essential and I would not be who I am now without coming here.
Robert L.

I really enjoyed Clunes. I found Clunes a bit hard without my family.
Natasha M.
Clunes  was a really good and new experience for me. I learnt  new things about myself during the eight weeks. I will never forget the time I have spent up here.
Eva N.

I liked Clunes because of the people I met, the choices I was free to make and the overall experience it left me with.
Francesca S.
The best part of Clunes has to be the size that my friendship network has become.
Jason S.

I have had the best time at Clunes. I have enjoyed this because I have become more independent and mature. I have also made heaps of new friends from all campuses. Doing a lot of community service work has also made my experience very enjoyable; the Walk With the Elderly, Indoor Bowls and working with Ken and Marg at the newsagency. I have had the best time EVER!!!! THANKYOU.
Emily W.
I enjoyed Clunes because I made so many new friends and I know I will keep in touch with them in Melbourne. I am so glad that so many people have shared the same Clunes experience as me and I will be able to take so many memories and so many friends away with me.
Annabelle W.

What I liked best about Clunes was the varied choices you were constantly faced with.
Daniel A.
"The best part of the Clunes experience is that the leaders  gave us a chance to be independent. They didn't constrict us to certain areas but let us learn the way we wanted" 
Lewis A.

Clunes has been fantastic. Looking after myself and being more independent has been the best learning experience I have ever had.
Amber A.
I enjoyed my time at Clunes because I got to socialize and meet lots of new people from other campuses and the towns people. I have had so many good experiences within my house and around the town. I liked the newfound freedom that we were given; it gave me a chance to learn how to live by myself and take responsibility for my own actions and life. I liked how we got to chose our own project topics and the classes we would be doing; it meant that we where able to do something that we really enjoyed instead of something the teachers picked for us to do. Clunes had many ups and downs but all in all it was a really good place to come and learn about the responsibilities of living in the adult world.
Jessica B.

Clunes has been a fantastic experience because it has taught me about myself, given me heaps of fantastic friends and a new outlook on life. I wouldn't swap it for anything.
Alice B.
I thought Clunes was great because I learned new things, made new friends and had lots of fun. I learnt a lot about gold mining because that is what my project was done on. And I learnt about my other courses that I was in. Clunes was the best thing to do with school yet.
Andrew B.

I really enjoyed Clunes. The expanse of the available life experience here is huge. I hope I took all the opportunities I was able to while I was here because I know I’ll never experience something as' out-there' as Clunes was.
Paul B.
Although my eight week’s here in Clunes have not been a smooth and easy ride, I think that the gifts that Clunes have given me and all the others, are much and plentiful. We arrived in this once thriving gold town with no idea whatsoever what we would receive and get out of Clunes. Now in the eighth-week and nearing the end of Clunes, I realized that we have learnt many things from Clunes. Starting from the basic day-to-day life skills like cooking, cleaning and compromising between housemates. Complex skills, taught by courses. Clunes have been a rough but great journey for me. I will always remember the eight-week period in which I spent here in Clunes.
Daryl B.

Clunes has been a changing experience where there was some good times and bad times. I got over this and at the end of the day the Clunes experience has been the best experience that I have had so far in life and I will always remember it.
Nathan B.
Clunes has been an awesome experience for me. I will never forget Clunes as long as I’m alive. I have learnt so many things up here from all the amazing people here. Clunes is the ultimate!
Chelsea B.

I really enjoyed Clunes, it was an amazing experience that most people don't get the chance to do. I love being around all my friends all the time. I'm going to miss everyone and everything  SOOOOOO much!!!!!....Peace Out!! xox
Christina B.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Clunes. We have all made some lifelong friendships, which we will never forget. I have learnt so much up here at Clunes, mostly about myself. I think that the greatest parts of the whole Clunes experience, was  the freedom and responsibilities we were given, as well as the courses and electives which were really enjoyable. I think that it has been one of the best experiences of my life. I will never forget it.
Rachael C.

I think that I've got a lot out of the Clunes Experience. It has really benefited my personality and helped me to gain an idea of how to use responsibility  in a positive way.
Peter C.
I thought the Clunes experience was a great thing to do. I learnt a lot like how to cope with friends and peers and also how to clean and cook. Sometimes I had weaknesses and sometimes I had strengths in this experience .Clunes was great
Andrew C.

Clunes has been a different and exciting experience; I have made lots of friends that I will miss. I will take away many things from Clunes and when I get back to Melbourne I will miss this place but it will be great to get back home.
Christopher C.
Clunes was awesome and it was the best experience I have ever had. I will never forget the time I had up here and all the new friends I made.
Tyson C.

I really liked Clunes because it gave a chance to learn with a hands on approach which was different from sitting at a desk and doing the same thing over and over again as we would of done at school this term.
Alastair D.
Clunes for me was an amazing experience because I loved getting to know people from other campuses and being able to just walk outside my door and have friends surrounding me. It was really cool to just be able to go up to basically anyone and talk to them about any topic I wanted to.
Laura D.

What I liked best about Clunes was the independence. The fun electives and the recreation, winning the spot inspections and cooking, working in teams and just being around so many friends everyday is what I loved about Clunes.
Timothy D.
This Clunes experience has taught me a lot about myself. The simple chores of an everyday life shouldn’t be taken for granted because at home it’s done for us. I now know that it’s not easy to run a house as well as clean, cook and do our work as well. I have made a lot of new friends and realised a lot of things about myself. I’ll never forget Clunes.
Karambeer G.

Clunes was great because we always got to chose the things we did, and we got a lot of freedom with the things we chose. There was always a wider selection of classes to suit everyone and this is why Clunes was cool!
Eugene G.
I loved Clunes because I made lots of friends, and we  had  lots of freedom. Clunes is a great experience to have and I'm glad to be able to say I have been!!!
Aimee H.

I feel that I have done really well at Clunes and I have had heaps of fun. I have made heaps of friends and learnt a lot of stuff. I've  enjoyed it and I think that it has been a great experience.
Warren H.
Clunes is so awesome. I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to come up here. I've made so many new friends and I've got so many good memories that I hope I'll remember forever.
Kristen H.

I enjoyed Clunes because of the freedom and the ability to be yourself without being judged. I loved the independence
Carolyn H.
I found Clunes fun and exciting and I loved having lots of people and friends around to talk to all the time.
Elise K.

Overall I think that Clunes is a great place to go. It develops students to be great, independent learners. I've really enjoyed my time here at Clunes and I've also learnt a lot.
Richard K.
Clunes was really great because it gave us a chance to socialise between the three campuses and get to know each other really well. When I leave Clunes I am going to miss all the new great friends that I have made up here.
Nathan L.

I enjoyed Clunes because it was a good experience and no other school gets this. Clunes got me out of my comfort zone which was good because I got used to it.
Stewart L.
To me, Clunes is something that is indescribable. It is something that has shown me so much about myself in unfathomable depth and has taught me things that will stay in my head and heart forever. I will never forget my experience here.
Kristen L.

Clunes was a good experience for me, I enjoyed the whole of Clunes and if  I could do it again I would. I liked everything about Clunes, it helped me mature myself and learn more about who I really am. The best thing about Clunes is taking a risk. It was where I had the most fun and learnt most about myself all round.
Johnny L.
I think Clunes has been a valuable experience for me. I had a great time here and if I could I would do Clunes again. I have no regrets to coming here, but I would like to do some things differently like choosing some different courses. The best fun was when we were nearing to leaving, it was really exciting and so was when I first  came here to Clunes. It was great being here at Clunes.
Michael L.

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