'We’ve got camps ready to go, my problem is I’ve got to stay financially afloat until that time,' says Anthony Hall, whose lodge in the Dandenong Ranges sits just inside Melbourne's urban boundary, despite its bush setting.
Regional schoolchildren returning to class in term four now have something else to look forward to after months of remote learning – going to school camp.
The change of heart is likely to be welcomed by regional camp operators hit hard by the shutdown of schools as part of Victoria's coronavirus restrictions but appears to have dashed the hopes of those within metropolitan Melbourne's lockdown zone that they might be able to open in term four.Regional and rural schools will return to face-to-face classes from week one of term four.
Stringybark Lodge in the Dandenong Ranges sits just inside Melbourne's urban boundary, despite its bush setting, and has largely been closed to visitors for six months, its operations yet another casualty of Victoria’s first and second waves of COVID-19. Mr Hall had been holding on to hope that a few schools would be able to book a camp in term four, but says time is running out.
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