2 Swan Valley Adventure Centre

‘Build confidence’

ADVENTURE AND EDUCATION IN PERFECT BALANCE

Activity-packed School Camps, white-knuckle Team Building adventures or Corporate Conferences, all located on 89 pristine acres in the Swan Valley, we are the perfect getaway.

Just minutes from the Perth CBD, Swan Valley Adventure Centre offers a safe and secure world of adventure that is challenging, exciting, and transforming - yet just an effortless commute away.

Simply choose your length of stay – day, overnight or a few days, choose from our air, land, water and environmental activities and get ready for an adventure you and your group will talk about for years to come.

Swan Valley Adventure Centre offers you the ability to customise and personalise your group’s adventure package to suit everyone’s activity level, physical ability or appetite for adrenaline!

‘Develop team spirit’

‘Grow self-belief’

IT’S YOUR ADVENTUREDESIGN IT TO SUIT YOUR TEAM!

Splash into the Swan River with your canoe. Soar across the sky on the flying fox. Rediscover your inner strength on the commando course. Or take the team challenge of building and floating a raft.

It’s your adventure – so whether you choose our air, land, water or environmental adventures – or a combination of all four – design your group’s most memorable adventure package ever.

AIRHIGH ROPES COURSE

A tree-tops adventure to test your fear. Middle ropes course for those less adventurous and another level for the truly brave.

FLYING FOX

Launching from our tower the flying fox transports you over the grounds of the Swan Valley Adventure Centre. Go solo or take the challenge of a race!

ABSEILING

Conquer your fears as you learn about the equipment and techniques of this captivating sport.

ROCK CLIMBING

Work together to develop the knowledge of belay techniques, communication and safety measures to traverse this challenge.

CHALLENGE POD

A real test of nerve – build strength within your team with these testing activities:• Leap of faith• Crate stack• Possum swing• Jacob’s ladder

WATERCANOEING & KAYAKING

Learn water safety, develop skills, build relationships and play a range of games or paddle upstream then back to home base along the stunning Swan River.

RAFT BUILDING

Fun, aquatic teamwork – work in teams to plan, assess risks, learn skills to build a floating raft from different materials and take part in the major paddle challenge.

TEAM BUILDINGWe have a wide variety of team building activities. We can tailor a program to suit the needs of the group. Challenging problem solving activities that require teamwork, leadership and communication skills. There is often more than one way to proceed, so teams need to use their initiative and quickly devise a decision making process.

LANDARCHERY

Become the Robin Hood of your dreams with this popular sport that hones hand to eye coordination.

COMMANDO COURSE

The ultimate stamina test! A mud run, cargo nets, tunnels, balancing challenges, problem solving, team work – everyone is guaranteed to get wet, get muddy and get stuck in. Great for teams or as a group course.

THE BLACKOUT ZONE

Take the challenge of an obstacle course – in the dark. Escape the darkness by working through 5 chambers, gaining clues, completing challenges and making clever choices.

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Through the natural bush, over Jane Brook, down the slopes, up the hills, around our beautiful Swan Valley site - take it easy or take it to the extreme with time trials.

ORIENTEERING

A range of options are available to cater for all ages and abilities. From simple number hunts to reading maps and using locators.

CAMPFIRE EVENING ACTIVITY

Campers gather together under the stars to chat about the day’s fun, tell stories and sing songs. Available May to October.

ENVIRONMENTAL‘LITTLE SPROUTS’ KITCHEN GARDEN

Learn about the environment, nutrition, sustainability, and

eco-friendly behaviours.Ideal for pre-primary and pri-mary school children. A visit to the garden gives the children

a perfect opportunity to come and learn through direct, hands on

experience and is linked to the “grow it, cook it, eat it” philosophy.

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE

Embrace our natural diversity and make nature a friend. A local Indigenous leader explains Aboriginal Lore and its unique cultural and social approaches to preserving and caring for our wild spaces.

ARRIVE AS INDIVIDUALS LEAVE AS A TEAM

TEAM BUILDING

For companies, organisations and schools we offer a series of fun filled team building activities. Team challenges, team exercises, team bonding, team fun. Learn to work together, communicate better and just enjoy each other’s company.

Take your team out of their comfort zone, we have a huge range of fun outdoor team building and group activities. We can tailor activities to suit your team, and we’re only 30 minutes from Perth CBD.

So whether you’re a group of friends looking for a fun day out or work colleagues looking to enhance the team’s performance. Tell us what you want to achieve from the day – and we’ll tailor our activities to suit.

Our instructors will ensure that groups work together effectively and will facilitate reviews to draw out learning and explore how they could improve their performance as a team before moving on to the next challenge.

BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP

Can your team find a safe route through the minefield?

The Team are asked to stand out of view of the minefield. One person at a time then has to take a step onto the minefield area and try to avoid the mines, if they step on one they must return to their team and explain where the mine is located. The team repeats the process until they can successfully find a route though the mine field.

Activity Skills: Planning, communication and organisational skills.

MOHAWK WALK

Can the group make a complete circuit of the “Mohawk Walk” without anyone falling off the wire?

This is a physical challenge requiring balance and teamwork. The group must work together to get from tree to tree without touching the ground.

Activity Skills: Communication, teamwork, trust and balance.

SPIDER’S WEB

Can the team pass through the spider’s web without being eaten by the giant spider?

The team has to pass through the web without touching it. However, each person must go through a different loop in the web, some high, some low, some big and many small.

Activity Skills: Planning, organisation. communication, teamwork and trust.

‘BUILDING TRUST’

‘COMMUNICATION SKILLS’‘STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS’

HARNESSING HOPE & CHALLENGING YOUR FEARS Our aim is to provide every child or adult, regardless of their abilities, the opportunity to experience the thrill of the High Ropes. Children and adults with a physical disability or mental illness often find themselves excluded from climbing activities.

However, meeting with people in a challenging and exciting environment, completing tasks and sharing the experience together is a fundamental way of promoting mutual understanding and respect between people.

With this in mind, we have specially developed a new addition to our programme of activities, a Universal Access Course which is one of the very few Australia wide.

The aim of the course is to provide stimulation and exhilaration for individuals or groups who are capable of moving independently without aid or who rely on wheelchairs but are still able to take part in ropes activities. Safety is our priority and individuals are connected to the course with a continuous belay system which can allow them to manoeuvre around the elements in safety.

Our instructors and assistants are on hand to support and encourage where necessary and ensure that each individual can strive to meet the challenges of the course and have fun at the same time.

* Photographs are for illustrative purposes only, depicting staged models to demonstrate activities available.

We have six camp houses on site that makes Swan Valley Adventure Centre the ideal destination for school camps, group camps, corporate conferences and group adventure holidays.

A range of bedroom and shared bathroom facilities are available, with some ensuite rooms for supervisors or leaders. Linen is provided, beds are made and the houses include a safe and secure magnetic locking system allowing for a sound sleep for supervisors.

Each house contains TV, DVD and a small, snack-ready kitchenette equipped with fridge, freezer, microwave, toaster, kettle, crockery, cutlery and glassware to ensure making nibbles and refreshments between the catered meals is easy.

The six camp houses are a short stroll from Swan Valley Adventure Centre’s Town Square, each named after a unique, local plant.

FUN FILLED DAYS AND COMFORTABLE NIGHTS

M Y R T L E C A M P H O U S E

B O R O N I A C A M P H O U S E

W A T T L E C A M P H O U S E

B A N K S I A C A M P H O U S E

L A V E N D E R C A M P H O U S E

G R E V I L L E A C A M P H O U S E

Our catering services are centered around a full-service kitchen where breakfasts, lunches, dinners and morning and afternoon teas include fresh, seasonal local and on site produce.

School camps, adventure groups or conference delegates will have all their meals catered in the air-conditioned dining room. By arrangement, teams, groups and attendees can also choose a packed lunch in order to create the perfect outdoor meal or picnic in our unique Swan Valley surrounds.

“We always love the environs

and the service we get at SVAC - thanks especially to Markus and the team for delicious meals and lots of very friendly interaction”

Re-evaluation Counselling Perth

ADVENTURE & GREAT FOOD THE PERFECT COMBO

In 2015 we partnered up with Max Employment and Employment Plus to create a group project where long term unemployed people could come and work together to create a Kitchen Garden. Where we could teach children how we could grow vegetables and fruit, how we could recycle our waste and most importantly… how much fun we could have in a garden.

We built garden beds, some traditional and some self-watering plus a large chicken coop to house a family of chickens. Over the following months we planted a forest of fruit trees, some herbs and vegetables and built some garden furniture using recycled material and unusual containers to grow plants.

In January 2017 we welcomed a new family of rescued chickens; the chickens had been living in commercial cages but now they can enjoy the freedom of grassy outdoors. Over time we have added to the coop a variety of chicken and duck breeds. They love having visitors so be sure to stop by and say hi! We hope over the coming years our garden can inspire children and adults to create their own special garden at home. We offer a fun filled ‘Little Sprouts’ Kitchen Garden program, ideal for pre-primary and primary school children to come and have hands on experience with nature.

TASTY & DELICIOUSGROWN RIGHT HERE

A CHANGE OF SCENERY HELPS REFRESH THE MINDSometimes it’s just nice to get away from it all. Often a change of scenery helps refresh the mind and opens it to new experiences. A visit to Swan Valley Adventure Centre is also a nice reward for well deserving team members.

A vast range of team building exercises, and group challenges are all available, and Swan Valley Adventure Centre provides the air, land, water and environmental adventures that can make your conference more thrilling and more memorable. Mixing work and play has never been this easy!

QUALITY SPACES

Comprising a range of buildings and structures, Swan Valley Adventure Centre makes planning and hosting quality conferences and business meetings effortless. From large, open conference rooms ideal for lectures, to smaller meeting rooms, to intimate break-out rooms for small group workshops, the wide range of facilities offer the perfect spaces for your organisation to achieve the goals it needs to. In addition to the broad range of sizes, each of the rooms offered can be customised with the table and chair configuration that best suits your objectives.

AVAILABLE ON-SITE

We have all the additional equipment and accessories to make planning, organising and running a successful conference as easy as possible.

We held our scientific staff retreat at the

Swan Valley Adventure Centre, for 115 people. I cannot speak highly

enough of the staff and the venue - and the food! The service provided by all staff

was exceptional, from the planning stages to the onsite management, nothing was too hard or too difficult to accommodate for us. The accommodation was clean and well laid out and very much suited our group. The food was fantastic, both in terms of quality and quantity

(and catering for those with special dietary needs). All of our staff loved the setting

and are keen to go back for our next retreat.

The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

SCHOOL OR GROUP CAMP SAMPLE PROGRAM

CORPORATE/TEAM BUILDING SAMPLE PROGRAM

BBQ DINNERA great way to finish the day.

Unwind with your friends and colleagues, share stories

and pat yourselves on the back for all the challenges

you overcame today!

LUNCH

CANOEINGParticipants get to

experience the beautiful Swan River while learning basic paddling skills and

water confidence.

ROCK CLIMBING & FLYING FOX

Test your strength and belay

techniques. Learn climbing techniques, and the key to good

communication and commands.

Afterwards let the Flying Fox transport

you to solid ground again.

A quick chat about the day’s activities, and a few safety ground rules. Followed by fun, short and simple high energy team building activities

designed to break down barriers and get everyone participating and working together at

the start of your program.

Activities include: Chaos Toss, Gotchya, Have you ever, Human knot, Horizontal ladder,

bog trotting and many more

WELCOME BRIEFING & ENERGIZER ACTIVITY

TEAM BUILDING CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES

Beyond the Black Stump Can your team find a safe route

through the minefield?

Complete a circuit of the “Mohawk Walk” without

anyone falling off the wire?

Spider’s Web Can the Team pass through the spider’s web without being eaten by the giant spider?

A quick stop to re-fuel, you’ll need plenty of energy to

keep you going …

ARRIVE/START ARRIVE/START

Arrive at Swan Valley Adventure Centre ready

for a big day ahead!

Arrive at Swan Valley Adventure Centre ready

for action.

WELCOME BRIEFINGA quick chat about the day ahead.

a few safety ground rules.

MORNING TEA

LUNCH

You’ve earned it! Time for a cuppa.

A quick stop to re-fuel, you’ll need plenty of energy to

keep you going …

ARCHERY

Become Robin Hood for the day! An exciting

activity in which participants learn to

hone their hand to eye coordination.

BACK ON THE BUS

CANOEINGThere’s no better way to

finish off the afternoon than a canoe on the Swan River.

Back on the bus feeling totally pumped about everything you have achieved today.

See you again soon!

AFTERNOON TEA

You’ve made it this far, time for a quick break before the last activity.

HIGH ROPESThis is one for the

truly brave. Shine above your colleagues with a tree-top adventure to

test your fear.

TEAM BUILDING CHALLENGES

Over 15 team building challenges focusing on problem solving,

communication, leadership and co-operation.

Activities include: Spiders Web, Stepping Stones, Poisoned Pond…

to name a few.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Where are you?

We are located only 30 mins from Perth on the Swan River with access from Ried Hwy.

2. Does it matter what time we arrive?

Our camp houses are guaranteed to be ready by 3pm on the day of your arrival. If you are planning to arrive earlier, we can store your luggage until the camp house is ready. To ensure we can get the camp house ready for the next group we kindly ask that you vacate the house by 10am on the day of your departure. If you are leaving later in the day we can store your luggage until then.

3. Do we need to bring our own bedding?

No, if you have provided us with a bedding plan, we will make up all the beds for you. We provide all the linen, pillows, comforters etc. but you will need to bring your own towel. This means when you arrive you can drop your gear and get straight to the fun stuff!

4. What clothes do we need to bring?

It depends on how long you stay and if you are taking part in our activities. We have a general list on our website to help you or you can give us a call and we will be happy to guide you.

5. What meals do you serve?

We can look after all your meals from breakfast through to lunch and dinner and even supper if you choose. Everyone loves our chef’s cooking, there’s plenty to choose from and some produce is from our own “Little Sprouts Garden”.

6. Can we bring our own food?

Sorry but our houses are not equipped for self-catering. There are limited facilities in each house allowing you to make snacks, tea or coffee etc.

7. What if someone has a dietary condition?

As long as we are made aware of any medical dietary conditions prior to your arrival we can organise alternatives for the individuals. We don’t mind if you just don’t like certain food items, it’s just a matter of not choosing them on the day…there are plenty of options to choose from so we don’t need to cater separately for these.

8. Will we be the only clients on site?

Not necessarily as we have our Adventure Centre plus camp accommodation for 300 people. If you do require exclusivity, we may be able to arrange that for you but additional costs will apply.

9. We’re not sure what activities we can do…can you help us?

Of course we can. Have a look on our website which shows all the activities available then contact us and our staff can help you organise a programme of activities to suit your group and your budget.

10. Are the adventure activities fully supervised?

All our official activities are supervised by SVAC Instructors who have appropriate qualifications, Police Clearances and Working with Children checks. If you wish to run your own activities outside the SVAC ones, e.g. ball games on the oval, we will require you to provide your own Public Liability Insurance and supervise the activity yourselves. If you would like another company to run an activity, e.g. Inflatable Sumo suits, then the activity has to be preapproved by SVAC management. The company running the activity is also required to provide SVAC management with their Insurance Certificate of Currency for that activity prior to the activity being approved.

11. Can we use any of the areas around the site?

We have lots of wooded areas around the property with native flora and fauna. There is also Jane Brook and the Swan River for you to walk around. If you want to use any of the public areas around the site for group meetings or activities, please let us know and we can book the area for you...…we don’t want you to be disappointed if someone else is using it.

12. Do you have Public Liability?

Of course…if you require a copy please let us know and we can send it to you.

13. What do we do if it’s raining?

All of our activities can be run in wet weather however if there is a threat of lightening or thunderstorms then we can provide alternative activities until the weather improves.Some of our activities are more fun if it’s wet!

14. Do you have risk assessments available?

Yes, these are available on our website to download www.swanvalleyadventurecentre.org

15. What if I need assistance during my visit?

Our office is open from 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday. We will provide the group supervisor with the phone number of our onsite Duty Manager, in case of an emergency.

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A full set of our Terms and Conditions can be obtained on our website or through contacting our Office.

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58 Yule Avenue, Middle Swan, WA 6056t 08 9374 5600 e info@swanvalleyadventurecentre.org