Students in transition tour HMAS Cairns facilities

Students from Badu Island state school visited HMAS Cairns (CMDR Peter Metcalf) recently as part of their Transition in Education tour.

Twenty year seven students and three teachers were given a general tour of the base and FIMA Cairns. A tour of HMAS Gladstone (LCDR Peter Ashen) was conducted by the boat’s XO, LEUT Andrew Garven.

ADF Recruiting Unit - Cairns representative, PONPC Kerin Smith, also gave the group a presentation. PO Smith gave the students an insight into career opportunities in the Navy, as well as naval living and working conditions.

The Transition in Education tour is an annual tour conducted by the Badu Island State School.

As there is no high school on Badu Island, students have to leave the island to complete secondary schooling, thus the tour is the perfect opportunity to look at both schooling and vocational options.

This year’s tour included visits to Cairns high schools, TAFE College and the James Cook University- Cairns campus, as well as local businesses.

• by SBLT Sue Blake and LSCISSM Rachel Irving
  

 

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