College stages family day
World trip in a day

BARMY ARMY: Great Britain’s past and present from left: SQNLDR Hyph Read-Jones, RAF (CAPT Cook), WGCDR Andy Hynd, RAF (King Arthur), MAJ Angus Philp British Army (Braveheart), MAJ Matt Wilkinson, British Army (Robin Hood).

Photo: LCDR Len Gordon

GIDDY UP: LTCOL Mick Rozzoli takes Kate Kennedy for a horse ride during the Australian Command and Staff College family day last month.

By LCDR Darron Kavanagh

The Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) went around the world in a day during a family get together last month.

The college, which is based in Weston Creek in the ACT, has 44 overseas students representing 22 countries.

The 2006 ACSC intake certainly reflects an integrated environment.
The course also comprises 22 RAN, 59 Army, 32 RAAF, and 10 Defence civilians.

The family get together last month allowed overseas course members to showcase their country’s culture and cuisine with every country represented by a national display booth.

The estimated 500 guests were able to travel “around the world” without leaving Weston Creek.
All guests were issued a “passport” that was stamped on visiting each of the national booths.

The challenge was to answer the five trivia questions at each of the booths.

On completing their “world trip” the passports were handed in at the “departure lounge”.
After results were tallied, 12-year-old Daniel Reddacliff was declared the winner of the international trivia competition and, after a very close contest, Indonesia and the Philippines drew in the best national display booth competition.

Throughout the day there were cultural dance and song displays by many of the countries and plenty of children’s activities including a treasure hunt, horse rides, face painting and a jumping castle.

ACSC Commandant, BRIG Wayne said the family day provided “a wonderful opportunity to learn about and better understand and appreciate each other’s culture”.

The college is set up to develop future leaders who can better contribute to capability in a single service, joint or integrated Defence environment.

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