Avoca schoolships

Parents, give your unhappy teens a "Time Out" term rethink.

When off track and depressed, school teens can rethink their future with a "Time Out" cruise camp.

It is the parent's decision to give their child "Time Out"

In our ten week "Time Out" school camp program, the student remains enrolled in their school to comply with education law.
Individual Teachers may advise parents of this opportunity as a solution for the student's school problems. There are many reasons for teen missery. CHANGE helps.
Parents make the decision for their child to take "Time Out" and inform the school.
The student remains enrolled at the school which is expected to cooperate with the school ship teachers for benefit of the student.

We offer individual enrolment of teens from any school. Our teachers will cooperate with that school for the student's continuing SACE program. Our teachers add our special residential events programs.

Each student is required to maintain a personal daily Log summary of all their time on cruise camp, including their personal thoughts.
This log is private between the student and our schoolship teacher/mentors.
Students may wish to share it with their home school and/or their parents.

We "Cucoon" them for a ten week "Time Out" cruise.

Our river school camp ship has 16 teen berths with two teachers, full time Murray cruising, with a planned "Reboot" program to reset their thinking and help them change towards a positive path forward.
Your student will retain their enrolment with their current school and subjects.
Our school cruise camp teachers will cooperate with the student's home school to maintain their existing basic SACE subjects.
Our teachers will include river Environmental adventure challenge studies from within SACE together with maintenance of a personal journal during the strictly scheduled cruise term. Everything is reported back to the students home school.
Students will do supervised kayaking with partners for exercise, reflection and chat time.
Their mobile phone can cruise, BUT in the care of the teachers. With teacher permission, students can use their phone for essential communication.

We provide teacher supervised "School ship cruise camps" for each of the four school terms, AND "Come and try" family cruise camps each school holidays.

Avoca Trust, managing the schoolships, has Tax deductible gift status for "Education about, and conservation of, the Murray River environment".

All our fees and capital asset donations are by DGR tax deductible donation.
We suggest a donation for each enrolment, a complete income Tax claim over 4 years.
Anyone can sponsor a student's bednight time with our school ships.
It could be a worthy gift from service clubs.

Those who have interest in the Murray River and its conservation, are invited to membership to enjoy family Club facilities and help develop the proposed club fleet of backpacker style cruise boats working the river and helping kids at risk of school dropout.

Our backpacker boats will hosts our Members and their invited guests.
They will operate full time school camp cruise program providing wilderness learning for senior school students in depression and at risk of leaving school. These school camp cruises are available as "Time Out" for individual or school group renrolment from their home school, and designed to refresh student thoughts and reset their futures.
Students maintain enrolment with their school during these camps.
Community groups who recognise a need for "learning about the river environment and its conservation" are welcome to tag along cruise.

Base Location on the river is being negotiated

The Avoca Cruise Club is seeking a riverfront base.

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

This long established riverboat slipyard and moorings is the ideal location for our homeport. Currently for sale, we are talking with appropriate helpers.

No.1/$200,000 to buy TS Avoca II, to do raising funds along the river.

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

Selling the "butterfly cucoon" concept for SACE level school ship camping .

A volunteer team of marketing students will cruise the river raising Tax deductible Gifts to purchase the larger school ships and resort property to help teens at risk.

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

TS Aerie - weaving the "Coocoon"

Remove teens from the school (or home) that has been giving them their depression & misery.

No.3/$600,000 for Advanced School ship TS Mundoo = Income from functions & school camp catering for

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

TS Mundoo. "Butterfly emerging". Advanced Aerie students travel with Mundoo and cater for and manage large events anywhere on the river. "Mundoo" is their team home.

We plan to fund the school camp fleet with Tax Deductible gifts to provide safe student berths.

Cost of One student berth sponsorship = $40,000. Naming rights (1 Berth = Perhaps Company sponsorship, a total DGR write off on tax bills over 4 years) Donor Name displayed on bed.
ONE bed-night Sponsorship = $110. DGR donations are listed on our donor list. (Name and Number of nights donated)
All sponsors will be welcome to cruise with our staff team using adult berth on the schoolships. DGR donate your fare to help cover costs. Save your tax receipt for next Tax return.

Families, join the Avoca community & Share camp cruises.

Families, welcome to Avoca School Ships.

Telephone, SMS, Capt. Bouc: 0418 836 137 Email Principal Bouc: capt.bouc@gmail.com

Murray Schoolship One Term Cruise Camps.

Parents, give your unhappy teens a "Time Out" term rethink.

When off track and depressed, school teens can rethink their future with a "Time Out" cruise camp.

We provide teacher supervised "School ship cruise camps" for each of the four school terms, AND "Come and try" family cruise camps each school holidays.

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

No.1/$200,000 to buy TS Avoca II, to do raising funds along the river.

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

Proposed home port for the Avoca trust school camp boats and Tech. studies school/VET anex to local

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

No.3/$600,000 for Advanced School ship TS Mundoo = Income from functions & school camp catering for

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

No.2/$400,000 to buy the entry School ship. TS Aerie, 16 student bunks on main deck & adults up top.

We plan to fund the school camp fleet with Tax Deductible gifts to provide safe student berths.

Families, join the Avoca community & Share camp cruises.

River Boating and resort holidays are more fun, less expensive and safer when you join a riverboat resort community and cruise with others. Your kids will benefit and learn more skills.

Families, welcome to Avoca School Ships.