A depressing correction...

Sorry for the blunder folks, but the price per family has not gone up $40, but $70 from last year.

And one more bit of bad news (well, two bits really): the price will rise again for the next two years, but by how much is still unclear.

Please don't shoot the messenger.

On the up side, our Catholic Homeschoolers group does enjoy a significant discount over other groups because of our long term relationship and good reputation with the Fitzroy Falls Conference Centre.

Fitzroy Falls Rates for Easter 2011 just in

Hi folks,

In the interests of total transparency, the Fitzroy Falls Conference Centre have just sent out the rates for the Easter 2011 camp.

It's not pretty folks. The maximum family rate has gone up $40 from last year and the prices for individuals/smaller families seems to make anything over 1 adult with 3 children or 2 adults with 1 child cost the same as the maximum family rate. I'm not sure if this is the way it's always been (I don't remember that far back!), but the prices seemed a tad steep to me. I've entered into negotiations with the conference centre to see if we can save some of the smaller families or those families that will only have a few people attending some money. I guess, if we were to make the best of a bad situation, the prices might inspire whole families to come along and take advantage of the economy of scale!

I'll keep you all posted.

Fitzroy Falls 2011 Easter Camp Dates for your diary

A quick reminder of dates for your diary:

The camp will run in the first week of the NSW April school holidays: April 11th - 15th 2011.

Applications for bookings will open October 1, 2010.

Bishop Julian Porteous will be visiting and conferring the Sacrament of Confirmation for eligible candidates, so please start to get organised if this concerns your child - do you have copies of Baptism Certificates?

Contact Helen Brearley via email here for more details if you would like your child Confirmed at the camp.

Regarding bookings...

Information on how to apply for a booking (how/where/how much etc) will be posted on this blog around late August to early September. If you know someone who would like this information please suggest they subscribe to this blog, or, if they aren’t internet savvy, please pass the information on to them, or let us know (via email here) and we will post them the details via snail mail.

Fitzroy Falls 2011 Easter Camp Chaplain

I'm very happy to announce that our chaplain for the Fitzroy Falls Easter Camp 2011 will be Fr. Joseph Michael Mary McShane from the Franciscans of the Immaculate in Western Australia. Check out their website here.

Fr. Joseph has chaplained many homeschooling events in the USA and we look forward to drawing great benefits from having him with us.

2011 Camp Dates

The Camp dates for the 2011 Easter Catholic Homeschoolers Camp at Fitzroy Falls are Monday 11th April to Friday 15th April.

Bookings will open on November 1. Families wishing to attend are warmly encouraged to subscribe to this blog to ensure automatic notifications of any updates.

Subscribing is pretty simple. Just click on the "Follow" icon on the right of this page. You'll need a (free and easy to get) google or twitter account. Send an email to catholichomeschoolerscamp@gmail.com if you need a hand with this.