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Future Plans
2010 kicks off with a bang! The College will host
Girl Guides Victoria’s Australian Centenary Event (ACE) Camp. Over
2,000 guides from around world will camp on the Marcus Oldham farm for
a week in January. The farm paddocks will be converted to a tent city
for the duration of the camp and, being conveniently located on the
western edge of Geelong. Guides will have the opportunity to travel to
the many attractions and activities in the Geelong – Otway Region.
Bicyclevictoria will provide catering for the event and utilise the
College equine facilities, including indoor and outdoor riding arenas
to cook up a storm.
Brighton and Melbourne Grammars will again return for their annual
rowing camps in January and crews will be put under pressure by their
dedicated coaches to perform to their optimum leading up to the Head of
the River, 20-21 March at Nagambie.
Also in January the Australian Veterinary Association will conduct
their course for the Graduate Diploma in Animal Acupuncture at the
College. Students from around Australia and Asia will attend for a week
to study and undertake practical experience of acupuncture for horses
and dogs. The course continues in June and September. The final exam
for this award is conducted by the American Veterinary Association with
students around the world sitting for the exam on the same day.
July sees the return of the National Coaching Clinic held by Riding for
the Disabled Association of Australia (RDAA). Riding for the Disabled
Association of Australia is a voluntary, non-profit organisation which
provides opportunities for anyone with a disability to enjoy safe,
healthy, stimulating, therapeutic, horse-related activities in
Australia. Around 100 delegates will attend the clinics to increase
their knowledge of coaching in this specialist area.
2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championships will be held from 29
September to 3 October in Melbourne and Geelong. Tour de France stars
and Olympic champions are bound for Geelong. The world championships
are contested by national teams the same as the Olympics. Australia’s
best cyclists, people like Robbie McEwen, Stuart O’Grady and Michael
Rogers, will don the green and gold and compete as a team against the
best from Europe, Asia and North America. Geelong won the right to host
the championships in part because of its challenging circuit that takes
in the hills south of the Barwon River as well as our beautiful
waterfront and downtown area.
The College accommodation may be utilised by the organisers of this
event for bike-mad spectators (up to 250,000 of them!) who follow this
annual event, second only to the Tour de France in importance in the
world of cycling.
The rural setting of the college with the convenience of Victoria's
second largest city on our doorstep makes Marcus Oldham College the
ideal setting for training camps, seminars and conferences of all types.
AgriVenture
Also in September will be the annual visit by AgriVenture, the International Agricultural Exchange Association. Farm trainees arrive to experience both work and life in rural Australia for periods up to one year. The programs are designed to suit individual experience and ambition, covering a wide range of program opportunities. Trainees decide on the length of their AgriVenture program, depending on their country and program selection. Wherever you go in the world, with AgriVenture you won’t be alone. From your application to arriving back home, the organisation takes care of all of the details needed for the trainee, so you don’t have to – tickets, work permits and insurance etc.
Without exception, all AgriVenture placements are made within a professional business. Placements are available for almost all kinds of agricultural and horticultural. Agriculture covers all elements of livestock and cropping enterprises. Horticulture offers a range of other options such as flower production and vegetable enterprises.
