It was Tuesday the 16th of September and year 5 and 4 left at 9.00am to go on a 2-hour bus ride to Canberra. We went to Questacon and the national portrait gallery. Then we got back at 5.00pm.

We got to Canberra at 11.00am and first we went to have a quick snack outside of Questacon. Then, we started going to the galleries. We first went to the gallery with the gravity free-fall slide and almost everyone went on it, even Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. White! The slide angles you perfectly so for a second you experience zero gravity. I went up to go down the slide and I froze then I made the decision to go down the slide. I hung on the bar for dear life and then I let go, my heart skipped a beat. We went to a temporary exhibition called “ZAP! CLANK! POW!” Where we played with pulley systems, magnets and electricity. Then we went to the earth science gallery with a lightning strike experience and an earthquake simulation room. After that we went to a gallery with microscopes, animal skulls and more. Then we finished up our time at Questacon in the Moon Room. My favourite gallery was the Free-fall gravity slide gallery because it was super fun but also super scary.

Then we had a lunch break at 1.00pm at a nearby park. We ate our lunch and then headed to another park to play games like memory tag and footy. It was really fun. Then Mrs. Walsh blew the whistle and we headed to the next destination.

The third thing we did was go to the National Portrait Gallery. We arrived there at 2.00pm and we were so lucky to be able to do a really fun activity called “Head Hunt”. Head Hunt is an activity where we get into a group of three where we were given an iPad with an app that gave us a gallery number to go to. My team's first number was 3 and our pick was a photo called “Wesley Enoch and David McAllister” which we first had to inspect the photo, say what was interesting and then take a photo. Then we had to record ourselves talking about what was interesting.  My team picked 2 other portraits called “Maggie” and “Romance was Born”. 

Then we all climbed onto the bus for a 2-hour bus ride back to Crookwell. Our bus driver told us about all the statues and landmarks out of and in the city center. We were taught about why America gifted us an eagle and where the army people live and learn. We were allowed to watch a movie We took a quick stop at Goulburn to drop off people and for a bathroom break. We finally arrived in Crookwell at 5.00. Then the excursion was finished. My favourite part of the trip was going to Questacon and going on the slide. I loved this excursion. 

By Isobel Tran