Grand Prix review

To end Term 1, the Year 12 VCAL students went to the Grand Prix Practice Session at Albert Park! As a part of Senior PDS we planned and organised this excursion ourselves and collectively we felt it was very successful. We caught the 8:08am train from South Geelong Station to Southern Cross Station in Melbourne. After the train, we gathered at the tram stop and hopped on, with the tram taking us straight to Albert Park. We reached the track into the event, getting our tickets scanned. Once we arrived at the Grand Prix Track we came across some friends from other schools, as the Grand Prix weekend had almost begun, and there were opportunities for school kids across the state to visit on Thursday before the big race.

As a group, we had a little walk around the extremely noisy track and found our way to the tech hub. In the tech hub, we visited all the different booths, had an overall look around at all the different entertaining elements and were able to get some food. We took in the many OHS considerations, conducted interviews and completed our booklets throughout the day.

The best part of the day was walking up the big flight of stairs so we could sit and watch the races. You definitely needed ear plugs as it was very loud and it felt like your ears were going to burst! At the start of the day we had been told to meet back at the entrance at 1:15 pm, as that time was quickly approaching we all slowly made our way back to the entrance taking in the last few moments of the Grand Prix Track. The tram ride back was a fast but squishy experience, as we approached the train station we noticed we were early so we hopped on an earlier train, making it just in time. We arrived back at 3:05 and our holidays began!

Chad Lyons and Lulu Connoley Yr 12 VCAL