Building roads
Campus 1962

A good preparation for the afternoon's competitive sport, Saturday mornings added to physical fitness of the students, supervised by engineer instructor Capt B. W. Lake who had convinced commandant Coleman that the effort would be 'character building and good experience in military engineering'.

OCS Scrapbook 1962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filling leisure time
Campus July 1972

G.S. Knight, R.J. Morris, B.H. Catt hard at work bogging: cleaning gear occupied a good part of leisure time, or the absence of it ensured that defaulters parades would do the same.

Photo: A.J. Ferguson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firefighting
Point Nepean Reserve, 1960

Closer settlement had brought a dense ti­tree scrub which casual entrants such as fishermen or picnickers could ignite, as could School weapon practices. This fire burnt 200 hectares at Wilson's Folly before cadets and staff controlled it.

Local residents valued the scrub highly and were apt to protest at any fires, knowing there had been some deliberate burning off in the School's early days.

Having cleared the necessary spaces, OCS also valued the remaining vegetation for both training and ecological value. Army officers were natural environmentalists, protecting training areas long before it became fashionable on the patios.

OCS Scrapbook 1960

Extra Curricula Activities