Catch all the latest updates from the Verney Road School China trip here in September – “Beijing or Bust!”
Tuesday morning saw the group visit the National Centre for Performing Arts, one of the four most outstanding landmarks in Beijing. The building is amazing and they had some very cool interactive rooms where the lights changed as we moved. The lake made the building look like it was floating, was actually the roof when …
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This morning we travelled to Mutianyu (90 kilometres north-east of Beijing) to visit China’s most famous attraction – the Great Wall of China. Built over 2000 years ago, the Great Wall of China stretches 5000 kilometres from the Shanhaiguan Pass on the east coast to the Gobi Desert in the west. Walk along the wall …
Sunday saw the group move locations because of a government gala day in central Beijing to a very NICE hotel in the suburbs. As you can see from the two group photos taken the hotel in magnificent. It was a day of leisure, so they all walked down to a market selling all sorts of …
Summer Palace Saturday saw the group visit the Summer Palace, one of the finest landmarks in Beijing. The site has long been a royal garden and was considerably enlarged and embellished when Dowager Cixi began rebuilding in 1888 using money that was supposedly reserved for the construction of a modern navy. The huge lake was …
This morning the group visited the sacred and architecturally unique Temple of Heaven. Known as Tiantan, it is the perfection of Ming architecture and has come to symbolise Beijing. Built for the worship of heaven and prayer for good harvests, the structure stands at 38 metres in height and 30 metres in diameter, completely balanced …
Day 3: Temple of Heaven, Olympic sites & an 18th birthday! Read More »
Today was a big day of exploring many of the great landmarks in Beijing. The team enjoyed their first breakfast in the country as they prepared for more than 2 hours of walking. The morning walk through Tiananmen Square which was built on the orders of Mao Zedong and is said to have the capacity …
Day 2: Tiananmen Square, Jingshan Park & Forbidden City Read More »
The group departed Melbourne Airport at 9:35am aboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ238 and arrived in Singapore at 3:25pm local time. After a short stopover and quick explore of the amazing Changi Airport, the next flight was onto their destination of Beijing, China on flight SQ806. They finally touched down at around 11:00pm local time (two …
There were mixed emotions as family & friends gathered at the front of the school to farewell the students ahead of the China 2019 trip. Dinner was a stop at Wallan Inbound, before travelling onto their great hotel with ripper views of the nearby Tullamarine Airport. Wake up call coming at 5.30am ahead of a …
On Friday 30th August, a Chinese dragon came to Verney Road School! 🇨🇳🐉 Students across the school took part in dragon dance workshops and dragon art. We saw many ninja dance moves and wonderful fan dances. This was part of the festivities across the whole school, as the group prepares to head to China in the …
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