Returnee Voyage - Sydney To Hobart - December 2010
Young Endeavour is supporting the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010 and needs a young, motivated and experienced crew. If you are 18-25 years old and have completed a voyage from 2008 onwards, then this is your chance to sail again.
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race brings in vessels and crew from around the country and around the world. This is an opportunity to take what you learned during your voyage, and use it to support Australia's most famous sailing event.
Starting in Sydney Harbour on 26 December and arriving in Hobart on 31 December 2010, the voyage won't be anything like your first Young Endeavour experience.
It will be tougher. It will be faster. It will be harder.
It will be a whole new experience and a fun, new adventure.
Young Endeavour will act as the Support Communication Vessel for the event, and it will be your job to make sure the ship keeps pace with the fleet. This means you will need to work as a team to sail the ship, supporting close to 100 yachts as they undertake what is often described as the most gruelling long ocean race in the world.
Returnee Youth Crew berths will cost $2,100 (including GST). Applications close Wednesday, 28 July 2010.
The 628-nautical mile course will be the experience of a lifetime. It will take what you already know from Young Endeavour and give you a whole new opportunity to challenge yourself, to push your limits, to expand your horizons.
If you think you're ready to take it on, then fill out an application form or call the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme on 1800 020 444, and lets talk adventure.
Indigenous youth leading the way: Deanna Kennedy of Beswick, NT
Born in Katherine, Deanna Kennedy was a young girl with big dreams. She wanted to travel to new places, and do something to benefit her community.
At 24 years of age Deanna successfully completed the FaHCSIA Indigenous Leadership Program (ILP), including a voyage aboard STS Young Endeavour.
"I chose to do the Young Endeavour program so I could learn new things about the sea, and about me," says Deanna. Aboard the ship, Deanna learnt about navigation, rope knotting and working in a team. She says she moved out of her comfort zone, making great new friends in the process.
Since completing the ILP, Deanna has gone on to complete the Certificate II in Indigenous Leadership and has become a strong advocate for youth. Her plans for the future include finishing her studies and continuing with community work. She will also keep a lookout for opportunities in Perth, as that's one place she'd really like to see.
Deanna believes community is a place where different groups come together as one and she sees her community as one of the main motivations behind her success. She's learnt that if you persevere and keep a positive mind, then you will have the chance to show your community the value you bring, and make a difference.
Deanna's efforts have been recognised by her local community. She was recently awarded the Beswick Young Citizen of the Year, by the Australia Day Council NT 2010 Local Government Awards and was selected to attend the 2010 Oxfam Straight Talk forum in Canberra recently.
"Jumping off the ship in the open sea was scary," says Deanna," but it was also fun". And it's the best way to make a splash!
The Indigenous Leadership Program has been running since 2004 and assists Indigenous Australians by offering opportunities to emerging and potential leaders.
- courtesy of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/general/linking_leaders/Documents/issue1_april.htm