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A four week residential stay at the Googa Outdoor Education Facility helps Year 10 Lutheran students develop an appreciation of the Aussie bush lifestyle (Photo: Grace Lutheran Primary School)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 11, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Googa Outdoor Education Facility at 571 Nukku Road, Googa Creek has been given approval to expand by Toowoomba Regional Council.<\/p>\n

The approval, which was given last week, will see a number of new buildings, a multi-purpose hall, dormitories, amenities, staff accommodation, a chapel and other sheds placed on the site.<\/p>\n

The majority of the new buildings are being relocated from the now-closed Concordia Lutheran College outdoor facility near Chinchilla, according to documents lodged with the Council.<\/p>\n

The Googa facility is jointly owned and run by the Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa, Grace Lutheran Primary School at Clontarf and Grace Lutheran College at Rothwell. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It is expected the new facility will also cater for students from Concordia Lutheran College, as well as other Lutheran schools around the state.<\/p>\n

Googa offers Year 10 students a four week outdoor education program where they are removed from the distractions of modern life and get a taste of hands-on farm living.<\/p>\n

It has laying hens along with cattle and sheep; an avocado plantation; a vegetable garden; and an accredited dairy.<\/p>\n

The centre is a former Blackbutt Range forestry camp and is located nine kilometres west of Blackbutt.<\/p>\n

It has a lease over six hectares of land adjacent to a further 120 hectares owned and managed by Googa.<\/p>\n

The centre also has access to large areas of State Forests and private land for hiking and camping.<\/p>\n

The facility currently has six dormitories consisting of three cabins with a kitchen and a cookhouse in each.<\/p>\n

Each cabin sleeps four, accommodating a total of twelve per dormitory.<\/p>\n

Other facilities currently on the property include a high ropes course, a pamper pole, a dingaling, a multi-purpose hall and maintenance workshops.<\/p>\n

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Plans for the facility’s expansion submitted to Toowoomba Regional Council by Elia Architecture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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