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    ONWARD AND UPWARD

    May 17, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS_ CARO RYAN

    HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, was a passionate advocate for experiential learning. The award program that carries his name continues his legacy. And there would be very few people in Australia, especially those with an outdoors bent, who haven’t heard of the Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) Award. According to the Award’s CEO in Australia, Peter Kaye, what many people don’t realise is, “The program isn’t all about blisters, gluggy rice and leeches.”

    It seems that these are the stories that we remember, either from our own history or from others,

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