{"id":2260,"date":"2019-04-12T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T09:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2019-04-12T09:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T09:22:09","slug":"high-seas-beckon-for-budding-adventurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/12\/high-seas-beckon-for-budding-adventurer\/","title":{"rendered":"High seas beckon for budding adventurer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Masts, bows, and sterns are all unfamiliar terms to Mayfield\u2019s Anna Gibson right now — but they won\u2019t be for long thanks to a City of Newcastle grant.
\nThe 21-year-old University of Newcastle student, who will step aboard a ship for the first time to tackle the Young Endeavour Scheme this month, has been awarded a scholarship to represent the City on the 10-day sailing expedition from Sydney to Newcastle.
\n\"Inside.jpg\"Anna Gibson receiving her scholarship certificate from Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes<\/strong>
\nShe\u2019ll be joined by 26 other 16 to 23-year-olds who\u2019ll literally be learning the ropes together.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve had a quite a few good friends go on the Young Endeavour who\u2019ve said it\u2019s changed their life,\u201d Ms Gibson said.
\n\u201cSo, from hearing that, it\u2019s always been something that I\u2019ve wanted to do.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m very much looking forward to meeting a whole lot of new people from different walks of life. I think it\u2019ll be interesting getting grouped together with other people and making friends, reading nautical charts and weather maps. I\u2019ve never sailed before so it\u2019ll be a big challenge.\u201d
\nMs Gibson was selected in a competitive expression of interest process in which she enthusiastically expressed her desire to really challenge herself.
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\nWhen she noticed the City was offering supporting a young Novocastrian with a $4000 scholarship sea voyage, which tests the mental and physical stamina of all on board, she jumped at the chance.
\nShe will depart Sydney aboard the\u00a0STS Young Endeavour<\/em>\u00a0on Monday and arrive in Newcastle on Anzac Day.
\nThe Young Endeavour Scheme, founded in 1988, is an internationally recognised youth development program. The British-built ship first sailed to Australia in 1986 with a crew of 12 young people as part of Australia\u2019s Bicentenary.
\nLord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the City\u2019s $4000 scholarship gives young people the opportunity to challenge themselves, have fun, and expand on their life experiences.
\n\u201cThis scholarship is aimed at providing a young Novocastrian with the opportunity to fulfil a fantastic experience and get out of their comfort zone with a group of other young, likeminded people, and develop personal and professional skills that enrich their education\u201d the Lord Mayor said.
\n\u201cI have no doubt that Anna will represent our City well and return with fantastic learnings and person development opportunities that I look forward to hearing about.\u201d
\nLeft: The\u00a0STS<\/em>\u00a0Young Endeavour\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>voyager<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Masts, bows, and sterns are all unfamiliar terms to Mayfield\u2019s Anna Gibson right now — but they won\u2019t be for long thanks to a City of Newcastle grant. The 21-year-old University of Newcastle student, who will step aboard a ship for the first time to tackle the Young Endeavour Scheme this month, has been awarded … Continue reading “High seas beckon for budding adventurer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}