Pack your bags. We’re about to travel through time and space!

The past few days have been a whirlwind of enterprise, enthusiasm, exploration and experimentation. Our 'time machine' narrative has been continuously evolving, as have our campers confidence and skill-sets; learning and using new tools and equipment has allowed them to devise bold structures, mechanisms, characters and set designs that go beyond the technical, into the artistic terrain of world-building.

Both Carter (top left) and Aaron (bottom right) use the jigsaw to create parts and props for this weeks project. Shohum (bottom left) uses the skilsaw to carefully cut walls for the time machine whilst Zara (top right) finds the hand saw helpfu… — Both Carter (top left) and Aaron (bottom right) use the jigsaw to create parts and props for this weeks project. Shohum (bottom left) uses the skilsaw to carefully cut walls for the time machine whilst Zara (top right) finds the hand saw helpful to cut out buttons and design details.

As our Friday deadline swiftly approached, teamwork was still top of the agenda; with campers stepping up to offer help and assistance on different parts of the project, ensuring everything was ready in time for the grand reveal.

Robert and Cam make some final adjustments to the Mine-o-sauraus.

The Mine-o-sauraus; almost ready for action.

Time to test: the whole team gathers round to assess the Mine-o-saur.

Marly, Shohum and Ohad are working hard to create a seat for the time machine - it's all about travelling in comfort and style these days!

Makeda gets crafty, creating buttons and signs for the time machine.

The seat is complete! Arson gives it a seal of approval.

Ry, Jeffrey and Gabe create a reptilian ringleader.

Teamwork and collaboration in action.

Daisy on the jigsaw again! This girl is becoming a jigsawing expert.

The Space Cave is really starting to take shape!

Excellent teamwork from Sophia and Archie.

And it's all hands on deck as the time machine team completes the track.

Katy makes some final adjustments to ensure the cart will move smoothly on the track.

Decision time; door or curtain?

Kaia and Katy: coordinated collaboration!

Ohad and Shohum: a superb sibling partnership in action.

Sophia is excited to meet one of our dinosaur ancestors.

A sneak preview at what's to come...

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for!

Our intrepid travellers enter the time machine, all set to journey into the past...

Unbeknown to them, the time machine encounters a glitch (dum, dum, dum), and instead of returning to a previously lived scene from the past, they find themselves in an alternate reality in which the dinosaurs never became extinct!

It is here that our time travellers are met by the Mine-o-sauraus and Boss-o-sauras (Pan-o-sauraus was too tall to get in the shot. He was even too tall to fit under our 8ft high shade structure!), who are mining the rivers of Pompeii (pre-eruption onf Vesuvius of course) during the middle of the gold rush.

Pan-o-sauraus is mining for gold, whilst Boss-o-sauruas oversees the work.

Our travellers return to their trusty time machine, intending to go back to the future...

But they unknowingly remain in this alternate reality, and when they arrive in the future they find themselves on Mars! The dinosaurs (who have since evolved into lizard overlords) mined the Earth into extinction and all remaining forms of life (including the human race) had to move to Mars.

A mountainous Martian landscape, with our historic homeland in the distance. — A mountainous Martian landscape, with our historic homeland in the distance.

Our time travellers arrive at a time when the lizard overlords are feuding with the native marsupial people about the 9-5 work day.

The native marsupial people protest the 9-5 work day.

Whilst the native marsupial people believe in a free world for everyone, the lizard overlords are able to enforce the 9-5 work day, by blocking the portal back to Earth.

To see time travel in action, check out our short video clip...

And now for a little preview of what went on behind-the-scenes...

We think you'll agree it's been quite a week! We would like to thank our campers for their energy, enthusiasm, determination and perseverance (as well as their patience in waiting for this blog post – we’ve been experiencing a few technical difficulties here at Project Ember HQ, but we’re all sorted now).