Scouting
I spent this weekend at Australia's oldest and largest training centre, with about 70 other leaders, doing Leader of Adults training -- a requirement to be responsible for the 25 or so leaders in our Scout Group. Most importantly, the course also leads to Cert IV in business management
Music
Today a small number our Scout Group held a fund-raising barbeque outside REPCO, and in the afternoon our Sutherland Shire Band met the Camden Community Band for a concert at the school--bad weather prevented use of an outside venue. The band in Blue are the Camden band The
Scouting
Cataract Scout Park was the location for this huge event --1400 scouts and 300 leaders for three days. There were many activities for all ages of scouts--Leaders dressed as Aztecs warriors, cubs throwing water bombs at each other, caving, abseiling etc etc cooking 'damper' on a fire.
Scouting
This afternoon the Joey scouts were introduced to making a fire and cooking damper, by the venture scouts. There were several leaders there, including myself, to meet new parents to the Group. A great success!
Scouting
Today was international 'Jamboree of the Trail' day when scouts worldwide go on a hike somewhere. We chose the aboriginal rock carvings at Bundeena. Sensible people drove there or caught the ferry. I chose to kayak there! The carvings are on flat rock and very weathered, so only
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Yesterday our Rovers and Venturer leader took part in a ceremony marking collaboration between Aboriginals and the new settlers, following 1788. This took place at the point where captain Cook first landed--very close to our suburb. The international word for a scout 'Jamboree' is an Aboriginal word.
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Yesterday I was invited to join a few leaders and scouts , one of whom (Ronan) is completing his scout Medallion, doing his social service component of the award. He had collected 50 blankets, to be handed to homeless people via the Sydney Exodus Foundation in Ashfield. There are pics of
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After such nice weather, it turned cold and wet for the annual ANZAC dawn services on the coast here. People here are examining the dozens of donated books for schools, wreaths etc, following the service itself, attended by hundreds of local residents. The main speech was given by a soldier
Kayaking
A busy 12 hours, starting at midday. Mary and I kayaked from Cronulla, seeing the Bundeena ferry then a 'lazy'fisherman in a 'peddle kayak'' and on to Bonnievale leisure park where we had some lunch. Mary is enjoying being in a single kayak, where
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This weekend, our Venturer Unit won the three day Dragonskin event--a Statewide activity. This is the third year in a row that our Group has won-- a record. The pics are of some of the 1st Caringbah competitors and some Rovers, who assisted the whole event, then two pics
Bushwalking
The newly formed Rover Crew is proving its worth by organising an abseil expedition for the family camp at Bungonia Gorge this weekend. All ages of scouts participated as well as leaders.I could have refused the offer, but that would have denied daughter Jacqui another opportunity to call me
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Saying 'farewell' to Scout Leader 'Salty' -- a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, just had to be a spectacular, water-based event, so we built a Pirate Ship for him! He (and his parrot!) were later suitably treated to eggs, flour and other foodstuffs, after