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Our over-achieving venturer leader, Baggy, discovered a really good way to raise funds--offer to pack bags for customers at Woolies and Coles supermarkets --with a donation bucket nearby! Some of the proceeds will go to charity, the balance being for expedition work. The idea worked very well indeed
Kayaking
This weekend scouts and leaders set off for Berowra Creek early Saturday morning. Arriving at the boat-ramp we set off for Windeyer scout camp, some 7Kms downstream, against a bit of a headwind. Another leader (Barra) and I were the specialist kayak advisers and water expedition leaders. A car
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Last evening, two of our scouts, Kara and Kai (now Venture Scouts) were presented with their Medallion Awards by the Regional Commissioner for Scouts, peter Jamieson. This is a very rarely achieved award, resulting from achievements across many areas, not followed in school curricula or in sports. As leaders, we
Kayaking
I did plan the morning kayak trip to Bundeena and back, where I made an appointment to see the physiotherapist next week (she is the flute player in our community band!). I also had agreed to a half hour swim at 2.00pm with a friend, but the call to
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With only 3 days warning, on a Wednesday evening, Rotary Miranda asked for 5 scouts to present the flags at the opening ceremony of 200 delegates at a conference at Oliympic Park, Sydney, in the Novotel conference room. Four scouts volunteered on Thursday night. That night the scouts were dressed
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Last weekend (Oct 20th) was the Annual Boree Regatta--now held at Kurnell. About 700 youth members and leaders camped there or came for the day to take part in all the competitive and fun activities. The older scouts--Venturers, were challenged to build a kayak from a 'flat
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This week I delivered an illustrated lecture to this club on modern scouting. It was well received and after questions during the talk, I realised just how out-of-date these people's views are --maybe their age. I sent them all away as 'ambassadors' of modern
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Weekend of 10th to 13th June was Region Camp for S.Met Region. I went there on Sunday--escaping the chill and mist of Blackheath for a day. The camp was a buzz of activities --rather like a self-constructed 'Scout Theme and Activity Park'. Our whole contigent
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This weekend saw us with about 140 other people from 1st Caringbah Scout Group on the Shoalhaven river at Coolendel--2/3 hours' drive from Sydney-terminating in dirt roads! A great campsite--well equipped with shower blocks and hot water (not that we needed heated water with temps
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On a day when it reached 41 Deg C in Sydney---we were invited to the 16th birthday party of one of our Venture Scouts--Sonik Patel--an Indian family. Sonik is our longest serving scout in our large group (see www.1st caringbahscouts.com) and recently did a solo
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