What We’ve Been Up To
Venture24
In early January, Venture24 saw approximately 850 Venturer Scouts travel to Victoria along with other travelling to Queenstown, Fiji and Townsville to participate in a a range of adventurous, fun, cahllenging and inclusive activities.
In Lardner Park just outside of Melbourne, situated the core campsite where youth members participated in a large aray of onsite activities including- Archery, Hatchet throwing, Archery Tag, Minigolf, , kayaking, Laser tag, Abseiling, Rock Climbing and more.
Offsite Activities included – Caving, Mountain Biking, High Ropes, Shooting, Melbourne Trip, Walhalla Adventure (Mine tour and Gold Mining), Warragal Explorers (Local Town) , Gumbuya World (Theme Park).
New Zealand Jamboree!
Over the Summer School Holidays, over 650 scouts, venturers and leaders went across the ditch to attend the 23/24 New Zealand Jamboree. With three planes filled just with scouts, everyone landed in Auckland very excited about what was to come! The Jamboree itself was filled with thrilling activities, awesome cultural events and the crowd favourite – badge swapping! Throughout the 7 days there was so much fun had with activities such as quad biking, car smashing, canoeing, abseiling and tramping.
Far North Region Scouts helping thier communities!
After cyclone Jasper many Scouting members have volunteered thier time and resources to help their communities. From Suasage sizzels to donation drives volunteers have spent countless hours aiding others.
A massive BRAVO to everyone helping!
If you can help, check out their facebook page to see how you can best help in your community.