Most people think of camping, when they think of Scouts. But we also try to enjoy the natural beauty of our local urban environment, such as our recent pre-Kangaree sleepover and “urban hike”.
Scouting’s international reach
There’s such a great symmetry in the fact that we enjoyed a Vietnamese lion dance for Founders Day this year and were delighted to hear from a former Vietnamese Joey Scout, who has relocated to Canada. Our worldwide movement enjoys…
Exploring at the Australian Native Garden
Did you know there is an Australian Native Garden in Royal Park? Or a cairn to mark the point that Bourke and Wills left for their quest to cross the country from south to north? Well our Joeys do. We…
A great day at the Zoo
5th Brunswick Joey Scouts had a fantastic time at Scouts Victoria’s biennial Zoo Day. Armed with our activity books and new Zoo Day badges, we visited the seals at Wild Seas, did the monkey loop, plus experienced butterflies landing on…
Adventures with Flying Fox
Flying Fox is our Joey Scout mob mascot and Joey Scouts who show caring and sharing behaviours are nominated by other Joey Scouts to have flying fox for the week. Flying fox gets to have great adventures! Flying fox at…
Tycho to the Moon
We had a great outing to Scienceworks to see “Tycho to the Moon” at the Planetarium which was part of our Space Adventure Challenge program. After the show we had a play, went to the Nitty Gritty Super city, and…
Ahoy mateys!
There were plenty of Pirates but not as much sleeping at the recent District Joey Scout Pirate Sleepover, hosted by Oak Park. The kids played games then made treasure chests, purses for their pirate loot and made their own treasure…
Out and about with Joey Scouts
We’ve been out and about in our local area recently with 2 excursions, one to Barkly Square and for a lantern walk down Weston Street. Fruit & Veggie month at Barkly Square We visited the fruit and veg departments of…
Visiting Hope Aged Care
Thanks to the amazing staff and gorgeous residents of Hope Aged Care that made our visit such a treat. The kids shared information about themselves, interviewed the residents, enjoyed a hot supper and contributed to making a shared piece of…
Joey Scouts Relaunches!
We are delighted to relaunch our Joey Scout section at 5th Brunswick, after a ten year absence. Alison Woodhead Moreland Darebin District Joey Leader has been supporting Melissa Yuan and Matt Dunstan-Potter as they relaunch the section and build a program for…