The Pines in Altona is always a popular camp on the Cub agenda. It provides a safe base to develop camping skills, leading to greater challenges. In March this year they joined with Joeys for a weekend of exploring, beach…
Jamboree 2019
For 10 days at the start of January, 10,000 scouts from across Australia and 30 other countries converged at Tailem Bend, South Australia for the 25th Australian Jamboree. For these 10 days, the site was the 9th biggest town in…
Cuboree 2017
The Victorian Cuboree is a camp for Cub Scouts, held every three years in the Dandenongs. 3700 Cub Scouts and 1700 adult volunteers came along to 9th Victorian Cuboree from October 2nd-6th, 2017 at Gilwell Park in Gembrook. 5th & 4th…
Gilweroo Scout Camp
Gilweroo is one of Scout’s most popular camps. The camp is run like a mini Jamboree- style activities weekend at Bay Park in Mt Martha on the Mornington Peninsular. Gilweroo 2017 saw around 2,000 Scouts come together for a weekend…
Restart A Heart Day – a report by Oly
On 15th October, some of the 5th Brunswick Scouts, including myself, went to the Scout Hall and met up with a lady called Mari from Ambulance Victoria and did a two hour session learning how to do CPR. First we…
Cubs outing to Scienceworks
5th Brunswick Cubs visited Scienceworks Museum on 9 September. Scienceworks is a world-renowned museum in Spotswood, Melbourne, housing cultural and scientific collections of the State of Victoria. Displays and activities offered by the museum include hands-on experiments, demonstrations, and tours.
ARAP 2017 – a report by Ollie
On Saturday the 26 August 5th Brunswick had our Annual Report, Awards and Presentation (ARAP). At the start we did flag break and I broke the flag. Our Group Leader showed us some statistics of all the fundraising and sources…
Cub Scouts Camp at The Pines
On 11th March, the Cub Scouts had their first camp for 2017 at The Pines, near the foreshore in Altona. For many, this was an important opportunity to sleep for two nights under canvas as a step towards earning their…
Founder’s Day Hike
On 19th February the Scouts kicked off the first hike of the year with a trip to Pound Bend reserve in Warrandyte to celebrate Baden Powell’s birthday. Along with family members, they explored Pound Bend, the tunnel blasted in 1870…
Australian Scout Medallion Awarded
Congratulations to Claire on earning the Australian Scout Medallion (ASM) – the highest award in the Scout Section. It is considered the pinnacle of Scouting at this stage. To earn the ASM a Scout must: Participate in a Scout Leadership…