We are grateful to our friends at 2nd Clifton Hill who are celebrating the opening of their new hall. Complete with a clmbing wall and close to Quarries Park, Clifton Hill Scouts have never had it so good!
Boer War commemoration
The Shrine of Remembrance holds a Boer War commemoration each year. This is a significant event in Scouting due to Baden-Powell’s involvements in the Boer War. This year Joeys and Cubs attended to earn the “Their Service, Our Heritage” badge.…
Family Camp
A new highlight of the Scouting year is Family Camp. This (late) winter 86 people descended on Gilwell Park in Gembrook to enjoy 2 nights of socialising, adventurous activities, bushcraft and camping. All sections and their families took part.
The Pines Camp 2019 – Cubs & Joeys
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…