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…
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…
Bike Hike
The Joey Scouts met at the top of Royal Park for a bike ride down through Royal Park to the Royal Children’s Hospital playground. At the playground we had time for a long play and met 4th Brunswick Cubs. 4th…
Koori Heritage Trust
As part of the Adventure Challenge badge, we visited the Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square and Birrarung Marr. We saw an exhibition called “Stitching Together the Songlines” which included possum and kangaroo skin cloaks. At Birrarung Marr we saw…
Region Campfire 2016
It was a chilly but atmospheric outing to Whittlesea for the annual Plenty Valley Region campfire.
Food Bank drive for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre
Joey Scouts learned about the global Scouting program “Messengers of Peace“. Joey Scouts do good turns and help others because it is part of the Joey Scout Promise and Law. It is nice to help others, even if it is…
Better news for the Helmeted Honeyeater
We were delighted to plant habitat for the Helmeted Honeyeater for the second year in a row. Last year there were less than 100 birds left in the wild but this year they have seen more than 200. About 30…