Scouts Tasmania

Tasmanian Branch Newsletter - September 2017

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Scouts Tasmania

September 2017 - Issue 8

Branch Calendar page 5

Regatta 2018 Information pages 12 & 13

JOTA/JOTI page 11

Gang Show Photos pages 8 - 10

Scouting Album pages 25 & 26

Chief Commissioner’s Report pages 2 & 3

Branch Newsletter

Gang Show 2017— ‘Still Trying’

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Chief Commissioner’s Report We are still looking for a Branch Commissioner Cubs; if there is anyone who might like to find out what is involved please email Terry or myself. We also need a Branch Youth Council adviser to look after the Youth on the BYC, if you think you would like to find out what is involved in this role please contact Julie Creed or myself. We are also after a Lead-

er who might be interested in running the You + Lead program for Venturers. It would be beneficial to have a team of people/Leaders doing this, again please contact Julie or myself if you are interested.

We have the possibility of two groups so far who might be interested in becoming Pioneer Groups; we can have 4 Groups and therefore we are looking for another 2 Groups.

1st Aid update - I will hopefully receive dates from the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) in the next couple of days, so when this happens I will send these out to the Districts and hopefully fill the courses with Leaders/Parents/Rovers/Venturers. It looks like we might have to end up charging a small amount for these courses as the RLSS has only received funding for 200 people and we might end up with over 400 wanting to do the courses. This might also reduce the number wanting to do the courses - we will see how we go.

Building inspections - Graeme Nichols has sent out a lot of emails to the Groups/Campsites who haven’t completed their Hall surveys. If your hall hasn’t been done, please complete it ASAP as we are still required to keep our halls safe for our Leaders and Youth members, even though we don’t need to issue a Form 56 anymore.

Running through my Facebook page the other day, I saw a couple of Groups doing a Bunnings BBQ in Launceston; in the carpark they were making snow-men. What a great crowd drawer.

Our Branch now has a Grant Committee. We have 5 people on the Committee and at the moment we are looking at grants for Training and grants to hope-fully assist us with the hall inspections. If you have Grant experience and want to be on the Committee, please contact me.

In the last month or so I have been hearing of overnight hikes and camps with mixed genders but with only one adult gender attending. It states very clearly on the back of the TOP15 form what the ratio of Youth to Adults must be and that if you are taking a mixed gender on a hike or camp that you must have a mixed adult gender attending the camp/overnight hike as well. I know all adults that attend an overnight activity must have a Working With Vulnerable People Card (Child Card), which makes it harder to get a par-ent who wants to come along, but we don’t want Leaders putting themselves in an unpleasant situation.

Once again on Facebook I could see that a heap of Groups had fun with Science week, Cressy Scouts in particular. I personally went to the Hobart Museum and watched their displays and learnt a lot. Our new PC Environment Samantha; has been interested in what a lot of the Groups are doing and hopefully in the upcoming months will be able to assist with some of your activities.

The Fellowship team has been busy, but because of the cold weather the participation rate has been very low. Last month they held a win-ter Christmas dinner in Timbertop and this month had a pub dinner and Gang Show, which everyone who I have talked to has enjoyed. The Gang Show Crew again put on a great show; it’s hard to see how the Leaders/Parents/Youth find the time to put on these shows. I have been following a couple of the cast over several years, and it’s been great to witness how a very shy personality has developed into a strong speaking person. Well done to Denice Walters and all the many helpers she has.

Julian Varney from the Burnie Group has put us into a University program for the 7 to 14 year olds, which is arranged through the schools. The program entices the school students out and about to do activities,

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Chief Commissioner’s Report Cont’d Scouting will hopefully be one of these activities. Susanne Hovington and myself spoke to the University or-ganisers to see what would be involved and Susanne is looking into the scheme to determine how we can do this. The students need to produce approx 100 hours of external activities (which only 1/3 can be from one activity eg. Scouting) and get these activities marked off into a Passport, which is presented to them by their schools. Once they acquire the required hours they go to the closest University to graduate with a cap and gown. This could be a neat opportunity to get the students at the schools to discover what we do and hope-fully get them into Scouting. Unfortunately, not all schools have registered as yet, so if your group does go ahead with it some members might miss out, as they need the Passport to participate. Hopefully more infor-mation will be forthcoming with the schools that have registered so far.

At the last National meeting in Sydney, the Commissioners voted into the new program commencing in 2019 that the Joey section will be able to invest Joeys as young as 5 years old, it is 6 years old at the moment. It was thought, that when the Youth start school at 5 years old they are looking for other activities and that Scouting might have missed out because of our 6-year-old policy. I didn’t know what our Joey Leaders thought about this, so I sent out a survey asking them what they thought. It was interesting that we have 42 Joey Leaders on our MyScout database and I received 42 responses, with only 2 saying no and 2 saying may-be. Just because the age group will be reduced to 5 year olds doesn’t mean that your Mob has to start every Joey at 5. From my experience, most Joeys don’t start until they are nearly 7, but with the age being reduced we are able to say yes to more Joeys.

The new TOP1 and TOP6 forms are now completed (just need to get the TOP 6 turned into a fillable PDF be-fore putting it onto MyScout). We have almost completed the new Leader/Adult Helper Pack (which is now one Pack). In this Pack are the new TOP 3 and TOP1 forms. TOP 4 will be deleted and no longer used. The Pack is only available from BHQ.

Ronald McDonald’s fundraising and Bunnings Father’s Day promotions are running again this year. Ronald McDonald’s is very important as they do such a great job for the sick children near each hospital. If you have-n’t registered your Group to help, please do it very soon. Unfortunately, it falls on the same weekend as the Cuboree, so most of the Cubs will not be able to assist.

Law and Promise posters are on their way and each Group should receive them really soon.

One step closer to getting uniforms in the South. I have spoken to the manager of Mountain Creek and he is willing to sell our uniforms, so all I need to do is link him up with the manufacturer.

I have been asked by the Police Department to attend a crowded place seminar. It is sad times we live in, when we have to worry about what might happen if we have a lot of people in one place. At the time of writing, I haven’t attended the seminar, but hopefully next Newsletter I will have a better idea on what we can do to reduce the risk for our members at large events.

Footnote – our Propeller Guard policy has been given the green light by our insurer and this policy will be put into the next update in TOPs.

For the Leaders who know Peter Blatch (former National Commissioner for Training), he has been elected again for his second term on the World Scout Committee. Well done Peter.

Michael Hovington Chief Commissioner [email protected]

Samantha McGrath - PC Environment

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SCOUT CYCLING COMES OF AGE! Our Chief Commissioner has approved a new branch “Formation” SCOUTS TASMANIA - SCOUT CYCLING TEAM

As many readers will be aware, Scout Cycling is not just about a leader organizing a bi-annual event (The Scout Tour de Tassie) but has morphed into a fully fledged major activity area which now in-cludes instruction and specific training for our Youth and Leaders in the discipline of “Safe Cycling”. We have developed a team of committed members and supporters with the necessary expertise to manage these activities and events.

As the Cycling Project, the Teams activities since Easter 2016 are impressive. 1 x 3 Day rider training program 3 x 1 Day rider training programs 2 x 1 Day Pre Tour training rides 1 x 8 Day 7 stage Tour de Tassie 5 1 x 2 Day Cycling training camp (for Spreyton Scout Group) 1 x 2 Day Ride Planning Workshop

Congratulations to Jan Tuxworth and the enthusiastic members of the Spreyton Scout Group who participated in a special cycling camp run out of the Westbury Scout Hall early this month.

Seven Scouts and two Venturers braved the winter weather and had a rip roaring time learning new skills on bikes. “Team Members” Doug & Kerry Murchie (Burnie) assisted by Ulverstone Scout (and TDT5 Tourist) Evan Williams, put on a varied program which included a 15km Night Ride on the Northern Plains, a challenging adventure. Comment from a Scout writing on a thank you card presented to the Team “Thank you so much for chal-lenging me and taking me out of my com-fort zone” Wow! when we get feedback like this it is so encouraging.

A two day special program for six really experienced riders (2 Leaders and four Venturers from Burnie) was held in Laun-ceston over the weekend 19 – 20th Au-gust. This challenging training program involved planning rides using

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SCOUT CYCLING TEAM

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September Branch Calendar Date Event Where

2 J/C/S/GL Councils Meeting Campbell Town, Town Hall

2 & 3 RS - Brett Gaffney Memorial Raft Race

3 TBRC - General Board Meeting

7 Rover Amusing Race

8 - 10 TT - Wood Badge Course Weekend 2 (all sections) The Lea


13 The Lea Board of Management Meeting The Lea

15 Fellowship - Pizza Night (5 - 7pm)

15 - 17 VS - Leadership Course ( North )


21 Business & Finance Committee Meeting Branch Executive Committee Shadow Meeting

The Lea

30 Water Craft Inspection Declarations Due

Years of Service Awards

5 Years Dominik Stozki Mt Faulkner Cub Pack

20 Years Denis Barwick Mt Faulkner Scout Group

25 Years Ian Ball Rubicon Sea Scout Group

Chris McKenna 1st 2nd Ulverstone Group

sophisticated computer software and developing a full risk assessment of the route for the ride us-ing the nationally recognised processes developed by Cycling Australia and British Cycling. This is another “first” for the TEAM and will lead to further programs for interested Scout cyclists across the branch.

And in October the Team will run a cycling camp “4 Days on the Plains” out of Deloraine. The pro-gram includes training for new riders).

Clearly bicycle ownership in Tasmania is on the up and up. Tasmanian Scouting is making a real difference in terms of assisting its members and supporters to become safer on the roads. This is the primary goal of the Scout Cycling Team.

John (Pip) Cornish Project Commissioner Scouts Cycling Team

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Jamboree AJ2019 NEWS The Roadshows are about to hit your area.

NW Coast – Sunday 10th September Ulverstone Scout Hall from 1:00pm - 2:00 pm

North 4th Launceston Scout Hall from 6:00 - 7:00pm

South – Tuesday 26th September Lindisfarne Scout Hall from 7:00 – 8:00pm

Any Scout, or current Cub, that will be 10 ½ to 15 at 3rd January 2019 has the opportunity to attend. Leaders and Parents are also most welcome to be a part of AJ2019 in a variety of roles.

We look forward to seeing you there and your encouragement of your Cubs & Scouts who will be eligible to come along and see what a great event they can be a part of.

We have received a number of entries for our Badge Design Competition and we are considering them now. The design will be released as soon as we can.

It has been confirmed that on-line applications are from 1st October 2017 (a bit later than first advised) so be ready.

Chris Ballard keeps our Facebook page updated as we learn more, so keep an eye on that.

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See you at the Roadshow.

Cheers

Phil Harper Contingent Leader

Important

Craft Inspection Declaration

Due 30th September 2017

TOP 22 can be found on

‘MyScout’ under ‘Resources’

Email completed forms to [email protected]

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Gang Show Report Hobart Gang Show for 2017 is now over – take a look at the photos and you will gain a little insight into this year’s show, but to really appreciate and enjoy Gang Show, you need to come along and SEE the show. Keep the third weekend of August set aside next year and make the effort to see what the Youth of Scouting and Guiding are doing with Gang Show. The script was written by Youth and a number of musical items were also written especially for the show.

The curtain goes down on one show and almost immediately it is time to start thinking about the next show. There will be a one day workshop in September where possibilities for the show next year will be discussed and ideas explored. This first workshop is the starting point for writing the show and is open to anyone in Scouting or Guiding who has an interest in this area.

For further details, please contact me.

Denice Walter Project Commissioner Gang show [email protected]

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Gang Show Report

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Gang Show Report

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JOTA/JOTI Report JOTA/JOTI 2017 is coming!

This year marks the 60th JOTA and 21st JOTI and they are coming your way on the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of October.

For those in the Launceston area, JOTA and JOTI will be again on the air and internet from the Rocherlea Scout Hall. Activities planned include hidden transmitter hunting and electronic kits, plus the usual internet chat room and radios. Local geocaching practice may also be available and a sausage sizzle. Activities will run from noon to 8pm Sat and 10 am to 3 pm Sun.

Plan for about a 2 hour visit. A flyer for local groups to be distributed in a few weeks.

I have been informed that JOTA and JOTI are being run at Paton Park but I do not know timings at this stage. I also hear there will be a station at Burnie and an amateur operator will be avail-able to assist at Smithton.

I have approached another amateur to visit Spreyton Group that was only able to do JOTI last year.

There will also be a station active at Huonville Scout Hall and more info will be available to lo-cal groups in due course.

I am reliably informed that there will be a JOTA station at The Lea and hopefully there will be a licensed amateur available so Scout call sign VK7SAA can be used.

I am planning to have badges available before the event so they can be presented on the day. I will shortly be asking groups to estimate numbers required, to assist this process. Again should be $2 each.

Peter Dodd Project Commissioner Radio and Electronics [email protected]

OLD JOTA/JOTI Badges For Sale

All Badges (pictured here) $4.00 email

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Scouts Australia – Tasmanian Branch & Girl Guides Tasmania

Tasmanian Scout Guide Regatta

PO Box 36, Blackmans Bay, Tasmania 7052 Email: [email protected]

Phone: 0488964817

Planning is underway for the 55th Scout Guide Regatta which will be held at Snug on 10-12 March, 2018. Encourage your Youth members to participate. Look for information in Platypus, MyScout , Branch Newsletters, the Scout and Guide web sites and Facebook.

If your Troop/Unit hasn’t been to a Regatta before, it is easy to enter and lots of fun. You don’t need to bring boats or have expertise in water activities. Many events are shore based and you can share equipment with other Units or Troops. Participants can ‘have-a-go’ at patrol boat rowing, kayaking or learn to sail a Pacer dinghy – the Regatta makes craft available and provides experienced help. Talk to other Leaders who know the ropes, or send me an email - [email protected]

Parents enjoy the Regatta and contribute to its success by participating in some events and helping to run others. Remind parents they can camp in the Regatta grounds with the Regatta participants (remind them that, if staying overnight, they must have a Working With Vulnerable People card). They can be catered for if they wish. Alternatively, they may wish to book at the Snug Caravan Park – but would need to do this soon – or make alternative arrangements. Guide and Scout parents can also camp at The Lea near Kingston. Contact The Lea Caretaker, Peter, to make a booking - 0417590986 or [email protected] Remember to ask for the Scout discount.

Filling in the Registration form Please ensure you choose the correct Registration form for your area.

Anyone over 18 camping (staying overnight) in the Regatta grounds must have a Working with Vul-nerable People Card. This is a legal requirement. It is likely that all Leaders and others registered with either Girl Guides Tasmania or Scouts Tasmania will have given the details of their card to either Scouts Tasmania or Girl Guides Tasmania. Leaders, please record on your Registration form the names and Working with Children Card number and expiry date of any other adults camping with your group whose Working with Vulnerable People card details have not been given to either the Guide or Scout Associations. Rovers and Olaves, please note that if there are adults over 18 not reg-istered with the Scout or Guide Associations camping with your group, you will also need to record this information.

Please register your Troop/Unit/Crew by 15 December and complete a separate registration form for each Troop/Crew/Unit. If your Troop/Crew/Unit registers after 15 December and before about mid-January, there will be a $50 surcharge. Troop/Crew/Unit registrations cannot be accepted after mid-January.

We appreciate numbers may change after your Troop/Crew/Unit has registered – we all know Youth members don’t always commit to an event too far in advance. Of course you can add to your num-bers, using the Additional Entries Form, until 2 March. Remember that there are fee increases for registrations after 15 December. Entries cannot be accepted after 2 March.

If paying fees by bank transfer, it is important that you record the name of your Troop/Crew/Unit in the transfer details so I can register your section. Please email me when you have paid by BSB. The details of the Regatta account are on the Registration form.

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Regatta Report Cont’d Catering The FULL CATERING fee is for seven meals from Saturday lunch to Monday lunch. The Lea Service Crew will have Saturday breakfast available for purchase. (More details will be in the mail out). Al-ternatively, Leaders may prefer to cater for Saturday breakfast for their Troop/Unit. Regatta cater-ing provides a standard menu with vegetarian meals, gluten-free meals and gluten-free dairy-free meals available for those registered as requiring them.

Do you have a query? Please email [email protected] The OWN CATERING fee includes activities, pennant, administration costs and a small amount set aside for infrastructure maintenance and repair and, increasingly, the cost of meeting WH&S requirements. Only Rovers, Olaves and par-ents, or Youth members who require a specific diet because of a medical condition, may cater for themselves.

Assistance Details Please list the names and phone numbers of any Medical Practitioners associated with your Section who will be attending the Regatta and are willing to be on call for emergencies. Someone from the Regatta Committee will contact them.

Consent The ‘Leader in Charge at Regatta’ needs to sign and date this section. Youth members under the age of 18 must have at least one adult for every 10 Youth members or part thereof camping with them. Scout and Venturer Units with male and female Youth members must have both male and female Leaders. Participating Youth members must be at least 10 years old at the time of the Regatta. (Participants in Taster Day may, of course, be under 10). Endeavour to have parents available during the Regatta for the duties and security shifts which will be allocated to your Troop/Crew/Unit. The Committee tries to allocate duties fairly – the number of duties assigned to your Troop/Crew/Unit is not based on an initially low number of registrations; registering very few participants and dramati-cally adding to your numbers closer to the Regatta does not result in having fewer duties than is your fair allocation.

Refunds Generally a decrease in numbers advised by 23 February will be refunded 100% and if advised by 2 March there will generally be a 50% refund. Changes to the numbers registered cannot be made at the Regatta.

Camping Please plan to arrive after 6pm and be set-up by 11pm on the Friday night. Youth members should not arrive before their Leaders. All tent pegs must be made obvious by tying coloured ribbon (provided) around each tent peg. Electricity will not be available. Please do not connect to existing outlets. Generators are prohibited.

Remind all those associated with your Group that the Regatta site is an ‘alcohol, smoking and drug free zone’.

Youth members under 10 are invited to Taster Day. There will be more details later, but this event is cost free for participants, a great introduction to the Regatta and good fun especially the exciting fi-nale of the water bomb fight!

Please contact me, Lyn Muir by emailing [email protected] if you have any queries about the Regatta.

See you at Snug!

Lyn Muir Registrations


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International Report What a month for Tasmania Scouting members being on overseas contingents! Tasmania was represented in three different contingents listed below. Members came from all over the State. I am sure everyone had an experience that will be with them for the rest of their lives.

Firstly let me thank BHQ, in particular Jeannette and Lori for all the assistance and support they gave me in my role as Tasmanian International Commissioner and a Contingent Team Member for the 31st Asia-Pacific Jamboree. From borrowing equipment, ideas, badges, contact details, moral support and any other tasks I requested or need assistance with. Thank you sooo much – I could not have done it without you both.

Nord National Scout Jamboree 2017 – Norway

Tasmania had 5 members attend the Nord national Scout Jamboree 1st -8th July in Bodo, Norway. Tasmanian Scouting members who attended were Nicolaas Winter, Laura Winter, James Winter, Deborah Speden and Thomas Bennett.

15th World Scout Moot 2017 – Iceland Tasmania had 7 Rovers attend the 15th World Scout Moot 2017 25th – 2nd August in Iceland. The Rovers who attended were Ellena Watkins, Tahlia Siddall, Annastasia Bedford, James Doyle, Erin Harwood, Alexandra Woodworth and Caspian Cable. I am sure they all had a fantastic time. Anastasia’s report below.

15th World Scout Moot 2017 by

Annastasia Bedford

Vikings... Volcanoes... Hot springs… These are just some of the wonders experienced when 5000 Rover Scouts from 106 different countries flocked to Iceland to attend the 15th World Scout Moot. 8 Tasmanians joined the 460 Australian Scouts attending, making it the second largest contingent at the Moot (beaten on-ly by the UK, with 639 Scouts), and the largest Rover Contingent to ever leave Australia.

The Moot was held over 9 days, starting with a 4-day expedition before returning to the Moot site to com-mence the on-site program. These 4-day expeditions were across 12 different expedition sites located all around Iceland, the activities varied with each site but included city exploration, mountain climbing and hik-ing, swimming, Puffin watching, and a day of community service. The on-site activities were themed around personal growth, with Scouts having the opportunity to try new experiences which included historical handi-crafts, musical sessions, cross-cultural exchanges, fishing, climbing, and canoeing.

Scouts were also offered the opportunity to learn more about religion around the world in the Yggdrasil cen-tre, where peaceful and reflective discussions were encouraged, and a peace tree was constructed and adorned with paper cranes.

Night-times were filled with live music and dancing with new-found friends, followed by a campfire session into the early hours of the morning; time gets away from you easily when the sun doesn’t set until midnight, and rises again at 4am.

These experiences can be life-changing, the people you meet become your new worldwide family. There are always lots of opportunities for International experiences through Scouting at any age, I encourage everyone to participate in at least one. The world isn’t so big, and it’s even smaller when you have friends from every corner.

The theme of the Moot was change, and we certainly did just that.

Annastasia Bedford Cub Leader – Port Cygnet Scout Group

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International Report cont’d

31st Asia-Pacific Region Jamboree 2017 – Mongolia

Tasmania had 5 members attend the 31st Asia-Pacific Region Jamboree 21st July – 7th August 2017. Tasmani-an Scouting members who attended were Elise Chrisoulakis, Jeanette Loosmore, Mitchell Fleming Emma Thomspon and Fiona Broadby. I have included Mitchell’s report – thank you Mitchell. I think this will be an inspiration for others to go on International Events.

Asian Pacific Regional Jamboree Mongolia 2017 by Mitchell Fleming

On the 21st of July, I along with two other Tasmanian Scouts and Leaders headed off to the 31st Asian Pa-cific Reginal Jamboree in Mongolia; it was the trip of a lifetime for us. So, on the 21st I arrived at the airport and then got on a plane to Melbourne. When we landed we then met

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International Report cont’d up with me Victorians and a few hours later I was on the plane on my way to Singapore. We quickly rushed to the next plane….. after 7 hours it was ‘Hello Beijing’.

We got on the bus and headed out for the day - we went back to the hotel later that night. The hotel was great. The next morning, we woke up and got on the bus and were on our way to the Great Wall of China, it was amazing. My line Leader James held a special presentation on the Great Wall of China, where I received my Blue Cord in Scouting. It was an honour to get it in such a prestigious place.

After that we headed to the Aquarium. Later that night we headed back to the hotel and dumped our bags then my Patrol got to head out and explore Beijing, we then later returned and headed to bed. We woke up the next morning and headed to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. At Tiananmen Square, we got a group photo which was a nice memento and in the Forbidden City we got to see the Emperor’s chair - it was made of gold and was so luxurious.

We headed back to the hotel and got an early night. We woke up the next morning and got on the Mongoli-an railway to the capital Ulaanbaatar. The train had 12 carriages and in the middle of the night our carriage was lifted up by a crane and a new set of wheels where put on, then dropped back down on another track. Amazingly I slept through the whole event.

We arrived at the capital of Mongolia, which is Ulaanbaatar 27 hours later and headed out to the Jamboree site. It was AMAZING!! It was in the middle of a valley so the first thing we did was pitch our tent and then got to go and check out the site. On site there ware coffee shops, a supermarket and a pizza and burger place.

While I was out I did a bit of badge swapping too. I have now got badges from all over the world which is pretty cool. We came back later, had tea and then headed down to the party (this was called the Rave). There were so many people at the Rave, and they had a DJ and it was amazing.

The next day we headed out to an activity called “Adventure“. It was all outdoor stuff like ziplines, tyre roll-ing and much more - we then finished the activity and got free time. After free time, we had the Opening Parade which was amazing. It had all the Mongolian culture, like dancing and traditional throat singing. They also had fireworks which was cool. After there was a big party with 5,000 Scouts - it was so brilliant.

The next day we woke up and headed to our next activity “Brown Sea Island”. It was pretty good - we did knots and learned how to purify water. We got back to camp and just chilled. We also did a lot of other Mongolian things like riding 2 humped camels and we also had a Culture day where you dressed up in your country’s traditional clothing, I wore a Flanie and a cork hat. We also served food from our country. We served vegemite on toast, and bread with lemon myrtle sauce. The Jamboree ended on the 2nd of August. After that we got to go to homestay for 3 days - I went out to a family camp and they had 8 children. I got to sleep in a Gear (this is a traditional Mongolian home, resembled a round circus tent) and we had some traditional food like camel’s milk; Mongolians have this with every meal and Mongolian lamb.

After that we got dropped off at the hotel and stayed there the night; then we got up early the next morn-ing, flew back to Beijing and stayed there the night, then flew back to Singapore the next day. We had a 6 hour wait in Singapore airport, then we said our goodbyes and flew to Melbourne. After landing we got on our next flight heading home to Tasmania.

My Jamboree experience was incredible, I made many friends from different countries, I enjoyed the Mon-golian culture, I enjoyed the days before the Jamboree and after, but the actual Jamboree was better than I ever imagined.

Yours in Scouting

Mitchell Fleming (13) Clarence Sea Scout Troop

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Upcoming Events – long list so you can start planning

28th New Zealand National Scout Regatta 2017 Date: 29 December 2017 - 6 January 2018 Location: New Zealand Age Range: 13-17 years + adults Applications: https://registrations.international.scouts.com.au Email: [email protected]

Roverway 2018 Date: 23 July - 2 August 2018 Location: The Netherlands Age Range: Rovers Contingent Leader applications open

JamboRí 2018 - Scouting Ireland's National Jamboree Date: 25 July - 2 August 2018 Location: Ireland Age Range: 12½-17 years + adults Contingent Leader applications open

Baden-Powell Scout Peak Expedition 2018 Date: 2018 Location: Nepal Age Range: Rovers and Leaders Applications: opening soon Contingent Leader: Eleanor Hewitt (ACT) Website: rovers.com.au/international/bp-scout-peak-expedition

24th World Scout Jamboree 2019 Date: 22 July - 2 August 2019 Location: Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, West Virginia, USA (host duties split between USA, Canada and Mexico) Age Range: 14-17 years + adults Contingent Leader: Phil Britt (Vic) Email: [email protected] Website: wsj2019.scouts.com.au

76th New Zealand Rover Moot 2018 Date: Easter 2018 Location: New Zealand Age Range: Rovers Contingent Leader applications open

Mongolia Aid Project 2017-2018 Date: 2017-2018 Location: Mongolia Applications: Opening soon Contingent Leader: Gary Steinhardt (Vic) Email: [email protected]

17th Nippon Scout Jamboree 2018 Date: 4-10 August 2018 Location: Japan Age Range: 12½-17 years + adults Contingent Leader applications open

14th New Zealand Venture 2019 Date: January 2019 Location: New Zealand Age Range: 14-17 years + adults Contingent Leader: Richard Scholes (Vic) Email: [email protected]

https://registrations.international.scouts.com.au/

https://registrations.international.scouts.com.au/


http://international.scouts.com.au/travel-with-scouting/contingent-leaders


http://www.rovers.com.au/international/bp-scout-peak-expedition


http://www.wsj2019.scouts.com.au/


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For more information call Tony Peck 03 6243 1500 A Hrs or 0499 250 360

SISEP - Scout International Student Exchange Program

Venturers planning to go on Student exchange this year will be out going in November 2017.

Contact: Sam van der Wijngaart Branch SISEP Coordinator for details. [email protected] or

http://international.scouts.com.au/travel-with-scouting/sisep.

Pen Pal Program Annastasia Bedford is the Tasmanian Branch dedicated Pen Pal coordinator. The On-line Pen Pal Form can be found on MyScout. www.scouts.com.au/penpals or https://tas.myscout.com.au/admin/recent_documents. National Coordinator: Darren Beauchamp [email protected]

Fiona Broadby Branch Commissioner International [email protected] 0427 249 576


15th September: Pizza Night 20th October: MT Egeria Cruise 24th November: Spit Roast (dependant on numbers) 22nd December: Combine Drinks with Branch

Gang Show: WOW, what a show! Denice and her team put together a fantastic show. I was particular-ly proud of my old Cubs, their confidance, talent, and enjoyment for what they have achieved was written all over their faces. Big Wolf to the Gang Show Team.

For those unable to join us at the Wagon and Horse, we can recommend it’s Great Fresh Food, at very reasonable prices. If you have an entertainment book use your voucher, order your drinks at the same time and the discount applies to the whole bill.

Our next event will be Date: 15th September Location : Mike’s Pizza Oven Rotunda Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm

I will provide a variety of ingredients for you to build your own pizza.

I have booked the ML Egeria for another cruise in October, so watch out for your invite.

Susanne Hovington Project Commissioner Fellowship [email protected]

Fellowship Report


http://international.scouts.com.au/travel-with-scouting/sisep

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Hello to everyone. My name is Samantha McGrath and I have the privilege of being Tasmania’s Pro-ject Commissioner for Environment for the next term. I have only recently taken up the reins from Robyn Russell and would like to thank her for her work over the past few years. In the last two months I have had the opportunity to meet the National Team at our conference at The Lea, attend Scoutfest and I will be meeting with Joey Leaders at the state event on the 26th Au-gust.

One of the first things that will get underway is an Environment Commissioners Challenge. We are hoping to make it a nationwide challenge with activity parameters that can be tailored to each group’s needs. I will have more information on this soon. The working theme at the moment is “Meet the Neighbours.”

Whilst at Scoutfest I asked the question:

“What do we think the environment is?”

I encourage everyone to reflect upon this question and have discussions within and between groups. The environment is everywhere and necessary, from the habitat of our gut to the built environment of our households and the wild spaces beyond. The types of discussion starting points, activities and community relationships that can spring from this, is large. Encouraging our Youth to be flexible and curious in their approach to the future and have the adaptability needed to flourish in the world is an important task.

I aim to develop some relationships with non-Scouting organisations to help make it easier for Lead-ers to make contact with people who can help with environmental activities. My hope is that by hav-ing a go-to person within an organisation there is less work for the Leaders in planning and the abil-ity to have longer term program participation. If you have a relationship with someone who could be involved please let me know.

Some feedback that I have received is that Leaders sometimes find it difficult to incorporate activi-ties (such as the WSEB) outside of the award scheme. I am planning to provide examples of the rela-tionships between some activities and other badges to help enable an integrated approach to pro-gramming.

An example I can give is from a recent Cub camp where our Cubs enjoyed cubby and bird box build-ing. Whilst they were participating in these activities we covered aspects of the World Scout Envi-ronment Badge, Handyworker, Boomerang parts, and animals and birds.

One other focus I would like to take is on the development of STEM activities with an environmental focus. Canberra just held a “Sci Scouts” weekend that was a great success. It would be fantastic to develop similar events in Tasmania.

The response from my invitation to be involved in planning has been excellent and I am currently setting up a group email. If you would like to be involved in planning/holding activities please let me know.

September 1st is the first day of Spring and Wattle Day. There are some resources about our Floral Emblem at: http://www.wattleday.asn.au/about-wattle-day/about-wattle-day

September is also National Biodiversity month and has Landcare week as well.

Feel free to contact me with any ideas or questions,

Yours in Scouting

Sam McGrath Project Commissioner Environment [email protected]

Environment Report

http://www.wattleday.asn.au/about-wattle-day/about-wattle-day

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With the beginning of spring already with us, it is time to be planning for the coming boating season. The Sea Scouters Council (SSC) met in Campbell Town on 20th August to discuss many of of the issues faced by Scout Groups with boats, and of course many Groups with kayaks face the same problems.

Groups have until 1st Jan 2020 to update their life Jackets to the new standard. Jackets bought in the last 5 years should already meet the standard but Groups should check. New Life Jackets would make an ideal grant application to Local Councils. More details on Grants are available from the PC Grants, Graeme Nichols and more details on life jackets are available on the MAST web site. Branch recently informed Groups that no Scout has insurance cover on water activities if there is an ac-cident involving an outboard motor without a prop guard. This has really serious implications for water activi-ties next year because this includes all private boats. Guard will cost between $350 - $500 but the big issue is that most private boat owners will not want them fitted even if Groups offer to pay. As a result, Leaders will need to plan carefully and undertake formal risk assessments, ie only very sheltered waters, if they want to go ahead with boating/kayaking without a support boat. This is serious. Any leader who authorises use of an outboard motor without a prop guard will be on their own. The Sea Scouters Council has submitted a TCF

Water Activities Report

Adult Support Report

Common Core Part A Common Core Part B1

Common Core Part B2

Congratulations to Andrew Thompson and Ross Smith on receipt of the Certificate III in Outdoor Recreation. I also note that they are very close to achieving the Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation.

There are three other Leaders I am working with that are very close to achieving the same qualification.

Adventurous Activities Training Leaders, Rovers or Venturers have a choice when it comes to Adventurous Activities Training. Option 1 will give you a “Scout” outcome or option 2 a VET outcome. Option 1 1. Basic Core Modules (all e-Learning) 2. Basic Sectional Techniques (e-learning, on-the-job and courses) 3. Advanced Core Modules (mostly e-Learning but some on course) 4. Advanced Techniques (some e-Learning but mostly on course 5. Elective Learning (e-Learning)

Adventurous Activities Leaders are also required to complete training in the specific technical skills (ie abseil-ing or canoeing) required for secondary appointment as a Guide or an Instructor.

Before attending Basic or Advanced courses, you will need to complete the Basic or Advanced modules in e-Learning.

Option 2 Adventurous Activities training is open to both Youth and Adult Members of Scouting. It may form part of sectional award schemes and/or Leader Training sequences. Youth members (Venturer Scouts and older) and Adult Members may choose to seek VET recognition for completed Adventurous Activities training, as part of a full qualification in Outdoor Recreation, or as a Guide or Instructor Skill Set. Scouts e-Learning modules have been developed to support the following Adventurous Activities Courses: Level 1 Common Core Level 1 Bushwalking

Both curriculums are the same, however the second option provides a number of downloads that are used in the assessment for the VET qualification. I would therefore recommend option 2 because it makes life easier in the long term should you decide to apply for a VET qualification at a later date.

Questions? Please contact me via the details below.

Mike Wilson. Branch Commissioner Adult Support & VET [email protected]

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Cub Report 2017 Cuboree Final Numbers for the Cuboree are as follows: Cubs – 328; Scouts (Patrol Leaders) – 64; Leaders – 66: Parents – 63. Committee - 15

We still have Venturers and Rovers to add to these numbers but that’s 536 for the weekend. What a great camp it will be.

Further information packages will be sent out shortly (if you haven’t already received them), advising you of what your Sub Camp is for this year, as well as the Cuboree Procedures Manual. Please make sure you read this document thoroughly before the Cuboree weekend.

Also remember that the information sessions for this year are as follows: Ulverstone September 17 11.00am Ulverstone Scout Hall Launceston September 17 2.30pm Trevallyn Scout Hall Hobart September 23 2.30pm Kingston Scout Hall

Please ensure that all participating Packs have a representative at one of these meetings. You will be issued with your Cuboree scarves, and you will also be able to provide copies of your parents Volunteer Code of Conduct form, and Working With Vulnerable People Card information.

Commissioners Challenge 2016 Don’t forget this years Commissioner’s Challenge Badge. Congratulations now go to Turners Beach, Penguin, Sandford, Motton Preston and Howrah Packs. Well done to all of you, the photos I have been receiving have been excellent. When you have completed your challenge, please send me the application form. The cost of the badge will remain at $2.50 each

Terry Bryan Branch Commissioner Cub Scouts [email protected]

Grant application to purchase four support/safety boats for the Branch, but the outcome will not be known until Christ-mas. The Scout Guide Regatta Committee is investigating its option so that the Regatta can go ahead. A number of Sea Scout Groups have registered to trial YPR in 2018. We are particularly interested to confirm that water activities are well represented in the new award scheme. Shortly we will be distributing some guidelines on the safe use of trailers being used to tow Scout Boats. There is a real safety concern about some boats being overloaded when going to camps and events. These guidelines will help avoid over loading. Mariners Trophy 2017 was deemed a success despite the weather. In 2018 it will be held in the North on the 13th to 15th April, which is the first weekend of the Autumn School Holidays. There will be some adjustments to what is as-sessed and these will be notified to Leaders well in advance. We will continue last year’s successful social gathering for Sea Scout Leaders on the Sunday evening at the Scout Guide Regatta. The Sea Scouters Council is particularly keen to encourage Scout involvement in Special events involving boating. We are investigating the possibility of a Southern Cruise Camp in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel area, for all interested Groups, in January 2018. Graeme Nichols is keen to get Scouts reinvolved in the Hobart Regatta on 10th-11th February 2018. If you are in-terested in involving your Group in boating or kayaking, give him a call. (0409402041) Alec Reavell has announced his resignation as the Branch boating instructor. He has filled this role for many years and there is hardly a qualified leader who didn’t do their boating training with Alec. Thank you for your contribution Alec. I am sure we will see you back in the role sometime in the future. Four new instructors are in the process of being accredited and will be announced shortly. A new Executive for the SSC was elected at Campbell Town. The Secretary is Scott Thomson [email protected] It is hard to keep a current list of Leaders involved in Boating. If you would like to be on the contact list for future updates please send Scott your email address.

Mike Patten 0439 919 234 Branch Commissioner Water Activities [email protected]

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Heritage Report Posthumous Queen’s Scout Award Courtesy of Mrs Pamela Philp, we were appreciative of the receipt of a recent dona-tion of her son’s Queen’s Scout Award badge with associated memorabilia. Maurice Philp commenced his Scouting with 18th Launceston Pack, later associated with the

13th Launceston Group, and earned his coveted Queen’s Scout Award as a Senior Sea Scout at 1st Launces-ton (YMCA). Maurice died January 1971 prior to his presentaion, with his father deputising to receive it at Government House in his place. This Award is our only known Tasmanian posthumous Queen’s Scout Award. In addition, it was earned immediately prior to inauguration of the then 1972 “New Design” programme about to be instituted, with this changeover from Senior Scouts to Venturer Scouts making it further unique. (Photo next page)

1st Woodbridge Group Although this southern Group existed from the early 1960's until recent years, their Hall still stands. Howev-er, this Group possessed an eminent commemorative foundation stone near it’s front doorway which the Chief Scout of the Commonwealth, Sir Charles “Chips” MacLean unveiled 8 February 1968. The ceremony was held during his Australian Scouting Tour following the 1967/68, 8th Australian Jamboree held at Jindalee, Queensland. Incidentally, the former Jamboree site still now lives on as a booming outer Brisbane suburb known as 'Jindalee Heights', also with its own commemorative cairn on the former National Jamboree site. (Photo next page)

If your Section or Group has an important, outstanding or interesting plaque, stone or commemorative item, or area for your Group, please forward a photo to me (a quick mobile photo will suffice), or scan it in an email to me at the address below. If it’s not recorded in your Scout Group history folder which we hold for every group in this state of Tasmania, it will NEVER be permanently recorded. It may only be found acci-dentally, such as occurred with the former 1st Woodbridge Group, or lost forever.

Scouting Personalities We gradually continue to build up documented information on our former Scouting personalities, Leaders and Youth alike, who have served Tasmanian Scouting prominently, for whatever notable reason during the past 100 years. If you have written information on such Scouting persons from within YOUR GROUP OR DIS-TRICT, we would appreciate copies of these to add into this centralised expanding resource.

More Contributions These were gratefully received from Don Fitzpatrick of Old Beach Scout Group presenting various Hobart Scout Hall photos; likewise from David Amos along with Andrea & David Heap, forwarding former old 1st Lin-disfarne records; Motton-Preston & 1st Ulverstone forwarding current Group scarves; Dick Geeves from Port Huon performing excellent woodwork restoration on a 1940's 1st Hobart trophy; further items received from Estate Late Malcolm Grant; Suzanne Hovington for 1930's 1st Bellerive Pack and Troop flags; also Robert Gardner with IT equipment and assistance reinstating the 1962/63 Tasmanian Corroboree plaque in the Main Hall at The Lea. (Photo right) Bravo all, your small efforts produced a fine outcome.

Joey Scout A recent enquiry was delightfully received from a six year old Joey’s father in Sandy Bay Mob. This youngster was researching our early Tasmanian Scout camps to advance badge work. This is what we are about, thus we duly sup-plied information to progress their Scouting achievement accordingly.

Scouting cheers

Tony Peck Project Commissioner Heritage [email protected] 0499 250 360 / 03 6243 1500 A/hrs

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Heritage Report Cont’d

Training Report The year is flying by and with many Scouting events planned over the next few months before the Christmas break, this is a plea (and a reminder) about the last Basic Training Course for 2017. Where: - The Lea When: Saturday 28th-Sunday 29th October, starting at 8am on the Saturday morning

What do I need to do: ALL eLearning must be completed and a Training Application received by Branch by 7th October.

Training Application Forms ( TOP 7 ) need to be signed by the Group Leader or District Leader and all dietary requirements noted (to ensure smooth catering for the weekend).

The Training Team is looking forward to meeting all new Leaders, as well as those changing roles and under-taking the training for their new Scouting Appointment. We are hoping for a large course to end the year on a high.

Please remember that we are not seers with the ability to read the future, so without a form and eLearning completed we cannot know that you want to come to training.

I will be away for all of September with very limited access to email, so any queries please forward them to the Chief, who will forward them to the most appropriate person.

I am looking forward to announcing changes to the Training Team hopefully in the November Newsletter.

Geraldine Harwood Branch Commissioner Adult Training & Development [email protected]

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Scout Report Gang Show I was thrilled to attend the Gang Show, this was a wonderful performance. Gang Show demonstrates that Scouting can offer a diversity of experience and enables and supports skill development in many ways. The show was a fantastic team effort in the spirit of Scouting. Congratulations to everyone who contributed.

Corroboree Please note that Corroboree is on Easter 2018 at The Lea – keep an eye out for information. Consider attend-ing this excellent weekend in the lead up to AJ2019.

Scoutfest Scoutfest convened at Harry Abbott Hall on Saturday morning 12 August. 22 Leaders arrived from across the state. 4 Patrols were formed (Jumbuck/Puggle/Monkey Magic/Outline). This was ably overseen by a Troop Council that provided coordination for the afternoons activities. This modelling of Troop behaviour was aimed at providing insight into the mind of the ‘Scout’. An activity framework was offered; this included Pa-trols, setting challenges for other Patrols, developing goals for themselves and then forming a journey plan. It was proposed that Patrols might wish to discover local Scout halls, visit cultural places of interest and un-dertake a walk to a location new to all members of the Patrol. Patrols were requested to keep a log of their journey.

Patrols ventured out into the sunny afternoon and excitedly returned some 2-3 hours later – team building successfully achieved and each patrol enjoying their adventure out. A number of Geocaches were found with some leaders converted to this activity. Photos were taken in a range of interesting locations and it was dis-covered that Santa permanently resides in Launceston.

On route to Carnacoo we stopped at the Tamar Wetlands Reserve. Sam McGrath (Project Commissioner for the Environment) challenged us to consider how we might broaden our definition of the environment activi-ties beyond tried and true projects like tree planting or clean up days Dinner was organised by Patrols with a resultant hearty meal enjoyed by all.

We had 2 Leaders share their experiences of recent International Jamborees. Rob Winter attended Nord 2017 (the Norwegian) Jamboree. Jeannette Loosemore attended the Asia Pacific Regional Jamboree in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia.

Sunday morning’s forum tried to cover too much in too little time. We shared stories of our Saturday after-noon journeys and how difficult it is to keep a log when you are having fun instead. We discussed a range of issues, including email and communication generally, Myscout and CareMonkey, use of Scout Central, Radios in Scouting activities, and improved Environment activities. We asked WHY do we do Scouting? What is its purpose? How it is different from other forms of community or education?

The story of Henny Penny was used to speculate on whether the sky is falling or not – in the context of the Youth program review…. what does Youth Led, Adult supported mean? We decided the sky is not falling. We discussed how we might improve our support for the idea of young people having a higher level of responsi-bility and how that may benefit Youth? We discussed how we might work to include Youth members regular-ly at district meetings and meaningfully engage Youth in decision making. Youth Led, Adult Supported is a core element of the Scout Method – our challenge is how we can positively raise expectations for everyone. We discussed the value of saying NO sometimes and the need to give ourselves permission to not always feel obligated. We can only plan our terms and years calendar in the knowledge of the events that are on offer. Patrol, Troop and Group Councils can then make informed decisions about their priorities in that context alone. Scoutfest 2018 – 22 SL’s are keen to meet next year at Carnacoo. A proposed theme is a Scouting Heptathlon – with a genesis in the ‘Standing Camp’.

I left Scoutfest highly motivated and enthused. Thank you to everyone who attended and for the support you provided to each other. It was a fabulous weekend.

Jonathan Pyefinch Branch Commissioner Scouts [email protected]

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Scouting Album

Photos above from Scoutfest

Photo left from Samantha McGrath

PC Environment

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Scouting Album

4th Launceston Scout Group activities

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