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Volume 6 | Issue 01 | MARCH 2012 | THe publICATIon of THe sCouT AssoCIATIon of AusTRAlIA (sA bRAnCH)

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From the Chief CommissionerDuring the successful, and well attended, Group leader/District Commissioner Day, I talked about a number of ‘Areas of focus’ for this year. I thought these matters were important enough to share with readers. They are, after all, what will absorb a large amount of the time freely given by Adults in scouting (AIs) during this year.

no matter the role we perform as scout-ers, our primary aim is to provide the best scouting experience possible for young people. every task we undertake should either focus on this goal or support some-body who, in turn, is pursuing this goal. These Areas of focus are aligned to this undertaking. There are eight focus areas:

1. The integration of Areas of personal Growth into all section programs. This process involves re-aligning program and award schemes with the physical, intellec-tual, social, spiritual and emotional devel-opment of young people. It seeks to re-es-tablish the scout Method as the ‘tool’ used to realise this goal. Detailed information regarding this focus Area will be provided by the Assistant Chief Commissioner Youth program and his team of Commissioners in coming weeks.

2. Assist all leaders achieve their Cer-tificate of Adult Learning (CoAL) within 14 months of joining the Movement. Already much work has been undertaken to assist leaders complete their basic training. This process needs ‘ongoing’ focus. Costs asso-ciated with training leaders are fully reim-bursed by branch, provided it is completed within prescribed time frames. There are only two reasons why leaders undertake training:(a) to ensure youth get the best scouting experience possible, and (b) to minimise the risk that leaders face. I suggest there can be no better reasons for training than these.

3. ensuring all leaders complete their ap-propriate mandatory Child safe environ-ment Training. This training is required so leaders understand, and can comply with, their obligations as ‘Mandated Notifiers’ as defined in the Child Protection Act 1993. Fulfillment of this obligation helps ensure that our youth operate in the safest envi-ronment possible.

4. Achieving SIS10 Certification for se-lected leaders in the Adventurous Activity area. This certification will qualify Leaders to issue Certificates II, III and IV in Out-door education through our scout Australia Institute of Training (sAIT).

5. Achieving an 80% return of completed 5 star scouting Assessments. The informa-tion gleaned from these checklists assists with the effective, ongoing operation of the branch. Additionally, information gathered provides essential guidance to all Groups and sections about potential improvements to program delivery and operating meth-ods. The return can form the nucleus of individual leader personal Development plans for the year.

6. progress the implementation of the Dis-trict Review. This will occur over the next two or three years. The review sets out to make better use of AIs assets available. Additionally program delivery will be en-hanced by better aligning sectional branch Commissioners with a team of program Ad-visors working to assist leaders in Mobs, packs, Troops and units.

7. ensuring the smooth transition for those Commissioner level appointments that change during the year. A number of Com-missioners complete their six year terms this year. Additionally, District Commission-ers for new Districts (part of the Review implementation) will be selected.

8. Having heaps of fun – with a purpose. The ongoing retention of both youth and adult Members is directly proportional to the amount of fun and satisfaction that they enjoy.

Having outlined these Areas of focus I then posed the question, ‘why do young people join scouts?’ I based my response on an analysis conducted by members of the na-tional Youth forum (nYC). The answer ac-cording to these youth is twofold:

1. our activities; and2. our program.

Who would deny the wisdom of this an-swer?

These young people went on to say activi-ties needed to be exciting. but - and here is the refreshing bit - they went on to de-fine an exciting activity as:

1. something new and fresh. not some-thing that was repeated each week.2. something out of the ordinary. They particularly mentioned those things that were not often done outside scouting.3. something with continual action. They seek minimum amounts of ‘down time’.

Readers will note that these young people were not seeking mainstream Adventurous

Activities all the time. on the contrary – while Adventurous Activities are both im-portant and eagerly sought after, excit-ing activities also included the following: Campfires, Chalk chases, Cooking, Video games, photography, spider’s web, bowl-ing, badge work, sport; and Tag. Indeed the complete list was large and the only pre-requisites were variety and action.

There is no doubt that retention of our Members is what will see our branch grow and thrive in the coming years. our young people in the nYC told us that the way to retain Members is simple – deliver what we promise. How best can we do this? Again, if we listen to our Youth Members we must:

1. provide more exciting activities; and2. provide more variety in the activities on offer.

surely this is good advice from some young Members of our Movement. It is advice that is readily achievable. We should head their sage advice.

I wish you continued good scouting and hope you all enjoy reading this edition of sA scout.

John Derbyshire Chief Commissioner

Scouts australia (Sa Branch)

Contents from the Chief Commissioner 2from the Ceo 3Cuboree 2011 4Wild Dayz 2012 8Group Activities 10Joey’s pouch 20Cub scout Happenings 22Scouting About 24Venturing On 26Rover Ravings 28leader Info 30

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From the CEO‘Scouting in South australia

is great’. pass it on!

Well into the action, adventure and excitement already this year, I have enjoyed hearing about and seeing images of the incredible range of fun and adventurous activities our youth have enjoyed in just a few short months.

Our Venturer Scouts enjoyed Wild Dayz in Tasmania at the National Venture with Venturers from around Australia and overseas. Climbing, abseiling, white water rafting, scuba diving, caving, 4WD and sailing were just a few of the adventur-ous activities our Youth Members enjoyed in January. The biggest thrill for many was meeting so many new, possibly life long friends that share the same passion for life. I have heard from one of our Venturers, Katie, that although she had a great time doing the activities at the Venture, the best times were catching up with her friends from past Jamborees and scout activities. In fact her best friend in the world, who she met at the World Jamboree, lives in Queensland.

more than a night at the Hall …

scouting is much more than a friday night at the local scout Hall. for parents, leaders and youth who have been enjoying scout-ing for a while, you will understand the ben-efits of our program and the informal learn-ing of life skills. our aim is provide physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and emotional development of young south Australians so they may take their place in our communi-ties as responsible citizens. This develop-ment is wrapped in a program of activities. The activities are provided by nationally accredited, trained leaders in scout Halls, campsites, national parks, museums, the-atres, ocean reefs and on mountain cliffs.

The beauty of our program is that our youth are able to choose and have real in-put into what they would like to do in a year at scouts and our leaders have the skills to help our youth realise their goals and dreams. our Joey scouts may want to go on a bike ride. The Joey scout lead-ers will make this happen or may modify the activity to accommodate all of the in-dividual skills of the six and seven year old Joey scouts. At the other end of the age spectrum we have recently had two Rover scouts, stephen Warren-smith and Adam Kilpatrick, realise their dream of riding their recumbent trikes from Adelaide to the World Jamboree in sweden. An incredible unsupported expedition of some 16 000 km. (You can read all about their expedition at

www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/worldtrike) In between these two ex-amples, thousands of youth are learning the life skills of goal setting, planning and just having a red hot go in a safe, supportive environment every day at scouts. In just the last 30 days I have heard of Groups out snorkeling, bush-walking, rock climbing, environment ac-tivities, swimming, rowing, four wheel driving, abseiling off bridges and pre-paring for our performing arts shows.

some of you may wonder why I have shared these stories of the scout pro-gram, when the rest of this magazine is filled with great articles with pictures of the amazing things our youth enjoy.

Important to grow

We are a membership based organisation and it is important for us to continue to grow and provide the scouting opportunity to as many young south Australians as possible. Understanding the benefits of Scouting and sharing those benefits and stories and pho-tographs of the fantastic experiences and fun times you have with your friends, class mates, work colleagues and the community is critical to the growth of our organisation and affords others the scouting opportunity.

To support you with this we are running an extensive television campaign with our ‘Do it all! Join the Scouts’ tag. This is the tag that we have been using for many years to promote scouting in south Aus-tralia. This tag allows us to highlight all we do at scouts including the friendship, citizenship, fun, adventure and benefits of scouting. We will continue to feature this in our advertising, promoting the fact that we do really Do it All! at scouts.

I congratulate all of you receiving this magazine because you are mainly:

• parents who are support-ing your children in an incred-ible program of life skill learning.

• leaders, who may also be parents, who are again volunteering their time for another year of helping young people be the best they can be, and having a lot of fun along the way

• Youth members who are continuing on their journey through scouting.

To support all of you in your daily scouting, scouts sA has a great team of people who

work hard to provide the resources and support to ensure our youth have the best scouting experience possible. our presi-dent, Graham Coates, leads a very capable branch executive Committee who are work-ing hard to ensure we have the resources across the branch to support leaders help-ing youth achieving their program goals. My team at scout HQ also is on hand to support you all. our Chief Commissioner, John Derbyshire, has a great team of Com-missioners on hand to support our leaders in delivering our scout program.

Support the businesses supporting us

We are the envy of other states with the resources we are able to provide our Members and this could not be possible without the income provided through our commercial activities. I ask that you sup-port these businesses where you can. We have dedicated staff that are passionate about their work, many of them scouts themselves. If your Group is buying camp-ing equipment please give Jamie a call at the scout outdoor Centre. Although it may not be on the floor, he can source a wide range of equipment at competitive prices.

John lester and his team at our scout Re-cycling Centres are happy to help where they can. every item you put through our centres provides a dollar return to scouting.

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Events and Activities ...

Cubs go ‘Back to the Beginning’ at CuboreeThe 2011 sA Cuboree was a weekend full of fun and learning for over 1200 Cub scouts from south Australia, who were joined by Contingents of Cub scouts from new south Wales and Australian Capital Territory, as well as leaders and support-ers.

Many hundreds of hours of organisational work came to fruition on friday 18 novem-ber as trailers packed with tents and cook-ing equipment rolled into Woodhouse, joining the various pieces of activity equip-ment that were being placed around the site.

Woodhouse was being transformed. by lunch time tents and shelters dominated the fields as far as one could see - a hive of activity.

Around 5.00 pm cars began disappearing and an eery calm started to descend over the campsite. The calm did not last long however as cars full of excited Cub scouts started their descent on the Cuboree -

Cuboree 2011, In the Beginning, was here!

As night descended on the Cuboree the noise from excited Cubs slowly softened, to the relief of leaders everywhere - knowing everyone would need to be well rested ready for the weekend ahead!

As sun broke over the Cuboree on saturday morning, the smell of bacon and eggs and yummy breakfasts floated through the site - nothing like a good hearty breakfast to prepare for a busy day ahead.

participants prepared them-selves and streamed towards the opening ceremony, bands of colour walking along the roadways as the different sub Camps made their way into the main arena. A short welcome by the Camp Chief, Di Wilcock, and then it was time for the Cuboree to really begin.

The streams of colour worked their way out of the arena and off to their first adventure of the day. Awaiting them were nine different bases full of fun and excitement.

Climbing and Caving was the opportu-nity for Cubs to test their climbing skills on the rock walls and a myriad of tunnels.

The International site took Cubs on a jour-ney around the world, taking an aeroplane ride and learning about baden powell, singing

From the CEO (continued)

Don’t forget Woodhouse when sit-ting on your school planning com-mittee looking for a school camp-site, or for a special birthday party for your own children or friends.

every dollar that is spent with these businesses helps grow the fund that allows us to buy a new aircraft, help with the building of a new Hall, and subsidise eral years to scouting in south Australia.

Continue to enjoy your scouting, be proud of who we are and don’t for-get that ‘Scouting in South aus-tralia is great’. pass it on!

Dan RyanChief Executive OfficerScouts australia (Sa Branch)


scouting campfire songs around

a blazing (albeit not real) fire. The activity finished off with a visit to an Indian village - phew what a trip!

The Bushcraft site came next and Cubs were challenged to a whole range of con-struction and making activities - on differ-ent scales, whether it be bush shelters for Cubs, rafts from popsticks or buildings from rasberry lollies and marshmallows! not quite sure how many marshmallows made it to the construction phase though ...

lunch was a welcome break in proceedings to recharge and refresh ready for the after-noon of activities.

Thinkers and mind games challenged Cubs to think through problems and solve them - match the Jungle book characters was popular and the rush hour carpark challenge tested teamwork skills.

‘The Body’ was the next challenge for Cubs to face full of physical feats of skills involving lots of mud and water! beach vol-leyball was a huge hit, the balancing beams were a challenge that resulted in a soak-

ing if you fell off! This proved to be a popu-lar option in the heat of the day!

The large pirate ship strung be-tween the trees signi-fied the next activity site that Cubs were to ex-perience.

But first - the sponge bob song and dance that set the scene! Then into full on action of water slides, canon fir-ing, walking the plank and much more!

Cuboree 2011 thanks personal donors and all our commercial

partners for their support and service to the SA Cuboree.



The Cuboree fun continues....

The First aid and emergencies activ-ity site provided Cubs the chance to test out their first Aid skills and learn about safety. An evacuation obstacle course with smoke and noise added to the atmosphere to create a ‘real life’ emergency which six-es enjoyed and worked together to pass through.

pioneering poles and rope were transformed into stretchers for the stretcher relay against other teams! Creating a mini first aid kit was the final part of the activity and the end of the activities for the day - boy what a full on day!

but it wasn’t over quite yet! Dinner was cooking all around the campsite and ev-eryone tucked into some yummy smelling sausages, hamburgers and all other sorts

of hearty meals.

The sounds of music from the main arena drew the tired bodies away from their campsites into the crowd as per-formers from our very own performing Arts team put on an evening of fun, mu-sic and performance for all.

The night time noise was much more sub-dued on the s a t u r d a y night after what had been a full on but fan-tastic day of activities.

s u n d a y m o r n i n g came about and it wasn’t long before activities were

on again.

Jungle law was a huge hit and saw Cubs

navigating through mazes, learning about hunting and tracking and flying around a bMX track in the pine forest.

The final activity site was an envi-ronmental ex-travaganza situ-ated next to our very own wetlands with activities all focussed around the theme of en-vironment and re-cycling. Here Cubs learnt about na-tive animals, flora and fauna, and impacts of tree lopping and leav-ing the site with a woggle construct-ed out of recycled materials.

The completion of this activity brought to an end the activities of the Cuboree. The Closing Ceremony drew the crowd together for one last time and


provided the perfect opportunity for us to thank the many people involved in making Cuboree 2011 a huge access.

firstly, the Cub scouts who attended Cuboree and participated to the best of their abilities. It is true to say that these young people are the most important people at such an event!

To the leaders who attended and looked after the Cubs, a big thank you to you all. In addition the leaders and parents who attended and took on roles within packs doing cooking and catering is very much appreciated!

To the Activity Managers and leaders, Scouts, Venturers and all those involved in putting together some fantastic ac-tivities, a huge thank you - the range of acitivities put together is always great to see.

sub Camps play an integral part in the Cuboree, providing the support struc-ture in terms of catering, campsites and first aid posts. The Sub Camp Managers and their teams are thanked for all their work.

To support a major event with 2000+ people in attendance requires much in the way of infrastructure and services. The Works and services team kept the rubbish bins from overflowing, main-tained the ablution blocks and ensured power and water was accessible where it needed to be.

In addition the security and traffic teams kept the roadways safe and clear of traf-fic, our communications team kept ev-eryone in contact with each other, and the administration team kept all the ap-plications and papework under control

both in the lead up and during the event.

A fantastic effort by all of these people has made the Cuboree very successful. The support provided by Scouts SA, specifically the Woodhouse team who worked tirelessly to prepare the site ready for our use, and also the scout Recycling Centre for the ex-tra bins on the site, also helped enormously and we thank everyone for their contribu-tion, regardless of how small or large it may have been.

Chris Wise operations Director

Sa Cuboree 2012

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SA experiences Tasmanian Wildernessearly in the morning (yes, 6 am is very early) on 3 January, members of the south Australian Contingent assembled at Ade-laide Airport for the experience of a lifetime as they prepared to join Venturer Scouts and leaders from all around Australia and internationally for the 15th Australian Ven-ture, Wild Dayz.

After a short flight to Melbourne and an-other to Hobart we disembarked expecting much cooler weather than Adelaide had been experiencing at the time. We were wrong unfortunately and endured a very warm Tasmanian welcome. A refreshment and lunch stop in Campbelltown on the way proved very popular not only for the Ven-turers but also for the local subway who had pre-prepared over 100 foot long subs! As the buses pulled into Quercus park, the Venture site, the Venture experience was now very real. A quick registration process and Venturers/Leaders were off to meet their units who they would be spending the rest of the Venture with! (Venture Units are based on the expedition chosen rather than home state/Group units).

The opening Ceremony came around and Wild Dayz was officially open! The next day units spent the day exploring the site, electing unit Councils and seeing what was around, as well as preparing for their de-parture to expeditions the next day.

experiencing the best of Tasmania

The expedition program put on by Wild Dayz took Venturers to all parts of the

state, experiencing the best Tasmania had to offer. Ven-turers and their leaders par-ticipated in activities such as scuba diving, tall ship sailing, white water rafting, caving, bushwalking, sailing, touring and much more! It was great to get out and visit as many expeditions as we could and see the kinds of activities ev-eryone was participating in!

After the expedition phase was over, Venturers returned to the Venture Site and for the next four days partici-pated in an active on and offsite activities program. White water rafting, sailing, shut-tles into launceston, pistol shooting, horse riding and much, much more! It is true to say there was not much spare time for par-ticipants to get bored, especially when you add in all the activities onsite as well, such as climbing and abseiling, craft and activi-ties, Roverscope with the internet café and video games, movie cinema and a circus trapeze! The Venture nightlife was very ac-tive with bands and acts at the main arena, a disco and much more.

After 10 days of fun, friendships, excite-ment, activity and more, it was time for the Venture to come to an end. After a closing ceremony with the Venture message stick being handed to south Australia (as the hosts of the 2015 Venture), Venturers pre-pared for the early morning rise to pack up and head home. our trip home included a couple of hours in Hobart exploring the Tas-

manian capital before 100 very worn out Venturers and Leaders boarded the plane back to Adelaide. We arrived back in Ade-laide and walked up the ‘race’ to meet fam-ilies and friends who eagerly awaited the return of their child/parent/partner/spouse.

Thank you to …In reviewing the Venture, the SA Contin-gent achieved its objectives of providing a supportive and well managed Contingent for all members. I would like to take this opportunity to thank:

• nicola Capon, our Deputy Contingent leader, who worked alongside me for two years in preparing the Contingent plans and merchandise.

• Andrea banks, our Welfare Manager, who took on this role quite late in the piece and quickly made preparations to manage the welfare of our Contin-gent members.


Venture is a once in a life time opportunity, twice if you’re lucky, and I am so glad to be one of the many Venturer Scouts that attended the 2012 Australian Venture in Tasmania.

The day I got to Venture, 3 January, was very frightening. I didn’t know anyone and I was a very shy person, but after a while I made many wonderful friends from all over Australia and one from America.

There were many expeditions to choose from - I chose fun in the southern sun. It was held on the beach and whilst there I learnt how to surf and dye hair. My new friends dyed their hair pink and blue while we were staying at the orana Girl Guide Hall.

Returning to camp after five days was one of the best feelings I had on camp because I was able to see all my new friends that didn’t go on my expedition.

on the Tuesday, Wednesday and friday af-ternoons I had off-site activities. Tuesday was golfing which I found wasn’t very inter-

esting but I enjoyed watching. on Wednes-day I went rifle shooting and found that I was a great shot, and on the friday I went horse riding and met a sweet little clumsy horse called J.D.

In between off-site activities there were on-site activities such as:• rock climbing• abseiling• movies• sword fighting• a maze• circus training (including a trapeze)• fencing• gokarting• Roverscope (internet and gaming cafe)• laser skirmish• tattoos• screen printing

and many wonderful bands.

During the camp the Venturers performed

in Venture Idle. There was singing, comedy, musical pieces and even poi.

The acts in Venture Idle were amazing and I am so glad my friend Mitch decided to join at the last minute and used the last of his voice to sing ‘I’m yours’, by Jason Marz, with his two other friends.

There was one thing that made the camp a little less than perfect. There was a radio presenter called princess and he played his favourite song ‘Chocolate Rain’ three to five times a day and the song became rather irritating.

The Venture ended on 14 January. It was extremely sad to say goodbye to all my wonderful friends, but it’s good to be sleep-ing in a nice warm bed. so to Mitch, Ray, Tori, eliza, Kiri, Alex, scotty, eli, luke, nico-la, Jo, and all my other friends, goodbye for now and I hope to see you again.

emily Camderoo Venturer Scout unit

Wild days at Wild Dayz Venture

• Jess liddle, who was our original Wel-fare Manager and contributed to the Contingent prior to taking on a new job and moving to perth.

• Andre freund, who was an integral part of not only our Contingent but also the Site team at the Venture, giv-ing up more of his time either side of the Venture to assist in the setup and pull down of the site.

• The leaders, who gave up their an-nual leave and holidays to come on the Venture and look after Units, take on service leader roles and much more. It is true to say without leaders these events would just not be able to run.

To the Venturers who attended, I thank

you for taking up the chal-lenge and participating in Wild Dayz. I hope the ex-periences you have had enthuse you to continue great Venturing and sell the message of Ventures and Venturers to your fel-low scouts.

To the families of Ventur-ers and leaders – thank you for supporting your family member attend Wild Dayz, whether this be financially or otherwise.

Chris Wise Contingent leader


Group Activities...

Black Forest Australia Day summer campAt 9 am on 26 January, six Leaders and six scouts assembled for the drive to Roonka, scouts sA’s Water Activity Centre on the Murray north of blanchetown. This may seem leader-heavy, but with water ac-tivities it is wise to have spares, as events demonstrated. We set up camp in tropical heat after a week of high 30 degrees in Ad-elaide; perfect weather for mucking around in kayaks. The work being done, we had an afternoon of swimming in the river, which allowed the scouts to properly adjust their pfDs.

That evening, two storms blew through necessitating an interruption of the formal Australia Day dinner to adjust the patrol tents, marquee and leaders’ tents. The din-ner resumed, rather wetter, but happy in a job well done.

Friday morning, the Canoe Charge Certifi-cate holders met to nominate a ‘water boss’ for the camp. black forest ran the land camp; but on the water, Canoe Charges reigned supreme. Water activities must have a clear chain of command or contra-dictory orders can turn a pleasant paddle into a rabble. since all four of us have as-sertive personalities (we are ‘chiefs’), three would have to play the role of ‘Indian’, so that one person called the shots on the water. We nominated pat Digance (District scout leader sturt).

We trained the scouts on paddling tech-nique, signals, canoe entry, and launching. The fleet then paddled to the ‘Cathedral’, a magnificent backwater with towering redgums. I spotted one canoe scar. every hollow had nesting birds. on a related note, Dirk’s various bellows around camp scared off the sulphur-crested noisemakers every time.

At this point, hygiene in camp reared its ugly head. Maxim had a sore stomach! There were a number of suspects: the river (the floods washed who knows what into it), the tank water (later exonerated), inadequate cooking of meat and poor hand washing. unable to pin down the source, we tight-ened procedures on all. no one drank river water during capsizes or swimming, super-vision in the kitchen was increased, hand washing was taught anew and enforced.

Dirk and Jasmin towed Maxim back to camp. That night, Maxim decided to eat a restricted diet to starve the stomach bug: bread and crackers. Dull, but safe, and it

worked. Maxim took part in all subsequent activities.

With a fleet of nine kayaks, we needed at least two Canoe Charges and fortunate-ly still had three: pat and perentie (Mark shaw, Activity leader sturt), both Charge level 2, and I with a basic Canoe Charge. The fleet pressed on upriver, had lunch, then returned to Roonka in time to greet Josh, keen and freshly arrived from new Zealand.

The afternoon was devoted to waterplay, swimming, capsizing kayaks, swimming them to land, emptying them and relaunch-ing, as well as capsizing in deep water, emp-tying the boat then remounting the kayak and paddling off. This gave the scouts con-fidence in their abilities and equipment.

saturday we set off downriver, paddling to within sight of blanchetown bridge. our newest and smallest scout, Jordan, paddled strongly until his body size kicked in (he is two years younger than anyone else) and having done his best, was offered a tow at seven kilometres. Anthony loved the 10 km paddle, regretfully departing to a wedding. Josh commented that paddling a kayak was great for developing upper body strength.

In the afternoon, we played more difficult water games, throwing balls and catching them while kaya-king, which led to more capsizes and more deep water recoveries. The highlight of this waterplay was sean (patrol leader), who, inspired by canoe scars on the trees and by descriptions of how Aboriginal people stood and poled their bark canoes, stood up and poled his ca-noe; an amazing feat of balance. It was no fluke, because he repeated it three times.

That night phillip (our senior patrol leader) ran a widegame (to count towards his Aus-tralian scout Medallion), the excitement of which (for we leaders) was that nathan en-countered a mesh metal bin at high speed in the dark, closely followed by an iceblock wrapped in a tea towel.

sunday, we packed up: folding the tents, packing the vehicles, returning to Adelaide, and in a late Christmas, festooned the Hall with tents, pfDs and everything else that got wet during camp.

In the wrap up after camp, leaders were interviewed: Alex (scout leader) said ‘leg-go of my ear’, while Jasmin (Assistant scout leader) said ‘Aaargh!’

Good sun discipline meant that we had no cases of sunburn or worse and, apart from minor scrapes and a touch of sore stomach, no-one was hurt. The sore stomach was a blessing in disguise as it has taught the scouts, from practical experience, the im-portance of hygiene in camp, while Maxim’s mature management of his symptoms is an example to us all.

James Knight assistant Scout leader

Blackforest Scout group


on 20 november 2011, scouts from strad-broke scout Group went caving at swan Reach. What a great day we had!

It was an early start as the drive to swan Reach took about two hours. We met our guides who took us to the first cave which is known as a ‘dry’ cave. We had to wear helmets and head lights. We walked into the cave but soon were squatting, crawl-ing and, in some places, even commando crawling on our stomachs. some spots were really tight, just enough space for heads and shoulders to squeeze through. other parts of the caves were long, narrow tunnels which then opened up into huge sandstone chambers. It was so dark in the cave that without our lights on you couldn’t even see your hand in front of your own face.

After two hours we retraced our steps out of the cave, very dusty and dirty, for a well earned lunch break.

After lunch we drove to blanchetown to attempt a walk in a ‘wet’ cave. If the river was too high we were going to have to swim to the entrance of the cave. This would have been interesting! but sad-ly the river had dropped so we climbed down the side of the cliff to get to the en-trance. As we ventured into this cave, we found that the dust that coated everything

was slowly getting wetter the further in we went. so wet in fact that we were eventu-ally surrounded by mud.

We scraped it off the walls and threw it at each other while trying not to slip over in it. Deep into the cave we arrived at a mud pool. We were able to jump in and swim around in this pool of mud; then we were covered with the thickest, sloppiest mud from the bottom of the pool. The pool was about waist deep so you had to be sure

your shoes were tied on tight or you would loose them when moving about: never to be seen again! We went to some natural slides and trenches full of thick, sticky mud.

We had fun penguin sliding down, then crawling back through the mud trenches. All of this was in a very dark cave with only our headlights to show the way - there was

no other lighting.

After about 90 minutes in the mud cave we started heading back. It was a lot harder to walk as we were caked in mud. When we got out of the cave in to the sun-light, we got our first proper look at ourselves. We were unrecognisable. We were literally covered from head to toe in mud. With the river right next to the cave en-trance, we jumped in and washed off. It took awhile. We then headed back up the cliff to the cars, mostly clean. What a really fun, fantastic day! We all had a great time!

Samuel Stradbroke Scout Troop

A dirty day for Stradbroke Scouts

SA ScoutVolume 6 - 2012

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Being the best you can be ... 5 Star Scouting

The 2012 5 star scouting standards were recently posted to all Groups and sections, and are also on My scout. Do you make the most of them?

We have found them to be a very useful way to assess our progress against a regu-lar set of standards. We see it as an oppor-tunity to look back at where we were the year before, set goals for the year ahead and celebrate our achievements over the past 12 months. It is a positive way to high-light our strengths and an easy tool to help us find any deficiencies we may have developed or overlooked.

As a Group leader it gives me an easy way to help our leaders and Committee to de-cide our priorities for the following year. I encourage all scout Groups to utilise this simple, effective tool in their Groups during this coming year!

Kelly Johnson, Mypolonga scout

Group

The standards tell you everything a leader should be doing to give your Youth Members the best experience – and all on one page. Do you use them to make a difference?

We find that through 5 Star Scouting there is a motivation. often as leaders in a Hall it is hard to motivate each other to con-tinue to improve. When the 5 star scouting forms come out three months before they are due, we photocopy them and then fill them in straight away (this is our ‘DRAfT’), this helps us to highlight areas that we are succeeding in and areas that may need some attention. At that point we also com-pare them to the ones from last year so that we can see how far we have already come.

Correnna sheehy, Camden park scout Group

If you haven’t tried it, give it a go:The leaders like it. It keeps us organised and gives us a bit of a goal – not just run-ning the weekly program. because of 5 star scouting some leaders have realised there’s a lot more involved (like Hall appearance, how to display things, communication). We go through it all together. It gives the sec-tions a bit of a guide and makes the Group leader role a lot easier.

Michelle Woods, Aldinga scout Group

And it’s not that hard – consider port lin-coln:

As an isolated Group on the eyre peninsula, we might not be able to interact with other packs/Troops as much as we may like to. It reminds us that we can ask other Groups along to our camps. or make time to in-teract more with other Groups at District camps. our Cub scout pack and scout Troop interact and have at least one or two nights a term where we have ‘scubs’ nights, which are a lot of fun.

emma Roberts, port lincoln scout Group

Does it make a difference?

some of the things that have happened as a result of the last three years of 5 star scouting are:

• leaders have pushed ahead with train-ing so that we have more leaders qualified

• We have acknowledged the best plac-es to put new leaders so that we best accommodate male/female ratios

• It highlighted some issues with re-gard to things that needed to be done around the Hall. The Hall has been painted and facilities have been better maintained.• It highlighted that some of the sec-tions were not interact-ing with other Groups outside our Hall, so this was a focus and has now been correct-ed to the benefit of the section

Correnna sheehy, Camden park scout

Group

It is a very simple pro-cess, and the rewards are real:

our scout Group loves 5 star scouting and is always striving to see where we can im-prove. We live by the

5 star scouting guide and always imple-ment it into our Group short term and long term programming. our leaders also follow through with this in their section planning long term and short term . . . our team cannot too highly recommend 5 star scouting to all of you. It is very re-warding and a lot of fun for me as Group leader to see all of our sections working together to give the best that they can be and to strive to be better. I’m excited by it and encourage all of you to get behind it and give it a go. Make it a bit of fun like we do. Mary phillips, 2nd Mt Gambier scout Group

5 STAR SCOUTING

A five stage process

5 RECOGNISE what you’ve done well

4 RETURN your checklist

3 REVISIT how you’ve gone

2 RENEW your program

1 REVIEW how you’re going REWARD


Being the best you can be . . . (continued)In July the standards will be re-issued as checklists for you to complete and re-turn to scout HQ. until then, may all your scouting be 5 star.

Who did well in 2011?

of course we do not expect perfect results from all our sections and Groups. What is important is that we all work to improve the quality of scouting we provide to our Youth Members. That is the real achieve-ment. so congratulations to the following scout Groups which improved their over-all star rating from 2010.

3 stars to 4 stars: Aldinga Bay, Black For-est, blackwood, Camden park and port lincoln

2 stars to 3 stars: 2nd Mt Gambier and Victor Harbor

And special congratulations to all the leaders at Aldinga bay and 2nd Mt Gam-bier where every section improved its in-dividual rating.

but everyone does like to do well, so con-gratulations also to all the individual sec-tions which achieved the top (and very difficult to gain) 5 star rating.

aberfoyle parkCub scout pack

aldinga BayJoey scout Mob & Cub scout pack

angle ValeJoey scout Mob

Beaumontscout Troop

Belairscout Troop

BlackwoodThursday Cub scout pack & scout Troop

Camden parkTuesday Cub scout pack & scout Troop

College parkscout Troop

eden Hillsboth Cub scout packs & scout Troop

Flagstaff HillIngarendi Joey scout Mob, Warriparri Cub Scout Pack, Jindalee Scout Troop & Ven-turer scout unit

gawlerJoey scout Mob, both Cub scout packs & both scout Troops

glanville HallCub scout pack

Hallett CoveJoey scout Mob

Hillcrestscout Troop

Hope ValleyThursday Cub scout pack

Kidman parkCub scout pack

lonesCub scout pack & scout Troop

magillJoey scout Mob

port Noarlungaboth Cub scout packs & scout Troop

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Groups in Action...

Clare Scout Group on track!The Clare Scout group were thrilled to have a front row position when the finish line to stage 1 of the Tour Down under was positioned directly in front of their Hall.

scouts and parents were impressed by the finishing arch and actually crossed the finish line before the cyclists!

The Group held a drinks stall which was much appreciated as it was a 35 de-gree (very hot) day. The toilet facilities of the Hall also proved to be a quirky Group fundraiser. We sold them drinks and then charged them to use the toilet!

Approximately 130 bikes z o o m e d past in a short space of time.

Shiver me timbers!The one Tree Hill Scout group take over Roonka for their family camp.

Aye, fun was had by one and all when 63 one Tree Hill Joey scouts, Cub scouts, Scouts, Venturer Scouts, Leaders and Par-ents set sail for Roonka. There was laugh-ing, singing, sailing, swimming, eating, raft building and there be treasurer hunting.

our ladies and lassies braved the open river to sail with Captain Trevor and sec-ond mate Dave. I’m glad to report all survived and returned to shore alive.

Mad Mike rescued the stranded ship-

mates on the billa-bong with his arr awesome raft build-ing abilities, ferry-ing all to the safety of the main land.

buccaneers bindi and Michelle’s trea-sure seemed to be disappearing by the minute, as mobs of pirates solved the clues and fol-lowed the maps to the treasure. What

would the modern pirate do without a Gps?

The flying fox helped many a pirate evade capture as they flew across and then into the billabong - dodging the many watercraft navigating the waters.

steve the smuggler made many a cap-tive walk (or slide) his slippery plank to fall into the not so depths of the bill-abong. To be seen again very soon … probably to walk the plank again.

The sun may have set, the treasure all gone, the pirates returned to whence they came. nothing is left but the ballads sung in remembrance of the great time had by all.

michelle Voigtassistant Scout leader

one Tree Hill Scout group


adelaide gang Show is back and bigger than

ever in 2012!We are looking for fresh, new, talented fac-es to join our Gang show cast. If you love singing, dancing and acting then we would love you in our show. Any scouting Member from Cub scouts to Rovers can audition.

This year our show in september is about all things entertainment - facebook, phones, sports, television and much more.

Gang show promotes a creative environ-ment which unleashes confidence and keeps cast members active. The best part about the show is that you make friends for life!

Joining our cast is simple. All you need to do is turn up to one of the auditions listed below, try your best and show us some great enthusiasm. You can find an applica-tion form and more information about our show on our website:

www.adelaidegangshow.com

see you at auditions!

2012 audition datesmonday, 26 march

7.15 pm

payneham Youth Centre

monday, 2 april

7.15 pm


Saturday, 20 april

1.30 pm

scout HQ

monday, 23 april

7.15 pm


Calling all talent!

over the past month I have attended eight Troops to give a talk and an interactive hands-on demonstration on how to survive out in the bush.

The team decided that we needed to get out and about and make contact with the leaders and scouts at a grass roots level. Rather than make a formal approach, we decided that doing an activity such as sur-vival in the bush for the Troop, would break the ice so to speak. We purchased some survival–type equipment to make up two kits, plenty in each for a patrol. We may increase the number to four as Troops are growing!

The reception I have received on our vis-its is nothing short of wonderful, both from leaders and scouts, even to supplying cof-fee and biscuits during the evening. The reasons for our visits are twofold: one is to meet as many of our leaders and scouts as possible in a normal scouting situation. The other reason is to run a whole evening session, which gives the leaders a break. Through this we can also see how the dy-namics work within the Troop, and how well the scouts are doing just by the badges on their arm.

I also look to see if the patrol system is being used, and the general wellbeing of the Troop. plus, I just love doing it. It gets me back into my old role of scout leader. A

follow-up visit is planned if some more work on using the patrol system is required.

from the feedback and popularity of this venture, we have a waiting list of Troops who would like us to visit their Troop night. one Troop has used us to run their Troop for the night as the leaders were not able to be there due to other commitments. It was either that or don’t have scouts that night. What a wonderful way to use scout resources. We are also backing up a local schools’ promotion with a whiz-bang Troop night.

The last meeting we attended had us drink-ing coffee with the leaders well after all the scouts and parents had left. We had some very positive feedback from them. It is by this means that we get to hear what the leaders really want and expect from branch and its resources.

Topics which are covered in our survival night are:

• outback planning

• Accident out in the bush – priorities – taking stock – attracting attention

• fire lighting techniques

• What can we eat out in the bush – hunting techniques – water collec-tion

• Emergency first aid kits

• shelter building

• How our car can help in our survival.

There are a few relay type activities for each patrol to undertake during our ses-sion, such as using flint and steel to light a cotton wool ball, using a battery to light a fire, erecting a tube tent, etc. The evening is intended to be fun, with lots of ideas on what the scouts can do to prepare them-selves in an emergency situation.

If you would like a visit from branch for an evening please contact bazza on [email protected]

Barry Clark assistant Branch Commissioner

Scouts - Troop Development

Troop Survival nights

See adelaide gang Show in 2012

Adelaide Gang show will be on at the scott Theatre, university of

Adelaide from 18 - 22 september.

Ticketing information will be available through our website

www.adelaidegangshow.com


International Scouting

New Scouting Patron in Timor Leste

scouting in Timor leste took an important step forward on 12 January in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Dili with the in-duction of president Jose Ramos Horta as Patron of the recently unified Scouting Movement in Timor leste (união nacional dos escuteiros de Timor leste – une-Tl). scouting in Timor was previously split into two streams: the first being aligned to the Catholic Church and introduced during the last few years of portuguese rule and the second aligned to the school system and introduced a few years later when Timor was annexed as part of Indonesia. presi-dent Ramos-Horta mentioned that the two streams of scouting have reconciled their previous differences.

president Ramos-Horta acknowledged the important role that Chiefs of state in many other countries play as patrons of their

scouting organisa-tions and said he was honoured to fill this role in his country. He promised to uphold the scout law and promise and in his speech he stressed the role the scouting family has in assist-ing reconciliation in Timor. He also em-phasised the positive role scouting plays in youth development and promised to as-sist scouting in what-ever way he could through his role as patron.

Idelta Rodriguez (president of une-Tl) acknowledged the strong support scouts Australia is playing in assisting une-Tl. she emphasized the im-portant role scouting can play for the youth of Timor, teaching leadership skills and self-discipline and helping youth play a positive role in soci-ety. she thanked the secretary of state for Youth and sport for their support of scouting and hoped

that this will continue. However, she also explained that a lack of resources is signifi-cantly limiting une-Tl’s capacity to provide quality programs.

The ceremony was attended by the unit-ed nations special Representative of the secretary-General, several Timor leste government ministers including prosecu-tor General Amilia pires and the Cuban Ambassador to Timor. une-Tl were repre-sented by around 40 senior leaders. Kathy Radoslovich and phil Radoslovich attended representing scouts Australia.

phil Radoslovich Branch Commissioner Sea Scouts

Scouts australia (Sa Branch)

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Landlubber becomes Sea Scout for a weekI recently spent eight days aboard His Majesty’s Bark ‘ENDEAVOUR’. Not on the open seas I might add; she was tied up at port Adelaide having just sailed in from port lincoln.

I had signed up to be a Guide for eight days, and after a half day train-ing session two days prior to the ship’s arrival at port Adelaide, I was inducted into the strange world of a seventeenth century sailor. The only things I knew about ships and boats etc you could write down on a post-age stamp.

The lower deck was fitted out to represent the typical layout and equipment used by the seventeenth century sailors. There were sixteen stations we as guides had to cover: ‘the wharf’, then into the ‘waist’, then onto the ‘foredeck’, then at the top of the ‘forward ladder’, and down these steep steps to the ‘firehearth’ where the cook cooked two hot meals ev-ery day. These were breakfast and lunch and because wood was scarce the fire would be damped down so it was a cold evening meal which consisted of whatever was left over from that day. You then proceeded to the ‘Mess deck tables’. These were set up as they would have been used in the seventeenth century and the sailors would sit six to a table using wooden utensils. At night they would sleep over the tables in hammocks.

Boys as servantsfurther into the bowels of the ship you get to the ‘Marines/servants and young boys sleeping area’.

boys as young as twelve were used as ser-vants for the officers; their parents would

send them under the care of an officer who in exchange for their servant’s duties would teach them seamanship. They would be on board ship for the next three years.

You then proceed to the ‘middle after deck ladder’ to the Gentlemen’s quarters and of-ficers’ mess, and go on through the officers’ mess into the ‘Great Cabin’. This cabin was shared by Joseph banks and Captain Cook, but each had their own sleeping cabin.

In some places below deck the headroom is as low as 4 feet 2 inches (127 cm)!

unforgettable experienceI tell you all this because being a scout leader and also a total landlubber, I have

been able to experience how we as scouts can adapt to different situations. scout leader skills and our scout training came to the fore and made this venture far easier for me, more so than for some of the other guides who were also ‘Tenderfoots’ like me. This past eight days has been an experi-ence I shall never forget; it has opened my eyes to the hardships and tribulations that young boys and men had to endure and it was great to share it with visitors young and old.

sCouTs CAn Do AnYTHInG!

Barry ‘Bazza’ Clark assistant Branch Commissioner

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Sea Scout Briefing

Centenary of SA Sea ScoutsWelcome to the Centenary year for sea scouts in sA. It is also the centenary of sea scouts in the usA and the 100th an-niversary of the Titanic sinking. The recent Mawson expedition centenary also has sig-

nificance for Scouting in SA. The second in command on the original expedition, Dr Cecil Madigan, went on to become a Chief Commissioner of SA Branch in the 1930s. scouting has a lot to celebrate and a lot to look forward to in the future. As befits such a year, we have a lot on.

SailingThere are sailing events scheduled each month from february to november in a va-riety of different locations and conditions including port River, West beach, West lakes, Yorke peninsula and lower Murray. These are intended to provide basic sailing training and activities for youth and adults alike.

Activities such as sailing are flexible enough to be undertaken within a Group setting or as a branch activity. by planning such events as a branch we can support them much better through provision of power boats and experienced helpers through the Water Activity Group. The more boats the better the spectacle – so plan to be a par-

ticipant and improve your skills while hav-ing fun. That applies to leaders as well.

Remember, for most of the sailing events your Group can participate even if there

are no Charge Certificate holders in your Group. We can supply enough but you need to let us know. There are lots of opportu-nities to take sailing further once the basics are mastered. You can join a sailing club and sail your own boat or crew for others. see our website www.seascouts.sa.scouts.com.au for details on all events.

Rowing and RaftingWe also continue to hold an an-nual Rowing Regatta as one of our major events, although it will have been run and won by the time you read this – unless na-ture intervenes. Rowing is both

a very tangible connection to our sea scout heritage as well as being an essential skill associated with operating our sailing boats. They are also a direct link to the past and while they are not as fast or sleek as more modern designs they are tough and safe and provide a great training environment.

We are also working with the scout sec-tion to plan and run the inaugural Kon-Tiki Raft Competition at barmera on 23-25 March. This promises to be an excit-ing event and we look forward to seeing how many rafts survive the full 24 hours. see the website for details: www.scouts.sa.scouts.com.au/kontikiraft2012

Surveyover recent months those in sea scouts should have received a survey on what you would like to see from sea scouting and in particular sea scout Regattas. The sur-vey was created and managed by a cross section of leaders as a response to some issues raised at the 2011 Rowing Regatta.

The results have just been collated and we

are in the process of analysing them. Thank you to the survey team led by Tracey Ka-laitzis. efforts such as this will help ensure sea scouts remain relevant and fun into the future.

Thank you to those who took the oppor-tunity to respond. A number of Groups did not participate which is disappointing. While the survey is now closed we welcome any feedback.

Scouting opportunities abroad

over the break I spent a few days in east Timor. I had the opportunity to meet a num-ber of scout leaders, both at a ceremony to induct President Ramos Horta as official patron of scouting in east Timor and also at local scout Halls.

While scouting in Timor is very popular it lacks many of the resources we have in Australia. opportunities are available through scouting to help and I encourage you to give it some thought in this special year. needs include mentoring, leader training, facilities upgrades and support to attend events such as Jamborees, to name a few. scouts Australia provides support in all of these areas and this is ongoing. If you want to do something challenging for your bp Award, or for any other good reason, there are plenty of opportunities to do so.

an opportunity at home It has been a pleasure and privilege to have been branch Commissioner sea scouts for the last 5½ years but later this year my term will end. please think about whether you would like to help ensure sea scouts thrives for the next 100 years by taking on this role. every ship needs a good crew and skipper and I am sure there are plenty of talented and dedicated people in our ranks prepared to take up this role. please con-tact me if interested.

phil Radoslovich Branch Commissioner Sea Scouts


My name is William and I have just ad-vanced into scouts at pt Noarlunga Sea Scout Troop.

on 12 february we set off from the Scout Hall in plenty of time for my first ever sailing race on the open water.

Ten minutes into the drive the wheel on the boat trailer fell off! It was very scary but funny because it jumped so high, but after that it was oK because we went in a different car which was lucky. our scout leader, Adam, was great

- he took the trailer back to the scout Hall and swapped trailers. This meant we could still have two boats in the race, although we were late.

As soon as we

got to the boat ramp we rigged the boat. once we did that we needed to walk

to the beach nearby where the boats were waiting for us. once we got out on the water I was holding the main sheet, it’s not as hard as holding the gib, or as our crew called it, Jimb.

We sailed from West beach all the way to brighton jetty. on the

way we saw a lot of dolphins - they came right up to our boat! I liked using the tiller the most. We had a great day - the weather was perfect. Thanks to all our leaders for making this possible, the organ-isers and power boats, and to the other Groups for waiting for us.

William Torrens patrol

pt Noarlunga Sea Scout Troop

Scary start to Sail Training Day

great opportunities exist for volunteer roles with

Scouts Sa.

Vacancies exist in all areas of Scouting in positions ranging from Youth lead-ers to management positions as well as Activity leaders and Group Committee roles.

Most scout Groups in the state can do with new Leaders. Contact us to find out or speak to your local Group leader or, if you have great management and com-munication skills and enjoy working in a team environment, then a senior man-agement roles may be for you!

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Volunteer Roles with Scouts SA


The Joey’s Pouch ...

Once in a lifetime opportunity for Joey ScoutsSa Hoporee ‘Fantasy’

13 - 14 octoberfor those of you who may be new to scouting, a Hoporee is just like a mini Jamboree, held bi-annually and open to all registered Joey scouts. Running for two days, it is held at the Woodhouse scout Activity Centre, a picturesque fifty three hectare property near Crafers. for a Joey scout, it is a once in a lifetime experience.

This year’s theme is ‘Fantasy’ and partici-pants can look forward to a host of games, activities, a night-time concert, sleeping in tents … it’s non-stop action from start to finish. At the 2010 Hoporee, many of the children were so exhausted by the sunday closing that they almost had to be carried back to the car! (some of the parents and leaders didn’t fare much better either for that matter.) but 100% of participants said that they wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

Requirements: Youth participants must be registered Members, fully financial and aged between six and eight years of age at the time of the Hoporee. every Joey that attends must be accompanied by at least

one parent (or adult caregiver) and, for sleeping, it is one to one in your own tent. More details will be sent to your leaders in the coming weeks, so stay tuned ...

A Joey scout will only ever have one oppor-

tunity to attend a Hoporee, so please don’t let your child miss out on this experience of a lifetime.

pete Beaumont Branch Commissioner Joey Scouts

New Scouts invested at 1st Magill Troop campWhen we went to the Coorong in December 2011, I enjoyed it very much and everyone

had a great time.

In our patrols we rotated activities which

were geocaching and radio use, an infor-mative trail walk, and rafting on the salt

lake.

It was my first Scout camp ever! My friends and I were invested as scouts, at the Coorong. How cool is that!

We went on a morning walk and saw lots of wildlife like kanga-roos, lizards and lots of birds including emus and pelicans. My favourite part about the camp was going four wheel driving on the beach. everyone had lots of fun!

eliza 1st magill Scout Troop


Opportunities for ‘Duty to Others’Have you ever thought about the part of the scout promise that states ‘Duty to others’? What does this really mean and are we providing opportunities for our youth to live out this part of our promise? eastern Districts leaders have thought about this and realised that many of our Youth Members have had the opportunities to provide ‘Duty to others’ as part of their scouting activities.

When thinking about ‘Duty to others’, the leaders provided many examples of things they already do.

Clean up Australia has always been a big part of Joey scouts and Cub scouts in eastern Districts. This is a great way for scouts to been seen in the neighbourhood, in uniform doing something great for the neighbourhood. (Clean up Australia Day is normally the first Sunday in March.) Many of the Groups have participated in The Mur-

ray Darling Rescue, a scouting project or-ganised by scouts Australia to restore the environment by replanting trees.

Anzac Day is important to many citizens of the community. Many of eastern Districts Groups participate in the Anzac ceremo-nies, either at the Gums in Hectorville or nearer their Groups. Tranmere scouts usu-ally carry the ‘n class Destroyer’ banner for

the Anzac March in the city. Gilberton scouts and Venturer Scouts have provided a guard of honour for Walkerville Rsl on Anzac day for more than 15 years.

every section of beaumont scout Group, with the Rotary Club of burnside, burnside Council, and the Adelaide and Mt lofty Ranges natural Resources Management board, propagate and plant native trees to revegetate disused quarries. The Group has participated in this project since 2001.

stradbroke scout Group helps a variety of local charities at easter and Christmas with food donations for Vinnies and gifts to the salvation Army Christmas Appeal.

some Groups have looked further in ‘Duty to others’. Magill scout Group took on the samaritan’s purse shoeboxes for love proj-ect last year. This was a year long project that involved collecting a variety of items - something to love, something to wear, something for school, something for hy-giene, and something special, then pack-ing them all in a shoe box and delivering to samaritan’s purse to ship to a third world country. This might be the only Christmas present many of the children receive.

This is a fantastic showing of the youth learning how to fulfill their ‘Duty to oth-ers’. Throughout this process we have dis-cussed with the youth why we are helping others and celebrate this part of our scout-ing promise.

These are just some ways our Groups have participated in ‘Duty to others’. Thank you to all Groups who live out their scout promise.

lisa preston District Commissioner

eastern Districts


Thanks for the Cuboree – now to 2012Welcome to 2012 and all we can do this year. 2011 was a very busy year and the Cuboree really topped the year off. on be-half of the Cub scout section team, I would like to offer our THAnKs and AppReCIA-TIon for everyone who helped out and did their bit to make the Cuboree the success it was. We would also like to thank the Youth Members for participating and enjoying themselves.

At the end of 2011, Andrew Akkermans, As-sistant branch Commissioner Cub scouts, stepped down to spend more time on other projects and also his family. I cannot thank Andrew enough for the time, energy and experience he has given to his role as AbC for me and and also during his time with Dennis. It will take some time to fill his shoes. We will miss you Andrew, but hope to see you around.

This year will not be as busy as 2011, but will still have plenty to keep everyone active and out and about.

please be aware that the BRaNCH HIKe, previously 22 April, is now 6 may. We are sorry for the change, but District Cub scout leaders were for the new date. This hike will be truly a branch Hike with the whole state participating, but it will be in their own Districts, and will be following the same scenario. We are looking into the vi-ability of a badge being available.

palaVeR is on again on 27 - 29 July and will be open to both Cub scout and Joey scout leaders. The theme this year will be bushrangers.

CuB CooK oFF is to be held on 16 Sep-tember at Woodhouse. start practising now.

That seems to be all at the moment. We have to keep some for later!

please remember that this maga-zine is also for the Youth Members. If you have anything to contribute, please feel free to send in articles to [email protected]

leaders, how did your last camp go? Have you found any new camping sites?

on behalf of the Cub scout section, we bid you Happy Hunting.

Di Wilcock Branch Commissioner Cub Scouts

michael green assistant Branch Commissioner

Cub Scouts

Scouting for Australian Defence FamiliesDefence families of Australia (DfA) and scouts Australia are engaging in a part-nership with the Australian Defence force (ADf) community by mutually supporting a program to support Defence forces families engage in the scout program in the con-text of the unique transient lifestyles of ADf families.

There are 24 000 Defence Forces postings, on average, each year with the majority be-ing families with dependents.

The translocation to and en-gagement in a new community for young people may be made easier for them by support from scouts Australia at a local level.

Young people can be encouraged and facilitated to join the local scout Group either as new Mem-bers or to continue their scout-ing experience.

our partnership also has the potential to provide benefits for parents, carers and other Defence forces members who may wish to engage in their community as mem-bers of the scout Group Committee and as leaders.

for more information about this pro-gram in south Australia please contact bill field, ACC operations & projects on [email protected]

Cub Scout Happenings...


Singing, dancing and acting in ‘Our House’2012 is going to be a fantastic season for Comedy Capers gang Show. our theme this year is ‘our House’. With 111 scouts and Guides on stage, and over 140 crew members behind the scenes, it is shaping up to be an awesome show.

During the performance the cast and crew will take you through many different styles of rooms in a variety of houses. We open our curtain to a street scene of these hous-es and we sing ‘Are You Ready’ and ‘our House’. The journey begins and we contin-ue on through various rooms as the cast all sing, dance and act their hearts out.

This year’s show has many highlights, in-cluding our shufflin’ rubber ducks in the

bathroom, jumping on the bed to the song ‘Jump’ in the bedroom, and groovin’ in the garden with our gorgeous little bugs and bees, as they sing ‘bee My baby’. We are

doing the ‘Time Warp’ in the home movie room, brides and grooms will be partnering up for the song ‘Marry You’ and watch as the ballet dolls come to life and dance to ‘Crackernut’.

our fabulous cast end the show with a high energy, fast paced finale, performing the song ‘Jumpstart’ as our final bow.

Comedy Capers Gang show is proud to be sponsored by Calibreone, Cabac, pirtek elizabeth, Torrens Conveyancing, lady-wood frames, Gawler power Tools and Haymes paints.

The Cast and Crew would love to have you and your Group as members of our audience. To grab a ticket, make a group booking or for other informa-tion, ring Sue on 0434 201 951 or access www.comedycapersgangshow.org.au

Youth theatre from fairytales to the internet

scouts shouts Youth Theatre is a unique and intimate show performed in a theatre in the round. We cater for cast as young as 6 and limit this to 26 years.

our performance dates this year are Thursday 30 August - saturday 1 september at the parks Com-munity Centre.

s c o u t / G u i d e Groups can take advantage of dis-counted bookings - book early for a great night out.

Tickets on sale from 6 May. phone sue: 8250 3207 or 0409 691 221

What to expect?first half - TWIsTeD fAIRYTAles. see what happens when fairytales don’t quite go according to plan.

second half - .CoM. Musical/stage show about everything internet.


Scouting About...

The year is racing past! I was writing to welcome you all back to scouts, but by now you will be deep into the Term 1 program and having a great end of sum-mer time, with beach nights, jetty fish-ing, water activities and maybe gliding at Armstrong, giving everyone a memo-rable set of warm weather experiences.

This year is what many people refer to as a ‘Jamboree Year’ with newly invest-ed and veteran scouts working on get-ting as many badges on their sleeve as they can, specially the big red pioneer badge! You will be doing lots of camp-ing in preparation for the Australian Jam-

boree in Queensland in January 2013.

Those not going to the Jamboree will be enjoying all these achievements too, espe-cially if they are planning on linking to Ven-turer scouts in the months to come. Your Scout Leader has a list of local Venturer units if you don’t have one in your Group, and you should invite them to visit you!

Make sure the Troop Council has a look at all the activities on offer from your Dis-trict and branch, and choose those that excite you and fit with your plans for the Award scheme – badges you want to earn!

Cohen Cup in early June is a great camping and cooking challenge for both rookie and more experienced patrols. There is a small-scale music Camp in mid July for those who have some proficiency with an instrument or voice. later in september the Branch Hike through Mt Crawford will offer patrols a chance to be independent and choose their own route, scoring points on the way.

so enjoy yourselves, and the scout branch Team look forward to meeting lots of you as you come to events, or we visit you!

Carolyn CorkindaleBranch Commissioner Scouts

Choose activities that excite you

A perennial question is: ‘What do scout leaders do when they are not do-ing scouts?’. The usual answer is, of course, catch up on sleep. However, two leaders (that’s us) have found a way to miss out on even more sleep.We are part of a group who will be riding

bikes 1000 kms around sA in a week to raise money for the Cancer Council. In par-ticular, we’re helping with the accommoda-tion of country people who have to come to Adelaide for treatment. This started with some of our colleagues thinking about how they could get companies to put their hand in their pocket for a good cause, and grew

from there. What we didn’t think about at the time was how certain parts of our anatomy are going to feel after a week on a bike seat!

At the moment, we are all hard at work training (yes, it is dark at 5 am) and rais-ing money, while also doing some work oc-casionally and even turning up to scouts.

Hence the lack of sleep.

We will set off on 22 April from Ad-elaide, and ride t h r o u g h

Clare, Wallaroo, Mel-rose, burra, Mor-gan, Mannum and all places in between.

please look out for us and give us a

wave if you are on the road that week.There’s more information at www.su-percycle.org.au if you’re interested (you can even donate there if you wish to). please keep us in your thoughts, and enjoy that extra hour of sleep.

leo DaveyFullarton Scout group

Jon HolbrookFulham Scout group

Leaders miss sleep for a cause


Counting down to the Australian Jamboree AJ2013It’s coming closer! We are enjoying watch-ing the registrations for AJ2013 rise but there are still heaps to come! Get online and commit to living your Dream -

www.jamboree.sa.scouts.com.au/ applications

Hard copy applications are available from Groups and District scout leaders for those unable to apply online.

our team is planning the Contingent shirt and the activities we’ll have in the Contin-gent HQ. We’ll have a cafe for leaders to chill out in, which is also a nice place for patrol leader pancake breakfasts – one of the sA traditions.

We certainly will be promoting the Austra-lian Venture AV2015, to be run in South Australia, because Jamboree participants will be potential attendees for that national event – sA Heaps Good!

The SA Contingent to AJ2013 will be fly-ing to and from the Jamboree with Virgin Australia. Virgin provided a timetable and a cost structure that suited our requirements, and the seats have been booked. There is no change to the Jamboree fee.

More details about transport, including transfers to and from airports will be pro-vided once Troops are formed in June-July.

so, less experienced scouts, get those ten nights camping in tents under your belt and work away at your pioneer badges. scouts at explorer and Adventurer levels, be pre-pared to become Jamboree patrol leaders!

There will be a really good booklet for you to read, so you can see what Jamboree pls and Apls get up to, and what respon-sibilities they have. scout leaders will rely on your support, and so will the younger scouts – take on this wonderful leadership opportunity!

Carolyn Corkindale Contingent leader

South australia

Scouts win Lego Mechanical Design Award A team of scouts from Carisbrooke Dis-trict competed in the 2011 First lego league Sa Tournament on sunday 13 november 2011. As well as receiving the Mechanical Design Award, our lego team finished a respectable sixth out of a field of 26 teams.

being involved in the first lego league competition has de-veloped many skills in our scouts: prob-lem solving, engi-neering and team work to name a few.

The first lego league is a compe-tition which involves building a lego robot and programming it to complete differ-ent tasks. each task is awarded different amount of points and you have two and a half minutes to solve as many tasks as you

can. The more tasks you suc-cessfully complete the more points you receive.

The judging is comprised of three components: the robotic

challenge, a research project and team work. our scouts did well in all areas and have a justifi-able reason to be proud of them-selves.

The team was made up of 10 scouts: Jordon, bowen, David and luke from one Tree Hill Scout Troop, Claire, Zoe, brendan and bi-anca from edinburgh

park Scout Troop, and Callum and Tegan from 1st Salisbury Scout Troop.

Winning the Mechanical Design Award is a great acknowledgement of a job well done.

michelle Voigt assistant Scout leader

Find out more about Jamboree

Website

www.jamboree.sa.scouts.com.au

Facebook

www.facebook.com/aj2013sa

email

[email protected]

Key Dates2 Apr 1st payment due

30 Apr Applications close

2 Jul 2nd payment due

11 - 12 Aug Jamboree leader weekend

1 oct 3rd payment due

29 Sep - 1 Oct Shakedown Camp


Venturing On...

Supersplash at Morgan ends year on a highThis past supersplash was one to remem-ber! It was my third year in a row and my last, as it was for three others in my Ven-turer scout unit at Reynella.

We have enjoyed our time at supersplash every year. We had fun just enjoying the sun and relaxing in the blow up pool we brought along. socialising and getting to know one another. However the activities provided were much more to our enjoy-ment. The most popular was the tubing be-hind speed boats - worth the wait!

some other activities for newcomers were canoeing, the rock climbing wall, archery and land yachting. screen printing and airbrush tattoos were also available in the mess tent. so be sure to bring along a white T-shirt if you come next year!

Keeping us up to date on one of the most impor-tant things, meal times, is the splash fM team, now equipped with their red caravan! You can’t miss them. They organ-ised competitions, includ-ing the fiercely contested Weetbix eating competi-tion, facial hair compe-titions and even a mini amazing race. There was always something new and many prizes to be won.

one of the best things about supersplash is

Venture South

12th New Zealand Venture

5 - 14 January 2013

australian Contingent pretour: 28 December - 4 January 2013

amazing activities include White Water Rafting, Jet Boating, Canyoning, Rock Climbing, paintballing,

Hiking, Sea Kayaking, Caving, and some of the best scenery in the world!

To find out more:

www.facebook.com/nzv2013

www.scouts.com.au/nzv2013


The 16th Australian Venture will be hosted by scouts sA from 2 to 13 January 2015.

planning is now well under-way for this event which will see over 900 Venturers from around Australia and the world come to experience what south Australia has to offer!

The Chairman of the event, Chris Wise, and his team are working on the organisation of this major event, which will require a large amount of sup-port from the sA branch.

Those interested in being a part of this event are encouraged to register your interest on our website at www.av2015.scouts.com.au - you can also email us at [email protected]

AV2015 - Heaps Good!

meeting new Venturers and making friends that you can meet up with at other big events like Easter Venture!

night time activities included movies both nights, but only after the disco has stopped! saturday night is party night; dancing shoes were a must!

During saturday evening we were lucky enough to see and

be a part of the local Christmas pageant. Many Ven-turers formed a float that included the police blue light disco car and two land yachts.

There was also a spectacular fireworks display which made it a great way to end our last year there as Venturers.

I’m looking forward to attending this year as a Rover and seeing all of you there!

Tegan Reynella Venturer Scout unit


Rover Ravings ...

Learning new things, meeting new people and having fun

on Tuesday 1 november and between fri-day 11 and sunday 13 november a group of 10 Rovers from seven different Crews across the state came together to com-plete the Rover Basic Training Course. The Rover basic Course gave the Rovers an opportunity to further their knowledge and skills in a variety of different areas relevant to the Rover section, and involved many discussions and practical exercises on how to organise, manage and lead Rovers.

The Rovers came to the basic Course with the goals of ‘learning new things, meeting new people and having fun’. These three goals were easily ticked off with the help of the extremely knowledgeable, friend-ly and energetic instructors. each Rover went away with a greater understand-ing of the Rover section, having met nine other friendly, like-minded Rovers, and with greater leadership skills and understanding of the responsibilities that Crew leaders have.

Having only 10 Rovers on the course al-lowed for a much more friendly environment where each of the Rovers knew each other well and were able to function positively in the two Crews made up for the course: Toot Toot and banana bucket Rover Crews. The small group also allowed for a very relaxed style of learning where the instructors, in-

stead of only talking at the participants, f a c i l i t a t e d discussions on the top-ics with each person able to participate and share their own know l edge and experi-ences.

The topics ranged from c l a s s r o o m based sub-jects such as Rover government, r e c r u i t i n g ,

Crew organisation and management, to the more outdoor, practical and often hilarious outdoor leadership exercises. These lead-ership exercises ranged from each Crew crossing a creek using only two pioneer poles and a few ropes, to having to navi-gate parts of Challenge Hill with a range of

disadvantages. These disadvantages took the form of having to hold a water balloon without it popping, or having two partici-pants tied together in a similar fashion to a three-legged race in an exercise of team-work and ‘out of the box’ thinking to com-plete the obstacles.

other activities included the two Crews hosting a dinner for themselves and the in-structors, designing very unique and enjoy-able outdoor games and learning different ways of conducting important ceremonies such as investitures, knightings and boots.

The course finished with each Rover being invested into the 1st South australian Rover Crew, a Crew for all Rovers who have completed this training.

Having finished the course, the 10 Rovers are now equipped to go back to their Crew and have a greater involvement in the gov-ernance of their own Crew and the section, fulfilling the essential Rover ideal that the section is ‘run by Rovers for Rovers’.

Ben phillips1st South australian Rover Crew


Rovers have a ball!

Calling all Venturer Scouts and Rovers!

looking for something exciting to do in May? Worried that your badger is going to eat too many fallen leaves this autumn? Well do not fear, for flash Rovers is proudly presenting to you, the people of the land, a load of NoNTsense, happening on 19 May through to 20 May!

for those who are not aware, NoNT stands for night observation and navigation Trial, where teams in vehicles use navigation puz-zles to find different activity checkpoints, with observation markers to be found along the way. oh, and because being dressed for success is vital in the realm of nonT, come along dressed in a nonsense manner.

examples include business clowns or a jazz quartet consisting of trees.

Entries are now open for Venturer, Rover and leader teams and will close on 4 May. This year we are able to offer a fantastic entry fee of $10 per person. for more information check out the website www.rovers.sa.scouts.com.au/nont If you have any queries feel free to email [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you all ready and raring to go for A load of nonTsense on 19 May!

David giles NoNT Coordinator Flash Rover Crew

A Load of NONTsense!

Rover ball was one of the many successful branch Rover events run in 2011. Held at st Mark’s College, north Adelaide in novem-ber, Rovers from every Crew in the state at-tended a night of fun and dancing, with en-

tertainment provided by a local jazz band.

Held every two years, Rover ball usually has a theme, but this time flash Rover Crew as the organisers decided to go back to earlier traditions and hold a more for-mal event, giving Rovers an opportunity to bring out the formal dresses, suits and bow ties.

Thank you to the rest of the organising team and everyone who contributed in some way, especially those who helped get people to Rover ball from other activities during the day. The evening was a defi-nitely a success, with about 80 attendees enjoying lots of food, drinks, dancing and great company.

gemma Wood Flash Rover Crew


Leader Info ...

Training Conference an informative highlight

The scouts Austra-lia (south Austra-lia branch) annual Training Confer-ence was held at the Maguire Centre of branch Headquar-ters on Saturday 4 february with an at-tendance approach-ing one hundred scouters. participants included District leaders, Adventur-ous Activities lead-ers and members of the branch Training Team.

featured presenters included Managing Director, MindVision Interactive, Graham Coates; national Com-missioner, Adult Training and Development, paul parkinson; national Commissioner, Youth program, John Clarke; national Chief Commissioner, Reg Williams, and south Australian Chief Commissioner, John Der-

byshire.

Graham informed District and branch lead-ers of the national Training Delivery strat-egy and overview that included informa-tion on the e-learning program, the role of the personal leader Adviser, current and planned e-Learning development and Voca-

tional Education Training (VET) integration. paul reviewed na-tional training priorities as well as new initiatives in Adventur-ous Activities Training and the nexus between Youth programs and Training. John (Clarke) re-viewed recent changes to Ar-eas of personal Growth and the importance these areas play in the provision of a holistic youth program. Reg was enthusiastic in his description of scouts Austra-lia’s directions and initiatives that included work with our friends in Timor leste. our own branch Chief Commissioner spoke on exciting developments regarding Adventurous Activities VET train-ing and the Certificate of Adult leadership.

participants were enthusiastic in their praise and evaluation of a day full of information, sharing and networking.

next year’s february annual branch Training Conference is already in the planning stages

with one featured presenter identified. Pe-ter blatch, former national Commissioner, Adult Training and Development, will share with us his passion for Youth programming and Training.

peter Hannassistant Branch Commissioner

- adult Training and Development

Brian Wilson noarlunga scout District

December 2011

michael gurney1st salisbury scout Group

8 february 2012

Scouts australia online Training

www.sait.scouts.com.au


Date Activity scout section / participants Contact / Information6 - 9 April Easter Venture Venturer [email protected]

22 April Roventure Rover [email protected]

24 - 25 April Anzac Youth Vigil Venturer [email protected]

25 April Anzac Day March Scout, Venturer [email protected]

25 April Anzac Day Netball Rover [email protected]

5 - 6 May Venturer Leadership Course Venturer [email protected]

6 May Joey Leader Conference Joey [email protected]

6 May Cub Scout Branch Hike Cub [email protected]

6 May Sail Training Day Sea Scout, Scout, Venturer www.seascouts.sa.scouts.com.au

11 - 12 May Venturer Initiative Activity Venturer [email protected]

18 - 26 May Comedy Capers performances All www.comedycapers.sa.scouts.com.au

19 - 20 May Night Observation and Navigation Trial Venturer, Rover www.rovers.sa.scouts.com.au

27 May Group Committee Forum Group Committee [email protected]

2 - 3 June Cohen Cup Cooking and Camping Comp Scout [email protected]

16 June Crew Brew and Webber Wars Rover [email protected]

23 - 24 June Come and Try Bushwalking Scout [email protected]

24 June Venturer Unit Management Course Venturer [email protected]

24 June Sail Training Day Sea Scout, Scout, Venturer www.seascouts.sa.scouts.com.au

6 - 15 July Snow Venture Venturer [email protected]

13 - 22 July Bogong Chalet Rover [email protected]

13 - 15 July Managers of Scouting Conference Group, District, Commissioner [email protected]

13 - 15 July Music Proficiency Badge camp Scout [email protected]

19 July SA Branch AGM Commissioner, GL, Group Chair, Life Member [email protected]

22 July Sail Training Day Sea Scout, Scout, Venturer www.seascouts.sa.scouts.com.au

27 - 29 July Palaver (Cub Leader Weekend) Cub Leader [email protected]

28 - 29 July Scouts Rally SA All Sections, Public [email protected]

1 August World scout Day

3 - 5 August statemoot Rover www.rovers.sa.scouts.com.au

4 - 5 August Initiative Activity Venturer [email protected]

10 - 12 August Jamboree Leader Training Weekend Scout [email protected]

17 - 19 August Venturer Retreat Venturer [email protected]

25 August Gilwell Reunion Leader [email protected]

30 August - 1 September Scout Shouts Youth Theatre Audience: All Families, Public [email protected]

1 - 30 september scout environment Weeks All www.scouts.com.au

7 - 9 September Branch Scout Hike Scout [email protected]

7 - 15 September Scouts at the Royal Adelaide Show All [email protected]

8 - 9 September Venturer Leadership Course Venturer [email protected]

16 September Branch Cub Scout Cook-off Cub [email protected]

16 September Sail Training Day Sea Scout, Scout, Venturer www.seascouts.sa.scouts.com.au

17 - 22 september Adelaide Gang show performances All www.adelaidegangshow.com

28 sep - 1 october AJ2013 shakedown Camp scout www.jamboree.sa.scouts.com.au

28 Sep - 1 October Sandblast Venturer, Rover www.sandblast.net.au

13 - 14 October Hoporee Joey [email protected]

13 - 14 October Rover Bushwalk Rover [email protected]

20 - 21 October Jamboree on the Air / Internet All [email protected]

tbd Queen’s Scout Dinner Venturer recipient & family [email protected]

tbd SA Branch Annual Awards Scout, Venturer, Rover, Leader [email protected]

17 November Goolwa to Clayton Classic Sea Scout, Scout, Venturer www.seascouts.sa.scouts.com.au

24 November Academy Awards Rover [email protected]

25 November Venturer Unit Management Course Venturer [email protected]

7 - 9 December Supersplash Venturer [email protected]

The calendar outlines major branch activities for the year. A full branch calendar, including training, can be accessed via www.myscout.sa.scouts.com.au/calendar

Branch Calendar 2012

Documents

Venturers in action at Superplash - Scouts AustraliaVenturers from around Australia and overseas. Climbing, abseiling, white water rafting, scuba diving, caving, 4WD and sailing were