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2011 NEWS
16/Dec/11 - Our Group Christmas outing to Peter Depena
Reserve at Dolls Point saw 55 people in attendance. Scouts and Venturers
rode their bikes 6km from Kyeemagh around the shore of Botany Bay. The
Joeys and Cubs walked from Taren Point and we all met up at Dolls Point
for a sausage sizzle dinner. The fine weather and beautiful
setting by the bay made a nice final event for the year.
[more photos...] |
13/Dec/11 - Kangaroo Scouts Christmas party. |
10/Dec/11 - Group Christmas party. After a
week of wet weather we had a fine afternoon for the outdoor activities
to proceed. The Scouts built a rope bridge, the Venturers operated a
very popular climbing wall, there was a photo display in the lobby and a
BBQ dinner with drinks and ice cream. The Kangaroos presented a
Christmas song and six Red Cord awards were presented to Scouts.
[more photos...] |
10/Dec/11 - During the Group Christmas party six
Scouts were presented with their Red Cord award
in front of family and friends. Congratulations to Sian, Joel, Nicholas,
Lachlan, Owain and Bryce. [more photos...] |
9/Dec/11 - Red Cord award presented to Alex. This was a significant achievement as Alex
has been in the Troop for almost six months and is the first Scout to achieve this award before his eleventh birthday.
Congratulations Alex and maintain the enthusiasm. |
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8/Dec/11 - Cub Pack break-up party for Summer holidays recess. |
4/Dec/11 - Cubs and Kangaroo Scouts perform Christmas carols
for the residents of Warena Gardens.
[more photos...] |
2-4/Dec/11 - Scouts have a summer camp at
the beach in winter weather. Despite the coolest start to summer in 50
years the Scouts had fun in the water at Bonnie Vale in the Royal
National Park and completed most of their Water
Safety elective target badge.
Story
[more...]
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1/Dec/11 - Cubs go fishing at Woronora. |
29/Nov/11 - The Kangaroo Scouts say thanks
to Newmans Own for the grant that paid for their registration and
uniforms and attendance at the Agoonorette. [more photos...]
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19/Nov/11 - Scouts have a BIG day out to
Middle Head forts and city. In one big adventure we combined
several activities that the Scouts had asked for; including a harbour
cruise, hike, exploring old forts, beach swim, exploring the Rocks
Markets, dinner at Pancakes-on-the-Rocks, visit Scout Place and the new
monument to Scouting, city night walk to see Christmas decorations and
lights; plus using all modes of public transport including bus, train
and ferry. It was a big 12 hour day packed full of adventure and the
Scouts had a ball and asked for more!
Story
[more...]
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18/Nov/11 - Joeys explore the rock pools around Cronulla.
[more photos...] |
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12-13/Nov/11 - Venturers go caving at Bungonia. |
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10/Nov/11 - Cubs night hike along Mill Creek. |
6/Nov/11 - Scouts enjoy a 5km return hike to Karloo
Pool on a glorious summer day and cool off in the icy cold pool. There
were GPS navigation exercises to find geocaches along the way that
contained badges that the Scouts could keep, and it was great to have
plenty of time to relax around the pool and explore the creeks.
GPS track [more...]
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4/Nov/11 - Working on their
Entertainer proficiency badge and to celebrate Halloween, the Scouts
shoot and star in their own version of the Michael Jackson music
video 'Thriller'. This was a major project that the Scouts
conceived themselves and built with their own ideas. They put so much of
themselves into it and their make-up and zombie costumes were
amazing.
[more photos...] |
30/Oct/11 - Joey Region Fun Day at
Heathcote Scout Camp.
[more photos...] |
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28/Oct/11 - Scouts have a Halloween party with spooky games and lots to eat. |
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27/Oct/11 - Cubs swimming night at Sutherland pool. |
15/Oct/11 - Cubs have a ball at the Boree Regatta.
They are pictured at left at the radio base for Jamboree On The Air.
[more photos...] |
15/Oct/11 - Scouts attend the water activities day at Boree
Regatta and participated in canoe and kayak races; plus contacted other
Scouts by radio in the Jamboree On The Air (JOTT). Congratulations to
Alex for winning his kayak race. [more photos...]
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13/Oct/11 - The Joey Scouts term four calendar has been published.
[more...] |
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10/Oct/11 - The Kangaroo Scouts term four calendar has been published.
[more...] |
30/Sep - 4/Oct/11 - Eight Scouts and two
Leaders participated in a unique five day four night Patrol Camp at Koolandilly
on the banks of the Wollondilly River. Highlights included exploring the
river rapids, stories around the camp fire, eating bush tucker, sleeping
out under the stars and visiting the Wombeyan
Caves. [more photos...]
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23/Sep/11 - Four new Scouts were invested
into the Troop; one this week and three last week. Welcome to James, Tom, Zack
and Zoe who came from the Cub Pack. After the investitures the Scouts
enjoyed supper to celebrate the end of term and watched a movie. [more photos...]
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16/Sep/11 - Scouts go on a night hike photo scavenger hunt.
The objective was to take a bowling pin with you and
photograph the pin in the circumstances described by the clues provided.
Working in their Patrols, the Scouts had to decipher a set of clues and
work out where to go in the local area to obtain the required photo. The
activity promoted team work, co-operation, problem solving, planning,
navigation; and was a bit of fun. |
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15/Sep/11 - Cubs enjoy camp fire cooking. |
9/Sep/11 - Scouts enjoy a night of bowling
at AMF SouthGate. We had four lanes and played two games. Thanks to
Gabby for organising the night. [more photos...]
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8/Sep/11 - Congratulations to James on
achieving his Grey Wolf award. [more photos...]
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6/Sep/11 - Paige brought her dog Rocket to
visit the Kangaroo Scouts. They all loved patting his soft fur and Alex
especially loved having Rocket near him. [more photos...]
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3/Sep/11 - Cubs watch a game of wheelchair
basketball. As part of the international disability program, the Cubs
went to the Menai Sports Centre to watch a game of wheelchair basketball
between the Sydney Razorbacks and Adelaide Thunders. There was lots of
crashing, smashes and stacks in the game won by Sydney (must have been
our cheering!) After the game the Cubs got to meet the Sydney players,
ask questions and try out the wheelchairs. [more photos...]
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2/Sep/11 - Scout Troop radio hike. From a
radio base at the Scout hall (pictured), directions were provided over
the radio to three Patrols to guide them around the streets of Bangor.
The Patrols had no advance knowledge of where they were going and as
they followed the radio directions they traced their route on a
map.
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1/Sep/11 - Cubs invite their dads along for a special Father's Day meeting.
Highlights included the great paper aeroplane fly off, Cubs giving dad a
shave and blindfolded Cubs feeding dad. A great night filled with lots
of laughs. [more photos...]
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26-28/Aug/11 - Venturer camp to Camp Coutts at Waterfall.
During the camp Jack, who came from the Scout Troop, was invested into
the Venturer Unit. [more photos...] |
26/Aug/11 - Scouts participated in a
'disability awareness' program for Scouts In Action Week
where they
experienced a simulated disability during some games and activities and
then discussed their experience. The simulated experiences included
vision impairment, vision loss, hand impairment and hearing loss.
[more photos...]
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25/Aug/11 - The Cubs had a combined night
with Woronora Cubs and Bangor Joeys at Prince Edward Park. Six Joeys
were invested into the Cub Pack (pictured) and then the group went for a
walk along Forbes Creek. A great night with about 40 Joeys and Cubs plus
a few parents. [more photos...]
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21/Aug/11 - Cub Pack bike ride. On Sunday
the weather cleared after several rainy days and the Cubs and Leaders
made the most of the fine weather by riding from Como Pleasure Grounds
to Oatley Park via the Como railway bridge. At Oatley Park the families
met us and joined in a picnic lunch and play before riding home.
[more photos...]
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19/Aug/11 - Troop Trivia Night. On a wet
and windy night a planned camp fire was replaced with a trivia game
night. It was one of those activities that you do just for fun, without
being serious. The judge was open to bribery and sold answers! There
were interesting challenge activities between questions, we enjoyed
supper, each Patrol won a bag of chocolates and it was a good fun night.
[more photos...]
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12/Aug/11 - Initiative, leadership,
teamwork, confidence and good humour were in abundance as the Scouts
built a space shuttle to transport a pilot and cargo one meter above the
ground without the pilot being in physical contact with the ground
support crew. Any materials available inside the hall could be used and
there were some interesting designs complete with decorations.
[more photos...]
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10/Aug/11 - An information session about
the next Jamboree attracted 55 people from the Scout Groups in our local
Yaroona District as parents and their Scouts were keen to obtain
information that might help them decide if they will attend AJ2013
in Maryborough, Queensland.
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29/Jul/11 - Congratulations to Scouts
Priscilla and Gabriella who were presented with their Red Cord awards.
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29/Jul/11 - The Scouts commenced a special
project to complete the Technology proficiency badge with a focus on the
30 year history of the Space Shuttle program that ended this month with
the final mission by the shuttle Atlantis.
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29/Jul/11 - The Joey Scouts from Yaroona District gathered at the
Bangor Scout hall for a magic show by Peter the magician. The Joeys and
their parents had smiles on their faces and were amazed at the magic!
Photos courtesy of the Alfords Point / Menai Scout Group.
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photos...]
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29/Jul/11 - The Joey Scout Mob term three calendar has been published.
[more...] |
24/Jun/11 - The Scouts went on a night
hike where they tossed a coin at every intersection to determine which
way to go, so the path was chosen by chance rather than being planned.
The Patrols had to record the path taken on a map and constantly
estimate time and distance from the Scout hall so they could determine
at what point they had to return to be back at the hall by the deadline
time. Besides having a bit of fun they also built confidence to deal
with unplanned circumstances. [more photos...]
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17/Jun/11 - Two new Scouts were invested
into the Troop. Welcome to Alex and Jack who came from the Cub Pack.
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10-13/Jun/11 - This presentation by Scout Alex about the Region Gathering camp counts
towards part of his 'Information Technology' proficiency badge'. Well done
Alex! [more ...]
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10-13/Jun/11 - The Yaroona District
activity at the Region Gathering was a maze built by the Venturers. The
challenge was to dig into bins filled with a jelly type liquid to find
colour coded puzzle pieces and then outside the maze assemble the
puzzle. The Venturers ran and monitored the activity and it was loads of
fun. Well done Venturers!
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03/Jun/11 - Two new Scouts were invested
into the Troop. Welcome to Claudia and Owain who are new to Scouting.
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2/Jun/11 - The Cubs enjoyed cooking kebabs and toffee
apples over a camp fire.
For the 'self expression' task in their Gold Boomerang awards, Thomas provided this story [more ...] and James provided these photos. [more photos...] |
28/May/11 - You are never too old for
adventure. See our Scout Leader fly like an Egil.
[more...]
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27/May/11 - The Scout Troop undertook a
night hike along fire trails through the Still Creek valley. Walking in
Patrols and practicing safety protocols they completed the 5km hike in
90 minutes. We encountered a fallen tree that blocked the trail. Thanks
to Joel for operating the GPS and recording the track.
GPS track [more...]
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15/May/11 - Seven Scouts and two Joeys enjoyed an
unusual outing for the annual Jamboree On The Trail (JOTT) event.
We took the bus, train and ferry to Bundeena and then did the Jibbon
Headland loop track.
Story
[more...]
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15/May/11 - The Cubs attended the Region 'Cub day out' and Glenfield Scout Park. |
13/May/11 - The Scouts enjoyed a campfire cooked meal.
Preparing a safe camp fire site and building and maintaining a safe
cooking fire were part of the practical requirements for the 'Fire
Awareness' proficiency badge. [more photos...] |
13/May/11 - The Joey Scouts were excited
about toasting marshmallows over a camp fire and enjoyed baked apples
stuffed with sweets too. Thanks to the Scouts for building and
maintaining the fire and helping the Joeys; they were good ambassadors
for the Troop and helped strengthen the relationship between the Scout
Troop and Joey Mob. [more photos...] |
8-10/Apr/11 - Two Scouts and four Cubs participate in a Patrol camp to
Koolandilly. During a great weekend they enjoyed digging and swinging
heavy tools, trailer rides, campfires, country cooking, exploring,
swimming, dam building, spooky stories and completed some badge work.
The Cubs experienced camping as a Scout Patrol, providing a great
experience to report back to the Pack and further strengthening the
relationship between the Scout Troop and Cub Pack.
[more...] |
01/Apr/11 - A group of 80 people including
Joeys, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Kangaroos and parents attended the
Bangor Scout Group's 25th anniversary celebration. The Joeys performed
an investiture ceremony; the Scouts performed some skits; the Cubs and
Kangaroos sang; and there was a big cake to celebrate the event. Our
friends from the RFS talked about fire safety and the youth enjoyed
inspecting the fire truck. Thanks to all for supporting our Scout Group!
[more photos...] |
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28/Mar/11 - The Venturers went Go-Karting. |
25/Mar/11 - Three Cub Scouts progressed to
the Scout Troop; Aaron and Nathan invested last week and Lachlan invested this week.
Welcome to the Troop! |
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21/Mar/11 - The Venturers went on a night hike. |
11-13/Mar/11 - Cubs and Scouts
combined to celebrate the end of summer with a beach camp at Killalea State Park near Shellharbour.
We were lucky to have great beach weather and we achieved our objective
of just having fun on the beach. [more...] |
4/Mar/11 - Joeys, Cubs and Scouts
participated in a Clean Up Australia Day activity at Menai Park. The
Joeys and Cubs started first and filled a pile of rubbish bags; then a
new Joey was invested into the Mob and two Joeys were invested into the
Pack. The Scouts started later and working in their Patrols scoured the
park for more rubbish; then retired to McDonalds for supper. See photos
of the event. [more...] |
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7/Mar/11 - The Venturer Unit term one calendar has been published.
[more...] |
25/Feb/11 - The Joey Scout Mob learnt
about insects during a visit by the 'moth man'.
See photos. [more...] |
22/Feb/11 - Founders Day recognises the birthday of Lord
Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell, the founder of Scouting,
born 154 years ago on 22/Feb/1857 in Paddington, London. Read more about this extraordinary man,
recognised as a decorated soldier, talented artist, actor and
free-thinker, who foundered the largest youth movement in the world.
[more...] |
20/Feb/11 - The Joey Scout Mob celebrated
Founders Day by attending a more traditional Scouting event staged by
the Georges River and East Hills District at Oatley Park where they
enjoyed activity bases on land and water.
See a report by a seven year old Joey Scout.
[more...]
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20/Feb/11 - Yaroona District celebrated Founders Day with a District Swimming carnival at the ANSTO pool.
The Bangor Cubs, Scouts and Venturers enjoyed the friendly competition.
See our winners in the 'hall of fame'.
[more...]
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17/Feb/11 - The Joey Scout Mob enjoyed a
swimming night at the ANSTO pool with Joeys from the Alcheringa Mob.
See photos of the event. [more...] |
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11/Feb/11 - The Joey Scout Mob term one calendar has been published.
[more...] |
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1/Feb/11 - The Kangaroo Scouts term one calendar has been published.
[more...] |
9-13/Jan/11 - Our Cubs attended the NSW
State Cuboree at Cataract Scout Park near Appin. |
6/Jan/11 - Three of our Scouts attended the NZ
Jamboree in Hamilton. That's the first time any of our Scouts have
attended a Jamboree outside Australia.
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