After a torrential downpour of rain, which seemed like a year’s worth of rain in 30mins, things seemed to dry out quickly and the cubs just got on with it.  It was great to see Kawana cubs mixing with cubs from all different packs and getting in there and trying all of the activities.

Some activities we did on camp include:

• Canoeing on Dunethin Lake – I think the cubs spent as much time in the water as they did in the canoes!!
• Geo-caching – sort of like orienteering but a lot cooler.
• JOTA – connecting with scouts all around the world over the internet/air – the cubs tried walkie talkies, morse code, and semaphore flags.
• Lots of games and craft activities.
• Go-cart racing,
• Sumo wrestling,
• Obstacle course,
• Waterslide, and
• Painting a block wall with international symbols.
• We had a special campfire with lots of singing, skits and a fire twirler!!  On Sunday morning we walked to the top of Dunethin Rock for our Scouts Own and some reflection time – what an amazing view!!

If you are missing any belongings or have gained some belongings can you please bring them to cubs on Friday night and we will try to find rightful owners!!

What a fantastic learning experience for this young troop! The patrols worked well together to erect the Queenslander tents, with a dining fly and learnt many new skills. They practiced their lashings, also making a dining table and stool set.

They cooked 4 bell oven chickens on an open fire that tasted superb! They also did some abseiling and blacksmithing and had a fun campfire at Rocky Creek – what a fabulous place to be!

Great to see so many of them enjoyed a well organised and fun camp. Well done Scouts, Senior patrol leader Gordon and our dedicated Scout Leaders!!

Cub Group Camp in May 2013.

The Cubs all had a runaround game. Then came the fun stuff… we all painted one of our hands red & imprinted it onto a white sheet & Paris wrote their names next to each hand.

We then spoke about a few different situations in which a child could find themselves. Two of the scenarios we discussed were:

1. A predator could pull up on the side of the road, ask a child for directions, pretend they can’t hear them and ask the child to come closer…
2. A predator could ask a child to help them find their lost puppy…

We also asked the Cubs to practice their scream and cause a scene to attract attention of other people nearby.

We taught them the STOP hand signal….. Stop! My body belongs to me!!

We discussed if they start to feel uncomfortable, or if the hairs on their neck stand up, or someone invades their body space… and how these are all signs that something is wrong, and immediately to act on it.

At 6pm, Bill Dutton, a Police Constable from Kawana Police station, came in.  He spoke about safety and danger. He also showed the cubs everything that a Police Officer wears on their belt… they loved it!!  But when he got the tazer out, one of the Cubs asked him to tazer Wombat so they could watch… charming!!!

The rubbish was at risk of entering a major drainage system thus ending up out to sea. They filled up five wheelie bins!