The Group recently added 6 new kayaks to its fleet. The Group purchased 5 new Safari H2O Dash 12.0X kayaks and paddles with a TCF grant and paid for 1 kayak from Group funds. Stephen Crean and Vic Eastman did the grant writing. Brian Williams sourced the brand and model of kayak.
On Monday the 17th of November, the joeys explored our local Fossil Cove as part of their Adventure Challenge and Environment Challenge badges. There we searched for fossils on the rocks, talked about what was inside them and had a picnic with our families. This is a…
Mark from Scouts came to visit with Cubs to talk about computers and help us with our Information Technology badge. We got to look inside some computers and see all the bits and pieces. We learned about being safe on the internet too. Later we wrote down some of the…
Rock Climbing Night – 4 July 2014 The final night of term for Scouts was spent at Rock it Climbing Centre in Hobart. Youth members tried their skills on the climbing walls, both on ropes and free-climbing like monkeys! Most popular of all though were the tunnels with kids disappearing…
Scout Camp – 28/9 June 2014 Scouts gathered at The Lea for a bushcraft camp. Tents were erected and kitchen and dining shelters constructed on Saturday morning followed by a spot of emergency shelter building in the bush. After lunch the group did some compass work and the Scouts got…
On the 25 April 2014 Alex Crean was presented with the Queen Scout Award by Brian Williams, Group Leader of the Blackmans Bay Scout Group. The Queen’s Scout Award is highly regarded in the community at large and the Royal Certificate is presented to the Venturer Scout by a…
Leaders, youth members, parents and siblings from Blackmans Bay Scout Group marched in the Anzac Day parade held in Kingston on 25 April 2014.
On the weekend 12/13 April 2014 a working bee was held at the Hall. A dedicated group of leaders, parents and youth members spent the time attending to a range of duties around the grounds and in and on top of the Hall.
Scouts, leaders and parents participated in some of the races at the Regatta.
