Remembrance Day
The boys made wreaths tonight for Remembrance Day as well as getting fitted with PFDs for the camp this weekend.
Author: chil
Calling for new Joeys!
In her spare time (hahaha), Sarah Foote (aka Kanga) has taken on the role of being the new Joey Scout Leader for 1st Belmont North Sea Scouts. If you know of any friends who...
Cooking in the dunes
It was a much more pleasant evening for a hike than last week. The spring flowers were out and the local Landcare group are carrying out some excellent work. We learnt some fire lighting...
Father’s Day evening
What a great night with the dads. Newspaper hockey, cooking on a fire and the amazingly messy stress ball parachutes. Thanks to all the dads for getting so involved! Finished it off with some...
Fernleigh Track ride
We had a great ride along the Fernleigh Track tonight, starting at Burwood Road and finishing at Redhead. We initially road along the track towards Adamstown until we made it through the tunnel (the...
Cat frenzy
Continuing the pet theme, we discussed cats this week …and budgie’s too (since snakes and mice went without carnage last week). Akela arranged for a real cat to come for a visit and Kye...
Pets at the hall
Continuing the pet visits to our hall, this week we had the potentially disastrous combination of a turtle, a snake …and a mouse. Fortunately the snake was neither adventurous nor hungry and the mouse...
Campfire cooking
The boys made themselves a billy and then cooked 3-minute noodles on the fire. If only Chil could light a fire that didn’t smoke so much! Hayley has volunteered to take over as chief...
OMG We’re farewelling another one!
Dear Noah, we’ll miss you. We hope that you and your family enjoy living in Queensland. You’re always welcome to visit if you’re in Newcastle again. At least we got a beautiful night for...
A perfect night for riding
We had a beautiful night out riding around the foreshore of Lake Macquarie, this time starting in Elebana. Alexander did a great job of explaining by example the importance of correct seat height and...