Hiking in our hidden gem
We met our new CPR manikins (I should have got a photo of Akela trying out ventriloquy – it was great!) and then we hiked off from Akela’s through the Bangalay Reserve. The Scouts...
Category: Cubs
Easter at Bunnings
We were invited to Bunnings at Belmont for another fun night of craft and fun. The staff from Blackbutt brought along some animals to show which was amazing.
Hot enough for a swim
We hiked from the hall to Kye’s place where we lucky enough to use their pool. We practiced CPR on Annie (our manikin), learnt some rope skills with Skip as well as swimming exercises...
Riding the lake
What a great night to be out around Lake Macquarie and a wonderful place to be invested! Malachy made his promise and became our latest cub. With the support of several Dads, a Mum...
Merry Christmas with a sad farewell
Our final night for the year and it involved a lot of food. The Cubs decorated their own Christmas cake and the Joey’s made edible Reindeer. We even had a visit from Santa! After...
Christmas activities at Bunnings
The boys had a lot of fun making Christmas decorations and jumping on the jumping castle but the best bit was the mass drumming session. Thanks to Belmont Bunnings for putting on such a...
Kenyan food, freezing heads, farewells and birthday cupcakes!
A huge thank you to Loise for cooking us some amazing Kenyan food. Akela explained some of the history of Scouting linking Robert Baden-Powell and Kenya. In honour of the boys going up to...
The wettest camp in history
What a great camp. The Cubs rode in to camp in the rain and it didn’t really let up all weekend. …and we still had a great camp! The Joeys had their own little...
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...