Anzac Day 2016
What a glorious day! Thanks to the few brave souls who made it to the dawn service at Pelican – our Scouts were asked to act as the official colour party for the service...
Category: Joeys
Tanks Rama!
Our sleepover started with Daniel making his promise. We then worked on a great woodwork project put together by Rama – an Australian tank. They look great! Skip talked about Anzac while Chil and Mr...
Sweet, sweet bike riding
The Joeys rode their bikes from Eleebana to Warners Bay along the foreshore. They stopped for an ice-cream and then rode back to Eleebana. What a great way to finish the term!
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...
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.
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...
Joey’s District Christmas Party
The Joey’s Christmas Party was held last Sunday at Rathmines as part of the Lake Macquarie Section of Joeys. A great afternoon was had with drumming, singing, craft making and throwing wet sponges at...
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...