Marchant Marine Memorial Service
It wasn’t the best weather to be providing the colour party for the Merchant Marine Memorial Service but the Scouts did a great job. The service was relocated to the old train sheds so...
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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...
Pulbah or bust!
Despite a fairly strong head wind and good swell, we made it to Pulbah Island from Swansea rowing the Ellen Cook. After lunch we went for an explore to the other side of the...
Light Up Newcastle Lantern Walk 2016
Our Scouts were invited to provide the side party and pipe the official guests “aboard” at the Maritime Museum.
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...
ANZAC Day 2015 – Gallipoli 100th Anniversary
What a beautiful day to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. Our boys turned out for the dawn service at Pelican and again for the Belmont commemoration and looked fantastic each...
A busy weekend
The scouts had a very busy weekend. Firstly they were involved with the Light Up Newcastle event on Saturday afternoon, piping the official guests up the gangway at the Maritime Museum in Newcastle. On...
Merchant Navy Memorial
What a lovely day we had on the foreshore assisting with the Merchant Navy Memorial, with our duty as colour party and assisting with the ceremony. Given the weather leading up to the day,...