Sailing and Fishing at Humpybong Yacht Club

Gee, what a big weekend. Our cubs had a great time getting out on the water and learning to sail, making fishing hand reels and giving it a go on the jetty...and earning a couple of badges along the way...and all in perfect weather. There are lots of photos (and a video). A great starting point is Cub-Scouts-Come-To-Humpybong. We'll also have some more up on our own website soon.

A big thank-you to Cobra and Zane of the Humpybong Yacht Club for making it such a great camp, and letting us take over their clubhouse!

Another thank-you goes out to our adult helpers: Jeebie, Onaway, Hawkeye, Miss Mowgli and Possum, as well as those parents who helped with transport.

I hope everyone got a good nights sleep last night. We'll see both packs for the District Swimming Carnival tomorrow (Tue).

Natural Environment Boomerang 11 Part 2

This week we worked to complete Boomerang 11, with craft reusing items like plastic bottles, plastic bags and tin cans. Some of us also got to go on a ramble down to the creek (not much water in it at the moment) to talk about habitats and habitat destruction. On Monday night Royce was invested into the pack and Sara was presented with her Gold Boomerang. A big thank-you to all our Parent Helpers.

Lots Happening

Wow. It didn't seem that long ago that I did the last update. Since then we've done a New Chums, Pack Council and Parent Information night, our Market Night (I forgot to take some photos) and Extravaganza Delight (code for the completion of our First Aider L1 & L2 Achievement Badges). Here are some pics from this night. Next week is our Part 2 of our Natural Environment work that includes a ramble. Last but certainly not least our newest Leader was invested. Well done Kaa.

New Photos

Hi All. It's been a while since I out new pics up (actually since Compass and Navigation in April), but I've now put a lot more on the site. Enjoy!

Term 4

I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. Term 4 kicks off with a Pack Council (Sixers, Seconds and 10yr old cubs by invitation only), as well as Parent Information and New Chums. Our first full pack nights back are the 14/15th of October.

District Cub Night

For our last night of Term 3 cubs from all over Taylor Range descended on the The Gap Scout Den for a night of different activites, and of course supper afterwards.

 

...and Term 4 is only round the corner. The newsletter will be out over the school holidays.

 

First Aider

This week we worked on the First Aider Achievement Badge. Those important life saving steps such as DRSABCD, the recovery position, bangaging wounds and slings to pick just a few.

Skillorama 2013

Skillorama this year was another big success. Well done to all our Cubs. A big thanks goes out to DonnaT, CraigT, PeterP and Kaa for helping out on the day. I'd also like to thank those extra parents who helped with the transport.

Fathers Night!

Fathers (and their cubs) were the focus this week, with bases setup for a Kim's Game, tower building and night navigation....with something to eat afterwards. You know you have good Dad's out there when the two Cub Scout Leaders couldn't build the highest tower (which had to support an orange). Well done Dads.

Boomerang 11

Gee we had a lot on tonight. Our program covered Boomerang 11 - Natural Environment, but as well as that we awarded two Bronze Boomerangs, two Level 2 Literature badges, three Link badges and one 1-Year Service badge. In the midst of closing parade Scouts arrived and 'stretched' away three of our Cubs. We say goodbye to Jack, Jenna and Mikayla.

Cub Scout Traditions

Hi All. Cub Scout Traditions was on the menu this week where we looked at some of the history of Scouting and the Jungle Book for Cub Scouts. The skits put on by the cubs were well done and great to watch.

Next week is Natural Environment.

Outdoor Cooking

This week was outdoor cooking as part of our Outdoor Scouting Boomerang. Cubs made damper twists, hot dogs on a stick and shish-ka-babs. Well done all...although the den floor wont recover for a while from all of the flour. A special thanks to Brendon for staying and helping us out on monday night.

P & L

This week was Promise and Law. Well done to all cubs for getting into the spirit of it, and a big thanks to our budding 'Eric Clapton' for strumming the guitar for us during our song.

Then and Now

Last week we focussed on Boomerang 6 - Symbols of Australia, and now we have one of those classic scouting activites, Boomerang 3 - Ropes.

See you all this week.

Welcome Back to Term 3!

Fun, a lot of fun, and even some more fun were the order of the night for our joint pack night. We also invested three Joeys; Eloise to Monday Night Pack, Finn and Aiden to our Tuesday Night Pack. Welcome!

Pack Council

Last Tuesday night was Pack Council for all our Sixers, Seconds and 10yr olds.

And that's Term 2

This week saw us end off Term 2, with a Fun and Games night that incorporated little elements from previous nights in the year. We hope all cubs rest up for Term 3! We also welcome back Mysa, and our new Baloo to Monday night, wish Rama well and our new Kaa on Tuesday night.

Jungle Book Movie Night

This week was our indoor Jungle Movie Night (which was just as well after all the rain and the mushy ground) in a joint pack night with popcorn and warm chocolate milk. Parents were also given a preview of Cuboree 2014. We also said goodbye to 4 cubs who were taken away by some ninja scouts. Good luck Emma, Jacob, Liam and Struan.

Left and Right

With the Founder of Scouting, Baden-Powell (BP), known for being ambidextrous, this week the cubs were challenged to use both their dominate and non-dominant hands and feet in a number of activities.

Cuboree Fundraising at The Gap Health & Racquet Club

Hi All, over the last two weeks a couple of Leaders and their families from The Gap Scout Group, and a friend or two, arranged and ran a sausage sizzle at The Gap Health & Racquet Club on Settlement Rd, during the Interschool Tennis Cup on Sunday morning. I'd particular like to thank the cubs; JacobL, RyanL, CalebP, WilliamB one joey; JordanP and friend Flynn who were such great help, not just serving behind the counter, but going out around the courts to take orders and hand deliver them.

 

I'd particularly like to thank The Gap Health & Racquet for the opportunity and the use of their facilities.

Self Expression

This week the cubs did a mixture of skits, songs, posters and creative writing. It was a great night, and we saw our future performers, songsters, artists and writers on show. There is a lot of talent in The Gap Cubs.

Fitness and Fun

...was the order of the week in line with Boomerang 8.

Bun Run - Boomerang 2 (Safety)

So last night was all about Safety, as part of Boomerang 2, and to get the cubs really involved it was done as a bun run around the neighbourhood. Well done to all, particularly all of the parents who helped out to make sure it was a successful night. I've also just added pictures from the Eprapah Pack Holiday and our Compass Navigation night.

Mothers Day and Awards

With Mothers Day this weekend we invited all of our Mums and others down to the den to spend some time with their cubs. They helped put together food cooked on the fire and some compass navigation. We also awarded the highest of Cub Scout Awards, the Grey Wolf, to Emma, Jack and Jacob. Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

Compass and Navigation - Boomerang 4

   

This week we did one of those traditional activities associated with scouting...we learnt about compasses and used them to follow a plan to decifer a code...and our pack seems to be going from strength to strength at present as we invested Ella and Max.

ANZAC Day March 2013

A big thankyou to all our Cub Scouts who came along and marched. Everyone did a great job. Pics are on the Photos section of this website.

Eprapah Pack Holiday

Well done to all cubs who survived the weekend pack holiday at Eprapah, Victoria Point.

ANZAC's and Newbies

Our first night back for Term was certainly busy. Hamish, Jake and Ryan formally joined the pack, after Hamish and Ryan were first 'abducted' from Joey Scouts,

and we also had an ANZAC theme. We'd like to thank Mr Richard Speechly (who just happens to be one of The Gap Scout Group' Founding Cub Masters) for speaking to the cubs about some of the history and legacy of ANZAC Day, as well as demonstrating the game of Two-Up...all while scoffing down some well made ANZAC buscuits.

Term 2

...starts this coming Monday and Tuesday.

Monday Pack, please note the 6:15pm start for Opening Parade.

Comings and goings...

We had our last night of term on Monday night. We started off with different groups of cubs rambling to different parts of The Gap. We welcomed (invested) Sara, Will and Sol to the Pack, but sadly said goodbye to Ana, Nuno and Pedro who were taken away in a scout abduction, although some of the scouts looked a little like Easter Bunnies.

Grey Wolf

After the Cub Scout Leadership Course we went straight into the Grey Wolf Sleepover and hike for those cubs working on completing the highest cubs scout award. Cubs went through bush safety, first-aid and navigation. They prepared and cooked their own dinner over the fire and slept in the den. They cooked breakfast the next morning on the BBQ before setting off for a 2+ hour hike, where we then split into groups of three. We had "Rama's Rabble", "Chil-ies Beans", and "Bagheera's Bunch (of Bones)". The route taken by Bagheera's Bunch is below.

Cub Scout Leadership Course

Fine weather on Saturday saw a number of our cubs (and one St Johns Wood cub!) do their Cub Scout Leadership training, where we go through roles and responsibilities of being a a Sixer or Second within the pack.

Senses

This week the cubs were put through a number of bases to challenge their senses (I wonder how many they can remember...ps there are five) and we also invested Josh to the pack. Welcome Josh.

Handcraft Part 2

Even though the rain put a hold on our ramble, we still had a great time completing the second round of our Handcraft badge.

As they say...

...the 'best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray'. As a result of the wet weather we've had to make some changes to the order of the program for the rest of term. Even though the sun is shining a little today the ground is still to sodden to go on our ramble, so this week will be Part 2 of Handcraft, followed by our Senses program next week, then a joint pack night on the Monday of the last week of term for the Ramble. See the Calendar for the updated timetable.

Handcraft Part 1

Last week both packs got right into our Handcraft activities, with origami, woggle-making, fabric painting and boat building.

Clean Up Australia Day

Sadly we had to cancel our involvement in Clean up Australia Day this year. The continuing wet weather made it just to dangerous given the area we were due to work in. Fingers crossed for next year. If you are interested here is some footage I took of the amount of water going down Enoggera Creek under Walton Bridge this morning. We'll see everyone for Part 1 of Handcraft Mon/Tue.

Many lives saved...

...in our Mock Emergencies nights. With plenty of fake blood and bones, our cubs got right into administering First Aid.

A big thank-you goes to the Scouts and Venturer Scouts who came and put on such strong performances with their variety of injuries.With acting like that, you'll all be on a medical TV show in no time.

Founders Day 2013

Well done to all our cubs and their families who turned out for the ceremony at Bellbird Grove to acknowledge the birthday of the founder of the Scouting Movement, Lord Baden-Powell. With multi-soccer, rubber-band loaded paper planes, rice-balloon juggling balls and getting down into the flowing creek bed, I'm sure our cubs enjoyed themselves.