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10 regulars 4 News 6 A word from Rod 20 Joey Scouts 21 22 Let's Look Local 24 Adults in Scouting 27 Windy Valley feature 8 The Overland Track - The Highlights Scouts tackled Tassie and the Overland Track. 10 Victoria Beyond the Grid Cuboree become Cubtouree for Hume District Cub Scouts. 12 Our top Scouts 12 Congratulations to all of our Queen’s Scout and Baden-Powell awardees. 14 Day Scout Groups across Victoria celebrate Australia Day. 16 Pride March 2020 Scouts celebrate inclusion at Pride March. 18 Japanese Rover Scouts help with bushfire relief in Japan show their support for Australia’s bushfire recovery. 19 Harmony Week, Harmony Day, Cultural Diversity week Plan your program for Harmony Week. 26 Mount Piper Venturers helping the Mount Piper Brush-tailed Phascogale Venturers help out the fauna of their namesake.

Australian Scout March 2020 3 Celebrate community Across Australia, March 15-21 2020 is Harmony Week - an expansion of Harmony Day – while March 21-29 in Victoria is Cultural Diversity Week. This is a great time to celebrate our diverse community and learn more about the stories of the members of our own Scout Groups. There are some great program ideas on page 23.

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Cuboree, OZ Venture and AJ 2022. Optional Leader of Adults conference sessions ranged from diversity and inclusion, to On February 1 nearly 600 Leaders from across Victoria conflict resolution and local marketing. gathered at Catholic Regional College, Sydenham, for the latest developments and new ideas in Scouting, as well food trucks, It was an inspiring day to launch an exciting new year of ice cream, and a post-conference social gathering. Scouting in Victoria. Some sessions were essential updates on areas like Group A small number of Groups were not represented! We hope finances and new child protection obligations for all Leaders. they will catch up through District meetings and the online Others informed on the progress of major events like Kangaree, resources from the day.

Australian Scout March 2020 5 It has been exciting first month as Scouts Victoria’s Chief Commissioner. My thanks to Brendan Watson, Jon Willis and the rest of the previous State Leadership Team for their out- standing work over the past six years. You have left big shoes to fill! Thanks to everyone who has welcomed me and the new team. It was great to share our investiture with the 600 Leaders of a few Adults who attended the February 1 conference. Thanks also words to Venturer Nikki Franklin and the rest of the youth team who conducted our investiture. The conference was bookended by from youth, with Tom ‘Scub’ Feeney closing the conference with a message to bring Scouting to more young people like him. Rod I had barely put my feet under the desk when it was time for a Rod Byrnes Chief Commissioner long-booked holiday. A big thanks to Deputy Chief Scouts Victoria Commissioner Daniella Taglieri for managing things while I was away for two weeks in February.

The new State Leadership Team Thanks to those who have accepted the challenge of supporting Scouts Victoria. They are: Daniella Taglieri - Deputy Chief Commissioner

Assistant Chief Commissioners Alan Harding - Development Matty McKernan - Personnel Lisa Picking - Youth Leading Diana Swift - Program Michael Thomas - Strategy

6 March 2020 Australian Scout Australia Day Scouts were on show across the State on January 26 at a huge range of local events and celebrations. In Melbourne, a group of 60 young people represented us in the parade. Thanks to Rover Jess Manns for coordinating this involvement. It was also the day that many of the our members were honoured. In Victoria, we celebrate with Rod Grummitt OAM, whose 40 years of service include many years as a , a very successful term as Region Priorities Commissioner for Bayside, and many years of service to Bay Park campsite. Well done, Rod! People have been asking about the priorities of the new SLT. Here are a We’re also extremely proud of our members who were few of the things we’ll be focussing on honoured in their local communities. These include: in the near future. • 1st Bright Cubs - Alpine Shire’s Community Event of the Growth Year for their Project Platypus We’re aiming for 14 years of growth. We want all • Peter Coffey, Group Leader, 1st Mansfield - Mansfield Groups to have all five Sections and we want to develop new Shire’s Citizen of the Year Groups in the growth corridors. Why? Because we think Scout- • Zoe Cooper, Rover Scout, 1st Paynesville Sea Scouts – ing helps develop better young people, and that means better Paynesville’s Young Citizen of the Year communities, and a better State. • Bruce Every, Scout Leader, Benalla - Benalla Achiever of the Year Award Youth leading, adult supporting • Rory Jenkins, Venturer, 1st Mansfield - Mansfield Shire’s Youth Leading, Adults Supporting allows our young people to Young Citizen of the Year have a voice, to develop and run their program and to learn by doing. At the same time they are supported and mentored by • Jayden Kruzicevic-King, Scout, 1st Cockatoo - Shire of friendly and wise Leaders. Some of our Groups and formations Cardinia’s Young Citizen of the Year are doing this so well and we would like to learn from them • David ‘Wombat’ Lyons, State Commissioner for and encourage others to be stronger. We want more young Diversity and Inclusion – Trafalgar’s Citizen of the Year people to have more leadership opportunities. • Nicole Peters, Rover, 1st Baranduda – Tallangatta’s Young Citizen Program • Jeanette Spencer, Cub Scout Leader, 2nd Knoxfield – The new program is coming! Actually, much of it is here. Stand Elder Citizen of the Year award, City of Knox by for more news.

• Sam Tiffin, Scout, 1st Yarrunga – a Milawa and Oxley Being your best self Junior Achiever We would like to better support Leaders to be the • Paul Tripp, Scout Leader, 1st Mt Evelyn – Yarra Rangers best they can be. Not only because it’s better for Citizen of the Year our own health, but also we can be better role • Chloe Wright, Scout, 2nd Melton - City of Melton Young models for our young people. This means supporting our Lead- Citizen of the Year ers through training, through strategy and through program. • Andrew Yen, Scout Leader, 1st Warrandyte – a Menzies We want our Leaders to be the best they can be. Community Australia Day award for services to AJ 2022 Scouting in Warrandyte, Manningham and Victoria. We want to create and deliver an innovative and exciting AJ2022. There is great work happening on site planning, while the Mutant Camels have made their mark. The Mutant Camels video series is an idea which came from our youth members, and was then developed by youth members. (With adult support, of course.) Follow Rod

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Australian Scout March 2020 7 The Overland Track Cradle Mountain, an impressive piece of geology whether from a distance or the highlights up close. Unfortunately we didn’t quite make the summit, however the rock scrambling was a lot of fun. It got us out By CHARLIE BANIAS and THOMAS of our comfort zones, and we were for- WOODMAN tunate enough to get a good view of the In January 2020, Scouts from 1st North track ahead before the weather closed in. Balwyn and 1st Greythorn Park com- That Front – Day 1 pleted the Overland Track, a six-day hike in Tasmania. Every great journey starts After getting down from Cradle the with a single step and we held our first weather turned and turned fast. We training hike for the Overland at still had a way to walk to the Waterfall Werribee Gorge back in February 2019. Valley campsite. The wind picked up to Some 300kms of hiking later and more 60-70km/h and the temperature dropped than a few hours of planning meant we sharply. Soon the heavens opened and were fully prepared for the best and we had a mixture of rain and sleet. We worst of what Tassie could send our tightened the hoods on our jackets and way. We know that no one wants to hear trekked on. It was exhilarating but only a boring synopsis of a hike so instead we because we were prepared. We heard offer the following ‘highlights reel’: later that two families who were also hiking the Overland, got separated in the Scout Hut - Day 0 conditions but were re-united at Scott We spent our first night in the Cradle Kilvert Hut. One of the party had a mild Mountain-Lake St Claire National Park at case of hypothermia. “The Scout Hut” (B-P Lodge). This amaz- ing Scouting asset is a short but very Lake Wills/Innes Falls – Day 2 steep climb from the Ronny Creek shut- Conditions the next day prevented us tle bus stop. It has comfortable bunk-style from climbing Barn Bluff so we visited accomodation along with a great kitch- Lake Will instead. Due to the strong en and outdoor barbecues. Swapping winds there were plenty of white caps a thermarest for a bunk and a burger and small waves breaking on the lake’s instead of freeze-dried was a great way sandy white shores. At the prompting to start. Even if you don’t intend to walk of one of the Scouts, Michael, it was the Overland it makes a great base for decided that we all walk around the lake day hiking. to Inness Falls. While a little smaller than the waterfalls further along the track, it Cradle Mountain – Day 1 was very pretty and definitely worth the One of the most famous effort. climbs of the Overland is Mt Ossa – Day 4 The Overland Track has many incredible climbs but it is hard to beat Mt Ossa, the tallest mountain in Tasmania. We were

8 March 2020 Australian Scout lucky enough to get every member of our group of 23 up to the summit. As a bonus when we got to the top we were greeted with a massive snow drift, perfect to cool off after a hot climb. The views from the top of Mt Ossa were spectacular and visibility was superb. In the distance we could see Frenchman’s Cap… another day. As a reminder that you can never take anything for granted, 30 minutes after our descent from Mt Ossa, a gentle northerly breeze blew smoke from a fire burning 40km north of Cradle Mountain and the views were gone.

The Waterfalls – Day 5 Training Hikes On day five we were lucky enough to Training for the Overland Track check out D’Alton Falls, Fergusson Falls included 140kms hiking at and Hartnett Falls. They all offered su- • Werribee Gorge perb views as the weather was spectacu- • Scout Hike lar that day even if a little smokey from • You Yangs the fires. We had a very refreshing short swim at Hartnett falls. • Dandenong Ranges • Beeripmo Walk Other Highlights • Cathedral Ranges • Pelion West Ridge – four Scouts, • Tanglefoot two Rovers • High plains • Pelion East – three Scouts • plus three Green Cord hikes • Around Lake St Clair – five Scouts, (a further 90kms) one Rover • plus skiing, cycling and caving Final Thoughts – Day 5 weekends. The Overland Track was an unforget- table experience for everyone involved, through the trials and tribulations we all became better people, as well as better friends. This trip will always take a spe- cial place in our hearts. Charlie Banias and Thomas Woodman are Scouts at 1st North Balwyn.

Australian Scout March 2020 9 Cubtouree 2020. attack. After locking up a few Leaders in We re-routed our the dungeon, we held a Scouts Own in bus, booked new the chapel. accommodation The next day we transferred to Pax Hill Victoria Beyond and re-planned our before going to Sovereign Hill where we activities. had an old fashioned group photo and The Grid We started early on Sunday and had a rode the stage coach as well as panning big day going to Dubbo arriving around for gold. We received our wanted posters Cubtouree 2020 7pm at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo and the Cub gang is now worth a lot, at where we stayed the night in their 500 pounds each. By ANNETTE MCILVAIN Billabong camping area. The rangers took We finished off our week with a trip to Lots of organisation goes into getting our Cubs for a night walk to see kanga- the Ballarat Wildlife Park feeding kan- our Cub Scouts to an interstate Cuboree, roos and dingoes and a morning walk garoos and checking out the crocodiles especially if it includes a post or pre-tour, around the zoo whilst the zoo was closed before finishing up at Bounce to bounce as Hume District’s did. The proposed trip to the public. Waking up to the lions off our energy. to the Camberra Cuboree Off the Grid roaring was awesome and feeding the 2020 over the January holidays was no giraffes were our highlights of the Zoo. We had a very busy trip over eight days different. Unfortunately the Cuboree was and shared lots of memories and made In the afternoon we headed to our next cancelled due to the close bushfires and some new friends. We cannot wait for stop, the Royal Flying Doctors Service poor air quality in and around the post catch up Cubtouree camp in in Dubbo. There we saw how the RFDS Canberra. But we decided that after a Inverloch soon. year of planning, organising merchan- operates, their planes and training We thank the Scout Groups and Scout dise, fundraising and pre-camps that planes. We learnt about Dr Flynn who campsites opening up for us at short we still had to offer something, so not to started the RFDS in 1928 and how they notice and we even caught up with an disappoint our Cubs and Leaders from 1st use donations to keep their 23 planes in old Scout friend who now runs a caravan Craigieburn, 1st Tullapark, 3rd Sunbury, the air across Australia. We also present- park in Tocumwal. Thanks to our coach 1st Seymour, 1st Iramoo and 1st Inver- ed them with a cheque for $1800 which drivers who are also Scouting family. loch. our Cubs and families fundraised for them before the trip, which they were Annette Mcilvain is District We had already planned very grateful for. Commissioner - to take our pre-tour Hume. to Dubbo before We stayed at the Dubbo Scout Hall that heading into night before leaving for The Dish at Canberra for Parkes. The Dish is a radio telescope that Cuboree, was involved in the moon landing 50 so Victoria years ago. We stopped off to check out Beyond the Elvis statue in Parkes as we missed the Grid – the Elvis festival, however the Cubs were Canberra not fazed as they had no idea Cuboree who Elvis was. became We travelled to Tocumwal where we stayed the night before heading to Echuca the next day for a ride on the Canberra Paddle Steamer where the Cubs had a chance to steer the boat. That night we arrived in Ballarat and stayed in Kryal Castle. The Cubs enjoyed attending Knight School the next day, where they learnt sword fighting and archery

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Australian Scout March 2020 11 We celebrated our top achievers at Government House on February 8. Governor Linda Dessau AC, Our top Patron of Scouts Victo- ria, presented certificates to 91 Queen’s Scouts, Scouts 12 Baden-Powell Rover awardees, seven National President’s awardees, and three Silver Kangaroo recipients, plus Queen’s Guides and two recipients of gallantry awards.

12 March 2020 Australian Scout Our top Scouts

Australian Scout March 2020 13 David ‘Wombat’ Lyons, State Commissioner for Diversity and Inclusion – Trafalgar’s Citizen of the Year. Nicole Peters, Rover, 1st Baranduda – Tallangatta’s Young Zoe Cooper, Rover, 1st Paynesville Citizen for her contributions to Sea Scouts – Paynesville’s Young Scouting, Guiding, SES, netball AustraliaAustralia DayDay Citizen of the Year. and swimming club. Scout Groups across the State celebrated Australia Day this year by participating 20202020 in parades, citizenship ceremonies and flag raisings. We also celebrated our many adult and youth members who were honoured with awards, congratulations to you all!

Chloe Wright, Scout, 2nd Melton - City of Melton Young Citizen of the Year.

Rory Jenkins, Venturer, 1st Mansfield - Mansfield Shire’s Young Citizen of the Year and Peter Coffey, Group Leader, 1st Mansfield - Mansfield Shire’s Citizen of the Year

Jayden Kruzicevic-King, Scout, 1st Cockatoo - Shire of Cardinia’s Young 1st Bright Cubs - Alpine Shire’s Community Citizen of the Year. Event of the Year for their Project Platypus.

Andrew Yen, Scout Leader, Warrandyte – a Menzies Community Australia Day award for services to Scouting in Warrandyte, Manningham and Victoria.

Jeanette Spencer, Cub Scout Leader, Bruce Every, Scout Leader, Benalla - 2nd Knoxfield – Elder Citizen of the Benalla Achiever of the Year Award. Year award, City of Knox.

14 March 2020 Australian Scout 1st Rutherglen Scout Group. 1st Elthan at their local citizenship ceremony. Benalla Scout Group.

1st Mansfield Scout Group. 1st Eaglehawk Scout Group. Lakeside Pakenham providing free lunches at Cardinia’s Australia Day celebrations.

1st Mount Beauty Scout Group.

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Immediate Past Chief Commissioner Brendan Watson at the Melbourne CBD Parade.

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16 March 2020 Australian Scout Australian Scout March 2020 17 Japanese Rover Scouts help with bushfire relief

By PATRICK CHOY ”I want to support Australia then I saw Japanese Rover Scout Nanami Edasako the recovery badge, so I came up with and her brother Yudai have organised the idea of helping other Japanese Scouts a bulk purchase of 3800 Australian purchase the badge to get more people Bushfire Recovery Badges (worth to support Australia,” says Nanami, a $19,000 AUD) for more than 300 member of 10th Setagaya Group, Tokyo Japanese Scouts and Units as a service Scout Council, Scout Assocation of Japan. project to help raise funds for those ”After I asked my brother if he can do the affected by the bushfires. project with me, we started up the project in our Rover Crew.” It is worth mentioning that Yudai was not only a Rover Scout from Japan, he was also an Australian Rover from 1st Wanneroo Scout Group while to show their support to Australia. he was an exchange student This makes their project even more in Perth,WA. meaningful. On January 16, the Scout Thank you Nanami and Yudai!! Association of Japan announced that their Patrick Choy is the former Assistant members can wear the Scout Leader of 1st Canning Sea Scouts, Australia Bushfire Recovery WA, now based overseas. Badge on their Scout uniform

Ritchies Scout Month in May Ritchies and Nestlé are generously supporting the Monster Raffle in Victoria and New South Wales this year. During May Scout Groups can partner with over 70 Ritchies stores. Ritchies and Nestlé will donate 5c from every Nestlé product sold at Ritchies. So let’s use this fantastic opportunity to: • Sell Monster Raffle Tickets • Recruit more members • Stock up on Milo, Uncle Tobys and all your other Nestlé products. These stands go fast, so get in quick to book your Group in. Contact Penny Sayer at Ritchies on: 03 9784 2082 or [email protected] See you at Ritchies in May!

18 March 2020 Australian Scout Harmony Week, Harmony Day, Cultural Diversity week By DAVID LYONS and CLARE HANLEY Participating in events like Harmony On March 15-21 2020 Australia marks Week at all levels of Scouting is a great Harmony Week - an expansion of way to celebrate diversity and encourage Harmony Day, Australia’s recognition of the inclusion of all in Scouting. the United Nations International Day for Harmony Week is about coming together the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to celebrate the cultural diversity in your on March 21. area and spreading the message that In Victoria we follow these dates with ‘everyone belongs.’ This is a great time Cultural Diversity Week on March to celebrate and learn about the cultural 21-29 which, according to the Victorian diversity in your Group, and reinforce Multicultural Commission, brings people messages that everyone is welcome. together “to not only celebrate Victoria’s Between March 15-29 2020 your pro- diversity, but to also spark their curiosity gram could include an activity related about culture and about each other.” to learning about or celebrating cultural Our community’s diversity is increasing diversity. To assist youth councils, here as more migrants and refugees settle are some program ideas: here. Victorians now come from more • Food night – cook a traditional than 200 countries, speak 260 languag- food related to one of the cultures es and dialects and follow 135 religious represented in your Group or area faiths. (or go out to a restaurant from • Guest speaker – invite an immi- More than a quarter (26%) of Victorians that culture). While you are eating grant or refugee to share their were born overseas. Almost half of our together learn about the meal’s story of their journey to Australia. origins and when/how it is tradi- population (46%) were either born over- • Community Celebration - visit tionally eaten. seas or have at least one parent who was the Cultural Diversity Week web- born overseas. • International night – for younger site of the Victorian Multicultural Sections, hop on board a (pre- The top 10 countries of birth for Commission. Among other re- tend) plane and visit three to four Victorians are England, India, China, sources there is a calendar of com- countries throughout the night, New Zealand, Italy, Vietnam, Greece, munity events. Your community stopping to do an activity at each Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Philippines. may appreciate if local Scouting one. You could learn a dance, make runs activities, but just partici- In addition to Aboriginal languages, more a costume, eat some food or play a pating is powerful. https://www. than 23% of Victorians speak a language sport related to that culture. Make multiculturalcommission.vic.gov. other than English at home (compared to passports to be stamped at each au/cultural-diversity-week-victori- 18% Australia-wide). Around 1.23 million country as you go. an-multicultural-commission people speak another language, an in- • Family diversity museum – ask Harmony Week badges are available at crease of 23% from 2006 to 2011. The top members to create a pop-up the online Scout Shop. Scouts Victoria ten languages, other than English, spo- museum by bringing along objects social media will share messages fitting ken at home are Italian, Greek, Mandarin, that are important to their family’s with the 2020 Cultural Diversity Week Vietnamese, Cantonese, Arabic, Turkish, cultural background. Members can theme ‘Curiosity. Conversation. Commu- Hindi, Punjabi and Macedonian. then run tours and share the sto- nity’ and the “Everyone Belongs” theme Every year Victoria provides a safe home ries behind the objects they have of Harmony Week. for around 32% of all refugees arriving in brought along. If your part of the Scouting world needs Australia. In 2016 Victoria’s population • Learn a cultural dance or exercise some assistance with planning and par- was projected to nearly double from 5.7 – organise to have someone come ticipating, contact Wombat Lyons, State million in 2013 to 10 million in 2051, with along and teach a cultural dance Commissioner Diversity Inclusion on more than half of this growth expected to or exercise (Irish dancing, the New [email protected]. come from immigration. Zealand Haka, Tai Chi etc) David “Wombat” Lyons is State This is why understanding and celebrat- • Welcome to country - Invite an Commissioner for Diversity & Inclusion, ing cultural diversity is important to all Indigenous Elder from your local Scouts Victoria, and Clare Hanley in Scouting. Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islands group to come and perform is National Adviser, Diversity and Scouts Victoria values and supports this a ‘welcome to country’ ceremony Inclusion, . diversity and encourages our Groups to be reflective of their local communities.

Australian Scout March 2020 19 Joeys New Horizons 2020 By SUE HUMBER • Guide for Participate, Assist and The Joey Scout Section has come a long Lead Introduction way since being introduced in 1990 • Section Recording Chart – YES, we are 30 years old and how • Program Templates amazing the journey has been! • Joey Scout Mob Holiday Planning From our simple beginning wearing the Sheet tan scarf to a Section doing what every • Internal Compass Scout does including • Youth Lead, Adult Supported • getting out and about from the hall Developmental Models • having a say in the program • Leader support from your through MC4 GL, DLJS, Region and State • leading with adult support Commissioners • having sleepovers How can you introduce Participate, Assist and Lead to your Joeys? • camping under canvas • attending our major event, 1. Record all Joey Scout ideas from your Kangaree Mob Council • participating in adventurous 2. Talk with the Joey Scouts about their activities ideas • participating at training courses 3. Involve parents • earning Section badges including 4. Plan when the Joey Scout assist or the Joey Promise Challenge and lead the program component Joey Commissioner Challenge 5. Do the game or activity or what has • getting involved in the community been chosen • representing the Section at local 6. Review this with involvement of the and State ARAP’s and lots more Mob So, what’s next? The 2020 initiative; 7. Record what the Joey Scout has Participate, Assist and Lead. As Leaders achieved there are many resources to assist you all 8. Praise the Joey Scout on Our Program We have adopted all elements of the new program since 2016 and will have more to come. This program has age appropriate challenges that will benefit our Joey Scouts’ journey in Scouting. Sue Humber is State Commissioner - Joey Scouts

20 March 2020 Australian Scout Cubs Participate-Assist-Lead Time To Let Go By MICHAEL WONG By encouraging our Cub Scouts to Unit’s leadership team, please have As adults, whenever we’re involved in an Participate in their Unit’s program, offer that conversation where you acknowl- activity being a sport or with a group the opportunities for Cub Scouts to Assist in edge the opportunities Participate- last thing we want to do is sit on the side- an activity and finally have the confi- Assist-Lead offers our Cub Scouts and lines and miss out on all the enjoyment dence to Lead an activity we are deliver- back this up with your actions. Offer and sense of achievement that activity ing our core responsibility, the Purpose of your Cub Scouts the opportunity to offers. Our Cub Scouts are exactly the Scouting. Participate-Assist-Lead in their program. same. So as Leaders, what is the first thing we Michael Wong is State Leader – Program The world around our Cub Scouts is so need to do to successfully introduce Par- Support Specialist Cub Scout Section different from the world in which we ticipate-Assist-Lead in our Units? Do we grew up. Advances in communication, need to run through some examples with transport, food science, medicine, energy, our Cub Scouts? Do we need to work out miniaturisation and so much more have how many Assists and Leads we need been phenomenal. Who can remember to achieve in a program cycle? They’re having a set of encyclopaedias at home or certainly valid. visiting the library and trolling through I’m thinking that as Leaders the first draws of index cards? Mention these to thing we need do is to change our your Cub Scouts and they look at you as mindset and be prepared to let the Cub if you’re crazy! Scouts have a go. Let them Assist, let Advances have transformed the world them Lead acknowledging that they around us and so to have the expecta- may get it wrong but all the while tions and capabilities of our Cub Scouts. guided by adults. Cub Scouts of today are developing wider We need to let go of the thought that and diverse ranges of skills, heightened we, as Leaders need to run everything. levels of confidence, higher expectations This isn’t to say that we hand the whole of fulfilment and an expectation to have program over to the Cub Scouts and say, a greater say in their education. “here, run the night”. It’s about having No longer will Cub Scouts take a back the confidence in the ability of our Cub seat. Cub Scouts of today have a voice Scouts to Assist and Lead within and they are prepared to speak out. their capabilities. This is where Participate-Assist-Lead So as an individual Leader within the Scouting context is so perfect- and a member of your ly positioned to deliver on the Purpose of Scouting by developing a Cub Scouts Areas of Personal Growth (Social, Physical, Intellectual, Character, Emo- tional and Spiritual).

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1st Kerang 1st Kerang Cub Scouts held an op-shop fashion parade and raised money for drought relief in late 2019 and part of the money raised was put into IGA supermarket vouchers to be sent on a hay drive to NSW.

1st Broadford With Mum being the Joey Scout 1st Bennettswood Leader at 1st Broadford Scout Group and my older brother and two sisters already in the movement, Early January is usually quiet for last night I joined them all and became an official most Scout Groups, but after the Joey Scout! Invested by Mum, Quokka, my other bushfires in Victoria, the Leaders at Leader Bilby, as well as my siblings, Venturer Dylan, 1st Bennettswood got talking and were Scout Amira and Cub Sophie, I now feel a part of motivated to find a way to help. this huge family even more than before. What an awesome night! Fast forward to a Saturday a couple of weeks later and the Scout hall carpark was awash (pun intended) with dirty cars and soap By Joey Scout Jasleen. suds as Leaders and youth from all five Sections came together to host a Bushfire Relief Car Wash and Sausage Sizzle. With excellent support from the community, including free printing of promotional material and donations of car wash materials, sausages and bread, the Group washed more than 100 cars and raised over $2000 for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. 1st Bennettswood would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day such a success, from the businesses who supported us, to the parents and youth who washed the cars and cooked sausages, and of course everyone who brought a dirty car and an empty stomach!

22 March 2020 Australian Scout A Joey Scout Adventure! Recently Joeys, Leaders and parent helpers Glen Eira from across Gippsland Region invaded the Stonnington District Mirboo Recreation Reserve for a Joey Scout Camping Extravaganza! On Saturday after setting up tents and bedding, Joeys went off in Patrols and did lots of amazing activities including ice blocking, a water slide, monkey bridge and pop corn cooking on a BBQ, which was then eaten around our ‘camp fire’ later that night while listening to Jungle Book stories and singing camp songs. Later on we made kites and worked on our Sleepover Badge, which included, hygiene, how to stuff a sleeping bag and what to pack in your bag when going camping. Then the Joeys headed off to bed in their tents and slept very soundly.

Sunday started off with Crate Stacking and the Joeys earning their Try Glen Eira Cubbing Badge by doing some Cub based activities, like compass work. The Stonnington District recently Joeys should be so proud of themselves, and they are more than ready to held a beach night tackle Kangaree! at Baywac in Leaders and parent helpers, thank you so much! Without the time and Elwood. dedication you put in, these amazing adventures would not happen for our youth members. All the hard work is worth the effort knowing what these brilliant Joeys are capable of!

1st Bentleigh 1st Bentleigh celebrated a number of achievements recently. Cub Scout Leader Georgina Storey was awarded her Wood Beads and Kel Segbedzi received her Scout Wood Beads. Glen Eira Stonnington District Commissioner Roy Kaplan and Scout Leader Simonne Enticott were both awarded their 10 Year Long Service Certificates. They invested their new Joey Scout Leader Hilary Kaplan and Scout Jason transferred up to Venturers.

Australian Scout March 2020 23 Glenda Smajila, Group Treasurer, 1st Sunbury Adults in Scouting Lisa Smithies, Adult Helper, 1st Reservoir Sandy Speare, PJSL, 1st Belmont Long Service Awards Tania Heywood, Group Rostered Parent, 2nd Springvale Gianna Stent, Adult Helper, 4th Kew Andrea Hodgetts, Adult Helper, 2nd Mildura Leonie Tewierik, Group Rostered Parent, Rosanna December/January Debbie James, AGL, 1st Ranelagh Temakopi Tua, Adult Helper, Lakeside 5 Years George Jung, Group Support Committee Pakenham Laura Anderson, AJSL, Lynden Park Quartermaster, 3rd Chelsea Air Scouts Caitlyn Wallace, ACSL, 1st Yarrawonga Margaret Bastiaan, AJSL, 2nd Melton Delia Kerr, Group Support Committee Fundraising, 1st Cobden Cameron Welch, AJSL, 1st Wantirna South Dallas Beach, Group Support Committee Ian Kluckow, ASL, 2nd/6th Hawthorn Danny White, ASL, 1st Sunbury Fundraising, Croydon Central Sarah Lamble, ASL, Bairnsdale Terry Whiting, PAV L , 1st Tullapark Carol Beach, Group Support Committee Anthony Wong, Adult Helper, 1st Lower Fundraising, Croydon Central Andrea Lange, ACSL, 1st Mckinnon Karla Lockwood, AJSL, 1st Iramoo Templestowe Mauro Belperio, Group Rostered Parent, 1st Melissa Yuan, AJSL, 5th Brunswick Bennettswood Brad Lowe, ASL, 2nd Lara Monique Bennett, ASL, Mentone Amanda Mathison, ASL, 1st Caroline Springs 10 Years Lucinda Mayor, Group Rostered Parent, Felicity Borysiewicz, Group Rostered Peter Blaney, District Heritage Team, Bacchus Marsh Parent, Bacchus Marsh Whitehorse District Mim McDade-Tait, Group Support Michelle Bourne, ASL, 1st Gisborne Andy Butt, AGL, 1st Koo Wee Rup Committee Member, 1st Wodonga Leanne Burton, Group Support Committee Charles Buttery, PGL, 1st Vermont Matt McEniry, PASL, Hampton Member, 1st Wodonga Brigitte De Beer, ASL, 1st Yarrunga Roslyn McKenna, TASL, 1st Yarrunga Robyn Campbell, CSL, 1st Glen Iris Michelle Dodd, AJSL, 1st Bright Martha Monkman, ACSL, 1st Eltham Andrew Clark, ASL, 1st Altona Helena Feldman, ACSL, 15th Brighton Michelle Morse, AJSL, 1st Wantirna South Tess Cooper, AJSL, Baden Powell Park Steve Murphy, PAGL, 1st Gisborne Aaron Fickling, Group Support Committee James Cooper, ACSL, 1st Lower Plenty Quartermaster, 1st/14th Brighton Mary Newnham, AJSL, 1st Diamond Creek Stephen Crawford, Group Rostered Parent, Cate-Linne Fraser, ACSL, 1st City Of My Nguyen, PCSL, Phu Dong 1st Caroline Springs Camberwell Denise O’Halloran, Group Support Jocelyn Geyer, Group Support Committee Greg Crutchfield, Group Support Committee Committee Hall Hire Contact, Boronia Member, 1st Wodonga Fundraising, 1st Maryborough Claudia Oliva, Group Support Committee Jeffrey Green, SL, 1st Casey Alex D’amore, AJSL, 3rd Doncaster East Member, Dingley Suzy Dailey, AJSL, 1st Point Cook Llewellyn Phillips, AV L , 1st Eltham Stephen Guley, ASL, 1st Strathfieldsaye Antonin Demazy, AV L , 1st Glen Iris Deb Phoenix, Adult Helper, 1st Seymour Matthew Hawkins, Group Support Committee Member, 4th Camberwell Cent Angie Denyer, Group Support Committee Debbie Pinney, Group Treasurer, 1st Upper Member, 1st/14th Brighton Beaconsfield Anthony Hopkins, AJSL, 5th/6th Moorabbin Central Cath Forbes, Group Rostered Parent, 3rd Silvia Pongracic, Group Support Committee Ringwood East Member, Warragul Cathy Jorgensen, SL, 1st Maroondah Veronica Greaves, Group Support Nicola Provan, Group Support Committee Alex Krstic, Camp Manager, Kingston Committee 2Nd Hand Uniforms, 2nd Member, 3rd/4th Colac District Leongatha Samantha Pullin, Group Rostered Parent, Maggie Lee, TGL, Blia Scouts Melbourne Petra Grosz, District Personnel Committee 1st Highton Bob Loader, District Personnel Committee Convener, Werribee Plains District Rebecca Reichelt, ASL, 1st Doreen Convener, Mornington Peninsula District Matthew Rickard, Shane Lockwood, RA, 1st Caroline Springs ACSL, 1st Kallista Geoff Lynch, Group Chairman, 1st Malvern Colleen Robertson, Danielle Mackenzie, ASF-Bay Park CSL, 1st Eltham Campsite Kelly Rummery, Leanne McLeod, Adult Helper, Rosebud Sea ASL, 1st North Scouts Shepparton Helen Morrison, Group Support Committee Wendy Selle, ACSL, Member, 1st Newborough 1st Canterbury Jodi Neff, Group Support Committee Michael Shanahan, Fundraising, 2nd Melton Group Rostered Parent, 1st John Ogden, ASL, 1st Inverloch Modewarre Alan Preston, ASF-Ballarat George Shehata, Sean Reynolds, TASL, 1st Werribee PGL, Ava Makary Simon Roberts, SL, 1st Diamond Creek Yarrambat Scott Rosicka, DC, Frankston District Amanda Silver, James Sargeant, PAV L , Waverley Valley AJSL, 1st Craigieburn Dwayne Stojcevski, AGL, 10th Footscray Carol Slade, Group Support Committee Pam Tatham, Group Rostered Parent, 2nd Lillian Beard being presented her Scouts Victoria Life Membership certificate Prahran by Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Member, 3rd Sunbury Bev Trainor, ASF-Geelong Rivers 24 March 2020 Australian Scout Chris Ward, Camp Committee Member, Peter Moore, PDL - Chaplain, Glen Eira David Emmett, DL - Adult Training Ballarat District Stonnington District Support, Tilba Tilba District Robert Wightwick, District Executive Hai-Anh Nguyen, PGL, Yet Kieu Sea Scouts Fiona Flanigan, DL - Venturers, Strzelecki Committee Member, Kariwara District Rod O’Connor, ASF-Hume District Craig Woodcroft, AV L , 1st Riddells Creek Peter O’Halloran, PSL, Boronia John Franklin, AGL, 1st Drouin 15 Years Con Patista, Region Personnel, Geelong Region Peter Fraser, ASF-Whitehorse Showtime Neale Stewart, ASL, 1st Bayswater Leigh Cooksley, SL, 1st Warracknabeal Robert Hudson, District Executive Mark Symmons, PGL, 1st Casey Steve Dennis, PDL - Venturers, Banyule Committee Member, Whitehorse District District Malcolm Trezise, ACSL, 2nd Leongatha Colin Jones, Adult Helper, Wonga Park Donna Edge, District Chairman, Otway Daryl Van Krieken, Group Rostered Parent, Sandi Robertson, ACSL, 1st Chelsea Heights Baden Powell Park Plains District Paul Smith, TAV L , 1st Drouin Robyn Fairfull, CSL, 2nd/3rd Bayswater John Wright, Adult Helper, 10th Footscray 35 Years Julie Fergusson, ASL, 2nd Werribee 25 Years Quintin Coutinho, PVL, 1st Wheelers Hill Sharyn Gordon,GL, Wirringga Craig Bergin, ASF-Manningham Shane Donehue, Group Vice Chairman, Jill Horn, Adult Helper, 1st Alexandra Brian Christie, PGL, 1st Edithvale Hamilton Damian Huf, PDL - Scouts, Sherbrooke Andrew Frazer, ASL, 1st Yarrawonga Forest District Heather Lang, SL, 1st Castlemaine Carol Kemp, DL - Adult Training Support, Vivien McNish, ASF-Treetops Mt Baw Baw District Jeff Parson, ASF-Ballarat Philip O’Malley, PGL, 1st Glengarry Peter Monds, Group Rostered Parent, 40 Years Kevin Perry, Group Chairman, 1st Croydon Central Greg Parsons, VL, 1st Castlemaine Paynesville Sea Scouts Angela Petrie, ACSL, 1st Edithvale Alexander Robertson, GL, 7th Ringwood Terry Redding, Adult Helper, 1st Alexandra Della Smith, GL, 1st Tootgarook Kai So, SL, 1st Doncaster East Woody Rose, SL, 1st Nunawading Mike Wright, GL, 1st Mount Waverley Lita Tirkkonen, DL - Cub Scouts, Kariwara David Rowland, Adult Helper, 1st Eaglehawk 50 Years District Donna Seary, Group Rostered Parent, 1st Brad Crabtree, District Chairman, Geelong Woodend 20 Years Peninsula District Vin Crow, ASF-Banyule Karl Sewell, Group Treasurer, 1st Maiden Gully Ross Hall, GL, Delta Andrew Gallagher, PDL - Development, Kay Perkins, ACSL, 3rd Doncaster East Bendigo District Chris Simpson, ASF-Gilweroo Ian Hall, PDC, Upper Murray District 30 Years 60 Years Jenny Harrison, Adult Helper, 1st Wodonga Dwayne Bicknell, PDL - Venturers, Greg Samson, ARC - Development, Bob Hart, GL, 1st Puckapunyal Werribee Plains District Gippsland Region Bruce Holcombe, ACSL, Port Fairy Michelle Davis, SL, 1st West Waverley Ada Wilkinson, Scout Foundation Member, Craig Lyons, CSL, 1st/14th Brighton Shirley Deane, ASL, 3rd Heathmont Victorian Scout Foundation

Wood Badge Awards Venturer Scout Neil Holden, AV L , 1st Greenhills Luke Blackmore, PSL, 1st Cranbourne December Tash Lema, AV L , Dingley Heidi Cotterill, ASL, 1st Mansfield Cath Gordon, AV L , Rosanna Adventurous Activity January Rob Miller, ASL, 3rd Templestowe Jacinta Swift, Adventurous Activity Leader Laura-Jane Musgrove, ASL, 1st Woori - Abseiling, Abseiling Team Joey Scout Yallock Kelly Rummery, ASL, 1st North Shepparton Cub Scout Zoe Austin-Crowe, AJSL, 5th Brunswick Donna Smith, ASL, Baden Powell Park Maria Christofilopoulos, AJSL, 9th Oakleigh Cath Fisher, ACSL, 1st Grovedale Teck Teo, ASL, 1st Mitcham Narelle Currey, PJSL, 1st Echuca Ron Powles, ACSL, 1st Kyabram Simon Vincett, ASL, 5th Northcote Gary Moolenaar, AJSL, Mulgrave Kevin Webb, ASL, 1st Lower Templestowe District Leader/Commissioner Meg Venables, AJSL, 1st Beaconsfield Peter Wick, ASL, 2nd Blackburn Bronwyn Rumble, District Leader - Joey Cub Scout Group Leader Scouts, Macedon Ranges District Michael Fisher, ACSL, 1st Grovedale Mostafa Elorr, PGL, Fawkner Liesl Tozer, District Leader - Joey Scouts, Monash District Laura Game, ACSL, Epping North District Leader/Commissioner Simon Holmes, ACSL, 1st Drouin Louise Ciddor, Provisional State Leader - Group Leader Brian Jones, ACSL, 1st Eltham North Program Support Specialist - Cub Scouts, Vic Mel Field, PGL, 1st Rutherglen Branch Newell Richards, ASL, 2nd Blackburn Robert Hague, GL, 4Th Williamstown Sea Janette Crimmin, PDL - Scouts, South Kel Segbedzi, CSL, 1st Bentleigh Western District Scouts Brenda Stoneham, ACSL, 1st Diamond Creek Louise Isted, PDL - Cub Scouts, Werribee Joey Scout Robert Thomas, ACLS, 1st Drouin Plains District Ian Mortlock, PDL - Development, Casey Emily Froehlich, JSL, Hampton Sarah Tokley, ACSL, Lakeside Pakenham District Andrew Hanley, JSL, 2nd Clifton Hill Karen Walker, ACSL, 1st Upwey Judy Niven, PDL - Joey Scouts, Maroondah Ka Fay Siu, AJSL, 1st Heatherdale Glenn Wilkins, ACSL, 1st Eltham North District Australian Scout March 2020 25 Mount Piper Venturers helping the Mount Piper Brush-tailed Phascogale By CRAIG ‘YOWIE’ WATERS The brush-tailed Phascogale is now rec- As a Venturer Award Environmental ognised as a threatened species at a State Project, 1st Broadford’s Mount Piper and National level. Venturer Unit joined forces with the A predominantly carnivorous species, Reedy Creek Landcare Group to build and its diet consists largely of invertebrates install nesting boxes for the Brush-tailed which it finds by using its claws to tear Phascogale. away and search under tree bark (most Mount Piper is the tallest mountain in commonly rough-barked eucalypts). the Broadford area and our Venturer These include cockroaches, beetles, bull Unit is named after it, so we thought it ants, spiders and centipedes. They are was only appropriate and a great idea to also known at times to eat small animals help this endangered, rarely seen and such as mice and birds and given the op- The nesting known Australian marsupial that is so portunity they will attack domestic poul- boxes were important to our area and ecosystem. try. Nectar also plays an important part installed in their diet, with flowering eucalypts high up in The Brush-tailed Phascogale, also providing a bountiful resource in the known as the Tuan, is a small, nocturnal, the rough- right season. Brush-tailed Phascogales in barked tree-climbing, carnivorous marsupial turn assist in pollinating the trees. about the size of a rat. It is a uniform eucalypts deep grey on the top, light grey to pale Our Unit spent several weeks building trees and we cream underneath with large naked ears and assembling a dozen nesting boxes plan to make and a conspicuous, black ‘brushy’ tail. for the Brush-tailed Phascogale and in and install more of the last week of these nesting boxes to 2019 year, installed help the local colony of the nesting boxes Brush-tailed Phascogales not only in trees around survive but multiply as well. This will be the base of Mount an ongoing project for the Mount Piper Piper. Mount Piper Venturer Unit and we hope to see this is classed as a nature rather cute local marsupial go from the reserve and is also endangered list of Australian marsupials home to the rare to flourish once again in our area. and endangered Craig ‘Yowie’ Waters is a Venturer Blue Ant Butterfly Leader at 1st Broadford Mount Piper and the Golden Sub Venturer Unit. Moth.

26 March 2020 Australian Scout The 1st Just go with the floe WINDY Monthly VALLEY BLAST March 2020 Official organ of 1st Windy Valley Edition 143

Minutes of the Group Support Committee meeting (February 2020) The meeting daughter’s sponge cake which won third Hall Heating Task Force opened with tea, prize at the local show. As we chewed it, The HHTF submitted its annual report coffee and Iced we realised that the show was months and expenses. Climate change has really VoVos. ago. thrown a spanner into their work, after Chairman Group Registrar report a decade of planning and research. To keep them motivated, someone allegedly An apology. At a We’ve been cleaning up the membership authorised for them all to attend a birthing class. He was surprised too. records on the Scout database. conference in Iceland. Treasurer One of families seems to own half the At this point we enjoyed a light supper Has taken long service leave to prepare suburb - mum, dad and three kids all - espresso martinis and rumballs. the annual family invoices. have separate addresses. Or do we The Group Safety Officer produced a assume they get around a bit, and the Fundraising breathalyser and everyone agreed to latest one - the Joey address - is the stay a little longer. Unfortunately we ate We have begun stockpiling thousands correct one? more rumballs and sipped more espresso of drink cans in anticipation of the new Also we think the kid whose address is martinis. But the social side of Group life container recycling scheme. The Joeys Princes Highway could be missing some is important. are scratching ‘10 cents deposit at point numbers. of purchase’ onto each can. Considering Hall hire most of them can’t colour within the And surely the Rover who’s nearly We were surprised by the arrival of an lines, they have remarkable forgery finished his PhD is not still at Windy early morning personal fitness group. skills. Valley Primary School in grade 19? They were surprised to find us asleep in We paused to sample the Treasurer’s Excellent cheese platter. the Joey den. An excellent meeting.

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