Welcome Statement

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Welcome to the 1st Wodonga Scout Group blog. 
We are currently located (as of 21 July 2014)in our new home in Kelliher Avenue, Whitebox Rise Estate.  Seen below:

 Having moved from our temporary home in the former Silva Drive Pre School (seen below), in Silva Drive.

 

We currently run a Scouts group (ages 11 to 15 years) on Monday nights (during school terms) from 6.30-8.30 pm. Joeys (ages 6 to 8 years) is on Tuesdays between 6.30 -7.30 pm.  Venturers Group(15 to 18 years) meeting on Wednesdays between 7pm and 9 pm and finally our Cubs (ages 8 to 11 years). We also have a small Rovers (ages 18 to 26 years) section which meet regularly. 

 Our scarf colours are: 

The photo's below are of our former long term residence at Reid Street, Wodonga, Victoria. Opposite the Wodonga RSL and Vietnam Veterans Club, the site of which has now been transformed into the new Quest Apartments in Wodonga.   

Our former facilities may have been described by some as a little "rustic", however we are now in our new facilities developed for us by Wodonga Council. 
This was our main scout hall:

This was the "T.W. Mitchell" Venturers Den (named after former Member for the state seat of Benambra and former scout leader Tom "Beaver" Mitchell), that was most recently used by our Joey's:

  

Our Bundara Rover's Den was in a former life was the Bandiana Military Post Office. It was donated  when it was no longer needed by the Army and became for a period the Girl Guides Hut.  Once the Guides left to their own facilities it became the Rover's Den:

  

This was our fire pit and back yard for conducting camps and Jamborees:

 

A demonstration of some of the skills that our Scouts learn:

But our Rover, Venturer, Scout, Cub and Joey' s groups are about more than just tying knots, they are about having fun and making friends. As the posts below will show will show.
We are always keen to have new members and welcome enquiries.
Our Group Leader Greg Spann can be contacted on 0400 592 824 or leave a text. He can also be contacted via our email at 1stwodongascouts@gmail.com. We also have a Facebook page.We hope to see you soon.

Our New Hall

As of Monday the 21st July 2014 we are operational out of our brand new facilities in Kelliher Avenue in the Whitebox Rise estate.
 By day:

 And by night:

From the carpark:

 To the yard space:

 On both sides of the hall:

 The entrance:

 The meeting room:

 The Main hall looking towards the rear

 The main hall looking towards the front and leaders office:

 Plenty of storage for our camping equipment, etc

 Craft storage

 Kitchen

 

Kitchen towards roller shutter serving area:

Our partner group S.I.T.E.'s computer room:

  The first to parade were our  Scouts.

Followed by our Joeys,

 then our Venturers:

 And finally our Cubs: 

Who had a special guest talk to them on their opening night.  'Freja Arge' (in the blue shirt) from Danish Scouts. Who is on her National Scout Exchange Program, staying with a family in Albury.

Our Rover's even made the newspaper:

  All agree our new facility is great and will serve us very well into the future.

Badges And Investments

On Thursday 3rd April there was a combined activity night between the Cubs and Joeys.

As part of the evening badges from the recent district Cub camp were awarded as well as bronze and silver boomerangs.  In addition one joey and five cubs were invested.

 

 

 

 

Cubs District Camp

On the weekend of 28th March all the cubs from the district got together for a camp at Snowy River Camp (Tallangatta).
 
Activities included; Burma Bridge, Flying Fox, Adventure Course, Leadership Initiative Course, Ropes Course, Canoeing, Stargazing and Disco! 

They all had a great deal of fun.