Venturers:
This month has seen a group of our Venturers work at the Kyneton Show last weekend. They raised quite a lot of money and this will go towards their 10 day hike through Gippsland over Summer, and the Overland Hike next Autumn. The Group also mountain biked at dusk in the Wombat Forest, and visited the incredible Sand Sculptures at Cope Williams Romsey, featuring a dozen international artists. This weekend sees the Group travel to Anglesea to learn to shoot and surf, hopefully not at the same time!
Scouts:
Scouts have made use of this great weather and canoed, rafted and swam at the Reservoir at Macedon at dusk, and partied Halloween style making spider webs and decorating cup cakes. Gilweroo is a highlight of November and a large group of 2nd Woodenders participated in archery, abseiling, air rifle shooting, billycart racing and mudslide and sock racing! This weekend’s camp to Anglesea for surfing lessons looks like it will be postponed due to poor weather, but stay tuned for a new date.
Cubs
Cubs have been making the most of the improved weather this term with a range of adventurous and developmental activities. Our Monday night program has seen cubs learn about fire, with two nights of campfire building and cooking, and a walk to the CFA for more learning about fire awareness, including the obligatory soaking!
Green canoeing badges were earned at Nursery Lake on a classic summer evening that saw Jasper move up to scouts via a moving raft of cubs and canoes. Our medieval camp was a roaring success with an engaging trip to Kryal Castle where we enjoyed tremendous (and somewhat hilarious) displays of skill and bravery from adults in armour doing serious battle with shields and axes.
We will farewell Kaa (Mark) at the end of this term as he moves up to scouts to follow his daughter Lana. Thanks Kaa for your calm dependability and attention to detail in caring for all our cubs.
General Committee
This month we’re reviewing our needs for new Leaders to join our Cub section, and also new members to help out more in fundraising, minute taking, transport. Our AGM called ARAP is next Monday 4th December and we welcome anyone interested in helping us out more to step forward. It’s a great Group with incredibly generous Leaders and helpers, but it’s not sustainable to rely on the same people each and every year. Please have a think how you can help more, enabling us to grow and remain vibrant.
Macedon - Woodend Scout Group 