2nd Bendigo (St Andrew's) Cub & Scout Group

Events

FLY THE FLAG

Sunday 12th August 11.40pm (new time)
Central Deborah Gold Mine - fountain - depot - Joss House - fountain - Central Deborah

Download the media release (pdf)
Download the notice, map, details (pdf)

Bagheera is arranging for us to fly our flags from the tram as it goes through Bendigo! Bring camera-carrying relatives, and we will have a snack at Central Deborah at the end.

HOT NEWS! Bagheera will be speaking to Jonathan Ridnell on ABC Regional Radio 91.1 FM. Tune in on Friday at 7:40am!
Look & listen for other announcements

This is the schedule:

• Deborah 11.40
• tram departs 11.54
• Fountain 12.01
• depot (museum)12.11
• Joss House 12.40
• Lake Weeroona 12.45
• Fountain 12.55
• RETURN 1.00pm

It's important to have as many on board as possible. If you really can't make the start, get on when you can.

Cost $5. Snacks & drinks supplied. Wear uniform. Bring Aussie, state or scout flags to tie on tram. We want good photos, videos, publicity, etc. Can you bring family members?

And a BIG thank you to Shirley, superintendent of the tramways for giving us this oppportunity!

This is from the official email:

"Looking for a challenge? Want the chance to share in $5000 of prizes? Know how to show your Scouting pride to mark the Centenary Year?

Then you better FLY THE FLAG!

How Do I Get Involved?
Get together a team of Scouts (any Section) and show the World Scout logo in a high profile and creative way. It's a great way for us to show our pride in the Scout Movement, letting the public know what Scouts can achieve.

Prizes!
Small Group (1-3) - $2000 travel voucher
Large Group (>3) - $3000 voucher for a major retailer

Entries should include photos of your team ‘Flying The Flag', as well as a description of what you did, how, why and who was involved.

Entries must be received by 31st August 2007"

Be there or be square!

NOTICE OF AGM

Mon 27th August at 7pm in the Randall room (main church building)
Possible cub event instead of Tues 28th

WORLD SCOUT DAY

Wednesday 1st August 4:30 - 6pm (to link with UK jamboree)
1st Bendigo hall, Vine St
Girton Gymnasium, opp. Paul Sadler swimming

This will be an exciting night: we're planning to set up a link with the centenary jamboree that's on right now in England! There will also be some interesting people coming, and... a sausage sizzle to finish off!

This is a combined cub/scout event, so older cubs who will be moving up soon should especialy be there.

(Cubs goes back to Tuesdays 6:30 after this.)

ANZAC DAY

Wednesday 25th April 10:15
McCrae St outside TAFE, opposite the Chinese gate

This is an important day for Scouts & Cubs, as well as for all of us. We would like to see as many as possible, turned out in uniform (scout shirt, dark pants, leather shoes if possible).

POOL NIGHT at ANN CAUDLE POOL 6:15 - 7:30pm

Tuesday 27th March Arrive by 6:15pm!!!

Arrive in uniform with swimming gear in a separate carry bag: bathers, towel, optionals such as sandals, caps, goggles.

Note: it is NOT on the Wednesday, as Bagheera has been saying!

BIKES

13/2 bike safety
20/2 Bike hike - meet at Golden Square Fire Station 6:30pm, then we ride to Kangaroo Flat

FOUNDER'S DAY

Thursday 22/2 6.45pm - 8.15pm
St Paul's Church, Myers Street Bendigo

The evening will consist of a service in the church followed by supper (bring along a small plate to share).

Contact Beth for more details 54 471 161

in Melbourne  

Saturday 24/2
10am assemble for a parade in the city 11am cutting the giant birthday cake
12 noon activities in Treasury Gardens

Get the details (opens new window)

Link to Founders Day website (fun!)

Link to Victorian Scout Centenary website

News

Yep, that flag is well & truly flown!!!

Our tram adventure to Fly The Flag was a total success! Congratulations cubs & scouts, you were great. And big thank yous to the parents who helped so much. I'm creating a special page for it, so send me any photos you have. I'll set up a page for everything. But here's a teaser:

Thanks Neville, Angus & the Whitty family for pics & movies.

Our tram movie (Quicktime .mov, opens in a new window)
medium-size 2.5Mb flagsontram-lo.mov
big-size 3.6Mb flagsontram-med.mov
Download the free Quicktime player

Get well Gene, get well Akela

We were concerned to hear of district leader Gene's accident on his motorbike in WA recently. We've made a card, & we hope we see him again soon.

& now Akela is ill, and has just got out of hospital himself! WHAT is going on??? We've made HIM a card, & we hope we see him again soon as well!

Farewell Scuzzy

Sad to say, Janeen (Scuzzy) has been forced to give up her Bendigo commitments. Work in melbourne has made it unfeasible for her, so we have had to say goodbye. Scuzzy will link up with a scout group in Melbourne, and that's good news at least. Enjoy the wine glasses, and think of us whenever you have a drink!

Cubs have planned a crazy term this year; with some very exciting events coming up. This year celebrates 100 years of Scouting with stuff happening all over the world.

Watch out for street parades & a giant birthday cake in Melbourne, breakfast at Government House and more...

Please note new cub starting time: 6:30pm every Tuesday

Also, we promised a trip to Zone 3... & it will happen; it's been moved to early 2nd term.

Past Events

Combined cub/scout Christmas Party.

Monday 4th December, 4 pm. Meet at the bowling alley, Dragon City Lanes, Hargreaves St. Afterwards, we will walk to Lake Weeroona for a BBQ tea.

BRING $15 to cover 2 bowling games, PLUS a Kris Kringle present, about $5 value, suitable for either a cub or a scout.

We're sorry the weekend camp couldn't go ahead; Akela & Bagheera are hoping to arrange a camp in the hall. After all we're now experts with tents and Trangias!

CUBS CAMPFIRE

WEDNESDAY 22nd November, 7pm. Songs have been chosen for each pack to lead. Ours are 'Highland Goat' & 'Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree' so learn quickly!

My Highland Goat

My Highland Goat
Was feelin' fine,
Ate three red shirts,
Right off the line.

His master Jack,
Gave him a whack,
And tied him to,
The railroad track.

The whistle blew!,
The train...drew...nigh (dramatic stretch),
My Highland Goat,
Was sure to die.

He gave a groan,
Of...aw-ful...pain (dramatic stretch),
Coughed up the shirts,
And flagged the train!

Listen to the tune (midi file in new window; from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk)

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he,
Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra
Leave some there for me

Kookaburra sits on the electric wire
Jumping up and down with his pants on fire
Fly, Kookaburra, Fly Kookaburra
Back to your Gum Tree

We are also leading a cheer, 'Mosquito'

Download the whole song book here (Acrobat pdf)

Combined cub/scout meeting.

Monday, 9th October at 7 pm. Moving up ceremony for some of our cubs. PLUS a visit by a special person!

Slot Car Racing

Grey Eagle (Neville) is inviting people to try slot car racing! 4 lane computer-operated track, cars supplied.
See if you can set a track record!

Thursday 11th May & 25th May
6 - 8pm (Juniors)
8 - 10pm (Seniors: over 15)

$5 per racer per night. Max 10 racers per session
Money raised goes towards the 2nd Bendigo Jamboree fund

Contact Neville on 54 484 242 or 0428 559 186 for details

DISTRICT CUB CRAFT NIGHT

Wednesday 3rd May, 6.30 - 8.30pm, at Koolamurt.

Cost $2 per cub

Each pack will provide an activity, and cubs are free to do whichever ones they like. Please bring a carry bag for each cub to take home their crafts.

Special Anzac Day parade & cub meeting

Tuesday, 25th April at 10am for the march then to the scout hall afterwards for a few activities, & a BBQ lunch.

NO-TRACK TRAIN RACE

Sunday 23rd April, at Braidie's Tavern car park, Strathfieldsaye.

A kind of "billycart on steroids", we are racing our own & the darwin Defenders' no-track trains to raise money for the Look on the Bright Side Foundation. A huge thank you to Chris for building our cart.

Combined cub/scout meeting.

Monday, 3rd April at 6:45. A couple of investitures, & a BBQ!

Cubs craft night

Wednesday 3rd May at Koolamurt.

DISTRICT CRAFT NIGHT

Wednesday 3rd May

6.30 - 8.30 pm

at Koolamurt

Cost $2 per cub

All groups to bring along
one or two craft ideas
they can share with
the rest of the District
- please cater for about 50 cubs

Please bring a carry bag for each cub to take home their crafts

take it up

JAMBOREE

Tuesday January 1st 2007 for Victorians (1 day later for the rest)
Elmore Field Day site

12 days of fun & madness!!!!!!!
Go & check the new site... games, info, rego, heaps of stuff
Get in the Game

News

Ahoy there me hearties!

Neville never looked so mean (except the time one of the cubs tried to joyride the Harley). Akela's bloody knife flashed in the darkness. Swords clashed. Screams. Yells.

It was your typical combined cubs/scouts pirate night. As well as costumes, Neville organised a challenging treasure hunt across central Bendigo, with prizes won pretty evenly between cubs & scouts. Akela won worst joke of the night with his peg leg (you can work it out). And the pirate feast afterwards... fantastic! I will NEVER forget those dog poo cakes. Enjoy the Photos

Fastest Scouts

The scouts won in the 2006 District Billycart Derby and took home the trophy for 'fastest team'. Great work! photo of trophy soon - any action shots?

Cubs in Term 4

Here's a run-down of all the cub meetings for rhis term. Congratulations to Akela for getting this organised!

Anzac Day March

2nd Bendigo was well-represented in this year's Anzac Day march & service. We were just beind the district flag bearers, who were just behind the Guides, who were just after the cadets, who were...

After the formal stuff we walked back to our hall; and Bagheera got the barbecue out, & couldn't help picking a few things up, then some more, then everyone was into it! All 150+ tentpoles (no joke) are now in one place & tidy, the tents are stacked, the carts are untangled. We even swept the floor.

No Tracks, but we found the way!

Sunday looked to be cold & wet, but we set off anyway, and escaped the rain at the No Track Train Race. 4 carts raced a variety of heats. Our cubs were up against strong opposition (almost every other racer was older than us!), but we kept going. And won the Courage Award!

CONGRATULATIONS to

Callum
Isaak
Joseph
Matty
Mia
Stuart
Xavier
Zeb

And a big thank you to Xavier's dad, Chris for building a stunning train for us. The bell and the cow catcher looked fantastic. It won the Design Award! (photo soon). We owe him a barbecue!

I missed the TV news, but WIN had some good shots of us.

Thanks also to Belinda for getting us involved, and putting so muc hard work into preparing and running the whole show.

Another thank you goes to the parents who ran the drinks caravan, which raised oner $100 for 2nd Bendigo. Thanks also to the leaders and other parents who came out & helped so much

Change of cub meeting night

It's just too hard to shuffle the other users of the hall, so the cub meeting stays on Monday, 7 - 8.30pm

Love the new floor coating

... just don't don't mark it! And where's the bin?

Water sports

What is that huge raft doing in the shed??? Yes the one under the huge billycart!

Darwin Defenders commemoration

On 19th February 1942, Darwin was attacked by 280 enemy planes. In a similar way to Pearl Harbor, the defences were not ready, and there was great loss of life and property - some estimates say over 1100 killed.

Darwin was repeatedly attacked, and there are many stories of heroism that have been kept secret until very recently. 2nd Bendigo was privileged to act as an honour guard for a special ceremony to celebrate the Darwin Defenders, as they are known. Thanks to Callum, Zeb, Izaak, Matt, Stuart, Xavier and Amalie (& mums & dads of course!) for being there. And they get a special badge for it. There was a picture in Monday's Addy, too. I'll see if I can find it...

New members

Hello Hannah! Also Sam, Callum, Amalie, Xavier and Andrew!

Bring a bottle

Bring a water bottle to the weekly meetings. This will cut down time wasted queuing for a drink.

New badge winners:

Matt (advanced swimming, cycling)
Henry (advanced musician)
Callum (gardening, collector)
Chris (gardening, collector)
Stewart (swimming)
Oliver (pet care)

If you think you're up for earning a badge, ask the leaders. They'll probably say yes. It's up to YOU to start the ball rolling!

Tell us if you have won a badge recently.

Our connected community

There's a new page telling people about the benefits of joining our community. Have a look !

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Past Events

CUBS DISCO

Friday 7th of October, 7:00-8:30 pm, Koolamurt Hall, 44 Mandurang Road, Spring Gully

Come dressed as your favourite music soloist or band member. Each Pack to Perform their own Song on the night with any solo acts also welcome. Major prizes awarded for :-
1.Best costume
2.Best Pack Performance

Cost: FREE

Bring a small plate of food to share. Drinks Supplied

SPRING in the BENDIGO BUSH

BIKE HIKE

Sunday 9th of October, 9.30 am, start at Strathfieldsaye Sports Club (the brochure is wrong!)

Run by 1st Strathfieldsaye Scouts, this is a family ride through box-ironbark forests. 3 courses of 8, 12, 30 km. Lunch & drinks supplied.

Cost: $15/$8

Call garth on 5439 3312 for more info.

CASTLEMAINE CUBS

BILLY CART DERBY

Saturday 22^nd October, 1.30pm,Top end of Lyttleton Street Castlemaine

Everyone welcome! Click here to see their invite
YOU MUST TELL AKELA IF YOU'RE GOING, BY 18TH OCT
Send him an email

Contact: Jennifer Bachmann (03) 54706880 or e-mail jazzgenie@hotmail.com

CUBS CAMPFIRE

Tuesday 25th October, 6.45pm More details soon.

News

Food food food!

Cubs had two break-up eats this year (why not?). The 2nd last night saw us have a snack & a drink to finish the year; then the last night was a great success decorating biscuits. Alex, how much icing have you got there???

Before that we had our fast food crawl. 5 outlets in less than a kilometre! Bendigo has got the lot!

Three intrepid cubs & their support team (a mum, a dad, a brother, 3 sisters, Akela & Bagheera) went to the Castlemaine Billycart Derby, & took away the prize for Best Team! We are champions! Stuart, Matty & Mitchell did well against much bigger teams. The only trouble was, they didn't get much rest between races.

The Cubs Disco on Friday was VERY loud, and heaps of fun. the lights were awesome, lots of food, oh yes & we WON the best performance! Our crocodile masks & our beautiful singing thrashed the opposition. The trophy is a mini mirror ball on a stick. But what was the song??? If you don't know, guess, or click this link.
Click here to see the mirror ball up close.

AND on Sunday we went on 1st Strath's Bike Hike! 2 scouts - Ted & Paul, & 2 cubs - Matty & Henry, turned up; and rode the 14 km course. A bit of sealed road, but mostly 4WD track & a bit of rock-covered walking track! A great effort, rewarded with a great barbie at the end. Thanks to Ardel & Amon for adult support & tons of snacks. You'll have to ask the boys who had the best fall... was it M, H, T or P???

New badge winners:

Chris (swimming, pet care)
Matt (advanced swimming)
Oliver, what was yours again?

We had a great time with Scuzzy's car rally for the first night back. Some peole weren't sure about a new resident to a town running a night-time car rally, but everyone found their way to the finish (though some took a LOT longer than others!)

Congratulations to our new members, too. It's good to see new people come in & get involved. We've had several new cubs arrive, and a couple of old cubs are now new scouts. I even heard a rumor of Venturers... Joeys?

take it up

Some useful links

Scouts Australia site

Everything you could want to know about scouting in Oz.

Cub Award Scheme

A page from the excellent Victorian Cub Scouts site. Click on Home for more good info (badge placement, etc.)

Victorian Scouts at the Aussie Jamboree 2007

A special site for the hosting scouts, with a new newsletter - v handy!

Australian Jamboree Elmore 2007

GET IN THE GAME: the official site; great features & games & stuff.

Victorian Scout site

NSW Scout site

Australian Scout Magazine

Articles from around the country, plus ideas for activities.

Other scout group sites

1st Eaglehawk

2nd Kangaroo Flat

1st Strathfieldsaye