1st Plenty Venturers

1st Plenty Scout Group

What are Venturers and what do they do?

Venturer Scouts (also commonly known as 'Venturers') is for young men and women between 14 to 18 years of age. The program is flexible allowing member to choose activities according to their own interests. A group of Venturer Scouts who meet together on a regular basis form what is called "the Venturer Unit". For more information, see the links section below.

Venturers can:

Plan their own activities
Accept challenges
Participate in adventurous activities
Earn badges & awards
Learn new Skills
Meet new friends

canyoning fencing hiking / camping crate climbing greasy pole climbing

Some of the Photos from the Photo Album or select the link below corresponding to the year.

See some of our Venturer Activity Photos by selecting the relevant year below:

2008

Our Recent activities, we have:

Abseiled at night
Sailed on the ocean
Camped in the bush
Surfed the Internet
Hiked on mountain ranges and through rainforests
Played wide games under the full moon
Cycled all night around Sandown Racecourse at Formula Bike and won 3rd place in the Rover category
Got wet in Water fights
Explored Caves, Canyons & Waterfalls
Wrestled in custard
Skied Cross Country & made an Igloo at Iglute
Planned our own activities
Accepted Challenges & completed them
Earned Badges and Awards
Attended Ceremonies
Discovered our Local Community
and Fund Raised for future activities
Victorian Gathering - see the Photo Albumn
Extreme Venture 2003 - see the Photo Albumn
Australian Venture 2006

What did you do while you were at home?

Positions available NOW for interested young men & women aged 14 to 18 years old. Contact us on the details below.

Future planned activities:

Hiking
Cycling
Camping
City Night Beat
Gang Show
Four Wheel Driving
Hoadley Hide - competition hike
Iglute - Snow Skiing/camping
Armstrong 500
Anything Goes
Snorkelling & Scuba Diving
Sailing
Water Skiing
Parascending
and anything you can think of....

About Our Unit

1st Plenty Venturer Unit meets as a combined unit with Watsonia Venturers.

Leaders	Kathy GUY (AVSL - Watsonia)
Meeting Night & Time	Fridays 7.45 - 9.45pm
Meeting Location	Diamond Valley Scout Group Hall, Peters Street, Watsonia
Contact Us	Scouts_1stplenty@yahoo.com.au or 0429 950 401
Venturer Motto	Looking Wide

Venturer Scout Law & Promise

The Venturer Scout Promise
On my honour
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to my God and
To (the Queen of) Australia,
To help other people, and
To live by the Scout Law

The Venturer Scout Law
A Scout is trustworthy
A Scout is loyal
A Scout is helpful
A Scout is friendly
A Scout is cheerful
A Scout is considerate
A Scout is thrifty
A Scout is courageous
A Scout is respectful
A Scout cares for the environment

Queen's Scout Award

The award scheme in Venturers focuses on the Queen's Scout Award. This award requires achievement in each of four Activity Areas: Adventurous Activities, Community Involvment, Leadership Development and Personal Growth, which in turn each have a number of areas that need to be completed to reach the required standard.

The pinnacle of achievement in Venturers is the Queen's Scout Award. Technically this is not the highest award available in Scouting in Australia; that distinction belongs to the Baden-Powell Award earned in the Rover Section (18 to 25 years of age). However, the Queen's Scout Award is the more widely recognised award in the general community, and is also more equivalent to the "highest" awards in Scouting in other countries, such as the Eagle Scout in the United States, or Queen's Scout or equivalent awards in other British Commonwealth countries.

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