Make sure you’re at the Killara Garage at 544 Pacific Highway on Sunday morning December 12 to pick up one of the best North Shore Christmas Trees available this season. We have a batch of fresh trees being delivered from the Southern Highlands in the morning so be quick to get your pick of the best! You’ll not only get a great tree for Christmas you’ll also be helping the First Gordon Scouts. Pre-orders please email (info[a]firstgordonscouts.org.au) for a 10% discount.
Apologies that they have only just gone up but better late than never. We look forward to seeing you at our Cubs and Scouts Family Day on the 28th November at North Head Artillery Museum. Please RSVP Stephen Dwyer by Wednesday 24th November if you’d like to come on the tour of North Fort starting at 11:30am. You can find updated Scouts and Cubs calendars on our Google Calendar (scroll down to the bottom of this page) or download below:
Download Cubs Term 4 Calendar here.
Download Scouts Term 4 Calendar here.
The scouts went flying on the 22nd August at Camden Air base. Everyone had a ball as you can tell by the expressions on those happy faces.
New programs for cubs and scouts have been finalised for the upcoming term which culminates in District Camp activities for everyone! The new program is now online and can be accessed via our Google Calendar – joint cubs and scouts activities are listed here.
If you’d prefer you can download a copy of the calendars here:
Scouts term 3 2010 calendar- download here.
Cubs term 3 2010 calendar – download here.
Cub leader Tim Wedlock would like some help from parents on badgework night on Monday 2nd August. Please contact him via the website by emailing info@firstgordonscouts.org.au
Scouts will resume after the July School holidays on Friday 23rd July at 7:30pm as usual
Cubs will resume on Monday 26th July at 7pm, please note there is no meeting Monday 19th July
On the 6th of May this year six Scouts from 1st Gordon attended a Citizenship ceremony at Kuring-Gai Council chambers in Gordon . As part of the ceremony the scouts placed a flag representing each of the 24 nationalities attending the ceremony. Afterwards the Scouts helped out by handing out lamingtons and sandwiches. For their efforts they each received a thank you letter from the mayor and have earned hours that will they can count towards their citizenship badge.
Naismith’s Rule is a rule of thumb that helps in the planning of a walking or hiking expedition by calculating how long it will take to walk the route, including ascents. The rule was devised by William W. Naismith, a Scottish mountaineer, in 1892. The basic rule is as follows:
Light easy going – 5 km per hour.
Easy going – 3 km per hour.
Heavy going – 1½ km per hour.
Thick bush, heavy going – ½ km per hour.
Climbing 500m add 1 hour.
Descending 1000m add 1 hour.
For every hour after 5 hours add 1 hour (for fatigue).
(1/3 reduction for fit experienced walkers).
For more information please visit the Wikipedia here.
Three patrols of our scouts went to Scout Hike in Wingello State Forest last weekend. One patrol of our older scouts were there for their last Scout Hike. The competitive spirit went out the window, but they had a lot of fun. Thanks to Cotter Erickson for shooting this video and sending it on to us.
First Gordon Scouts would like to acknowledge a significant donation of two Personal Locator Beacons (EPIRB’s) for use by the scouts. They were donated by Sea Trucks Australia and Russ Layton, one of our scouting parents.
Russ Layton and his wife Mary have had a long association with 1st Gordon as their elder son Tom worked his way through Cubs and Scouts, culminating in Tom being one of our triple green cord recipients in November 2009. This is only the second time that this has happened in the District.
As a ship’s Captain and a keen outdoors man Russ knows the value of these devices as great insurance if you are in a remote location and some emergency crops up that you just cant cope with on your own. First Gordon Scouts are a very well equipped troop and the EPIRB’s will ensure that when our scouts venture into the bush they are at the highest levels of safety. Thanks Russ for the donation! We are always grateful for any donations to the troop!
After two weeks of practice our scouts got up extra early this morning and built two rafts which they raced at Narrabeen Lakes. They planned their race, competed well and they DOMINATED! Congratulations everyone and special thanks to the leaders Phil Colebourn and Stephen Dwyer for dedication above and beyond (again). More photographs can be found here.
