Growing through Adventure
Posted on19 July 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres My Grey Wolf walk was the section of the Great North Walk from Mount Kuring-Gai to Berowra. It was 10.56km long and the elevation gain was 306m. The people who I led on the walk were Grace, Read More …
Posted on31 March 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres Making the best of our self-isolation situation, we launched the Virtual Cub Program with our first video-conference call to introduce to the Cubs what we’ll be doing for the next two months. A new experience for most Read More …
Posted on23 March 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres As the threat of Coronavirus looms and lockdowns seem only a matter of time, we escape reality for a couple of days at Camp Bielany on the Upper Colo River… It will be the last Read More …
Posted on18 February 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres We’re off on our first bushwalk of the year – a loop down to Gordon Creek in East Killara. We like to challenge the Cubs a little on our bushwalks, so we’re starting out with a short Read More …
Posted on27 January 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres Track: Burning Palms Loop Track (Royal National Park) Length: 8.2kmGrade: 4Start/End: Garawarra Farm CarparkDuration: 4 hours After a long drive across Sydney (thank you Toby and Dad), we arrived at the Royal National Park at Read More …
Posted on10 December 2019AuthorOliver Descoeudres We usually finish Term 4 with our traditional Iceblocking activity: this year we decided to do things a bit differently! After the unfortunate cancellation of the District Soccer Competition due to heavy rain a few weeks prior, Read More …
Posted on3 December 2019AuthorPhil The leaders and parent helpers spent a few months putting together our water activities camp (Outdoor Activity Skills – Level 3 Boating and partial Level 4 Sailing). It consisted of Powerboating with ski tubing, small powerboat Read More …
Posted on13 November 2019AuthorOliver Descoeudres It’s exactly a year after our last clean-up of Stony Creek in Gordon, and the area around our Scout Hall. This activity is back by popular demand from the Cubs, who are excited about what they might Read More …
Posted on14 October 201915 October 2019AuthorOliver Descoeudres Day 1: we put up tents and toast marshmallows Despite the forecast of a wet weekend, 18 hardy Cubs headed off to Cataract Scout Park for our Spring Camp. A break in the rain Read More …
Posted on8 September 2019AuthorOliver Descoeudres The Region Cub Scout challenge is designed to enable a Patrol of Cubs to work as a team to complete a range of activities that are both challenging and rewarding. The 2nd Gordon Cub patrol Read More …