Growing through Adventure
On a miraculously sunny and rain-free weekend (sandwiched between weeks of rain and flooding!), 21 Cubs and six Leaders set-off a challenging overnight Cub bushwalk. Starting from Gordon, we catch the train via Hornsby to our starting pont at Cowan. Read More …
Posted on15 June 2022 AuthorOliver Descoeudres One of the last activities undertaken by Cub Scouts doing their “Grey Wolf” Peak Award is an adventurous journey – usually a bushwalk, which the Cub must plan and lead themselves. Nico chose a Read More …
Posted on 14 June 2022 Author Oliver Descoeudres We’ve got a cold but clear evening for our Cubs excursion to VIVID: “the annual creative festival that showcases the soul of our city, in collaboration with the most brilliant and boundary-pushing Read More …
Our Autumn Cub Camp provides an opportunity to invest some of our new Cubs, in a stunning location that overlooks Brisbane Water National Park. The investiture ceremony is when a Cub Scout publicly announces their commitment to the Cub Scout Law and Promise, Read More …
After almost a week of rain, storms and flood, we’re greeted by a sunny Friday for our Autumn Cub Camp at Kariong, about an hour north of Sydney. It’s our largest Cub camp for a long time, with almost 30 Cubs Read More …
Posted on22 February 2021AuthorOliver Descoeudres After an ominous weather forecast for the weekend, we wake up to a sunny and warm morning for our Cub Canoe Day. Run by Paul from the North Harbour Water Base, this all-day activity gives the Read More …
Posted on8 December 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres On our penultimate Cub evening of 2020, we take some time to formally welcome two of our newer Cubs – and celebrate the achievements of some of our most experienced Cubs. We start the evening Read More …
Posted on12 October 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres Every year we challenge some of our older Cubs in a Leadership Course; this year we held a two-day event at Ingleside Scout Camp. It’s an opportunity to enable our Patrol Leaders (PLs) and Assistant Patrol Read More …
Posted on16 August 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres It’s another sunny weekend (despite earlier forecasts of rain) and another Grey Wolf hike, this time led by Anna. She’s chosen the Pipeline Track loop in St Ives, and is leading three younger Cubs on Read More …
Posted on19 July 2020AuthorOliver Descoeudres My Grey Wolf Walk On Saturday the 4th of July 2020, at 10:15am, my group and I set off on the Thornleigh to Hornsby part of the Great North Walk. The people in the group were me, Read More …