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 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 …
Posted on1 September 2019AuthorOliver Descoeudres Congratulation to Dylan A and Luke D, who achieved the Grey Wolf award (and were the first 2nd Gordon cubs to achieve this under the New Youth Program). The Grey Wolf is is the peak award for a Read More …