Protected: Gellibrand – Pack Program Term 2, 2009

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Return the romance of Scouting

Some interesting thoughts from AskAndy (March 12, 2009); that could be broadly classified as returning the romance of Scouting.
Bring back the paths of the pioneers, rhythms of the Red Man, and lace liberally with the knights of yore and their code of chivalry and you’ll return the romance of Scouting to its roots. Is there [...]

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Program Ideas from Pack Council

Pack Council 11-Nov-2008
A range of programming ideas from our Cubs at the end of year Pack Council for 2008.
They brainstorm faster than you can write things down!

RAINBOW DAY – wear bright colours
SPLAT! – whack-a-mole, wet sponge fight, catapults (Cuboree base)
St Patrick’s Day; Gold at the end of the rainbow
Cycle Camp
Beach
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Ray Mears – Bushcraft

Ray Mears – Bushcraft
BBC (2004 – 2005, 2 seasons with 5 episodes)
Bushcraft is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears, on the Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Russia and the United Kingdom. Following on from Extreme Survival, Bushcraft was first shown in [...]

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The Bush Tucker Man

Les Hiddins is a retired Australian Army soldier and war veteran, who is best known for his love of the Australian bush. Hiddins is recognised by his distinctively modified Akubra hat and big grin.
As a soldier with the Australian Army, Hiddins did two tours of duty in Vietnam between 1966 and 1968, the first as [...]

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The Goodies – Scoutrageous

The Goodies – Series 7, Episode 3.
Broadcast: November 22, 1977.
Bill and Graeme notice their friend Tim behaving in an odd fashion. Each night, he goes out, wearing a grubby mac, a bin liner on his head, and creeps about the deserted streets like someone with a guilty secret. They follow him to a hut, where [...]

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When we were Scouts

When we were Scouts (2007) BBC
Documentary about Scouting (58:58) Celebrities discuss what Scouting and Guiding did for them, including Ronnie Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Cherie Booth, and Betty Boothroyd. Neil Morrissey visits a Scout camp.

This video gets various reviews along the lines of – Too much reminiscing on old Scouting and not enough emphasis on what [...]

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Ray Mears – Extreme Survival

Ray Mears’ Extreme Survival
BBC (1999 – 2002, 3 seasons with 6 episodes)
Ray Mears is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques.
Extreme Survival is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears, on the Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, [...]

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ScoutLinks March-2009

Scouts Australia (SA Branch): SA Scout Magazine
SA Scout March 2009 – Volume 3 Edition 1 [PDF]
SA Scout is the SA Branch magazine distributed to all Members.
BSA Scouting Magazine
March – April 2009 Issue
A family magazine published by the Boy Scouts of America
Boy’s Life Magazine
Links found in March 2009 Boys’ Life magazine
April 2009 BSA [...]

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Thief Knot

Thief Knot
The story goes that this was originally used to catch a thief. If a sailor suspected someone to be going through his bag, he could tie this Reef Knot look-alike, and if he found the bag secured with a regular Reef Knot, he’d know that someone had been snooping.

The difference between the [...]

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