1st Helensburgh Scouts

Bagheera reports

Helensburgh Scouts were busy during the school holidays, with one of our Scouts working towards his Peak Awards in Scouts, leading his Adventurous Journey, a three-day overnight hike through Kosciuszko along the peaks trail.

To kick off the New Year, Sam and three other Scouts headed off on this adventure with leaders and parents in support. This was a challenging journey for the group, as some of the Helensburgh Scouts attempting it are quite young and we can only praise them for their spirit of adventure in taking it on. Some moments were more difficult than others but overall they found many more positives in the experience – many of which seemed to involve playing in the snow!

Everyone learnt new skills and confidence in their own abilities to deal with the unexpected, carrying all their own gear for two nights, learning about new equipment and the altitude.

We look forward to continuing this adventure with future Scouts as a bit of a Helensburgh tradition for our challenges and want to congratulate Sam for planning and leading this adventure and setting an example for those following him. We will miss him in Scouts and wish him well on his future adventures with Venturers in Heathcote!

We have many adventures planned in 2022 for all of the sections running locally – a Joeys Environment sleepover in March and camps for Cubs at Mt Keira, as well as some overnight hiking for Scouts.

If your child is interested in joining, please email our Group and Scout Leader at bruce.crawley@nsw.scouts.com.au and you can visit our Facebook page for general information about the sections and days they are running.