Venturers take on canoe challenge

By Paul Rustomji of 1st Austinmer Scout Group

What did you get up to on your October long weekend? Austinmer Venturer Scout Daniel led an adventurous journey with five other Venturer Scouts paddling canoes 95km down the Hawkesbury River from Cattai Campground to the Hawkesbury River Bridge across four days.

The patrol was challenged by wind, tides, long days and a lot of long weekend boat traffic.

Daniel said: “I learnt a lot more skills about canoeing that I didn’t know before this, and I learnt a lot of things about planning a trip of this scale.”

Austinmer Scout Group kicks off term four with a solid program across all our age groups from Joey’s at five years old up to our Venturers in their teens. Even our five- to seven-year-old Joeys are going rock-climbing and kayaking on their afternoon sessions.

Meetings are scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays depending on the age group.

To try Scouts with 1st Austinmer, contact the Group Leader on 0409 695 575.