1st Claremont Scouts

Tag: Hawequas

Apr 19 2023

Cubs on Camp

19/04/2023

The cubs report back on their join camp with the 4th Claremont/Fernwood Pack in February

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Dec 28 2021

Mackenzie survives at Hawequas

28/12/2021

The course taught us how to survive in the wild and build shelters. We learned the four basic needs of survival, how to start a fire with flint and steel, different ways to start a fire without matches, the things you need in a small and big survival kit, how to build a weatherproof shelter, …

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Dec 28 2021

Nina staffs annual camp

28/12/2021

When I arrived at Hawequas on the Thursday I was expecting a hot five days of pioneering and burnt food. However I was not expecting to be woken up on the first night at 1am next to Alex’s tent with him inside being blown off the edge of our campsite! Despite 90 km/h winds, as …

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Dec 28 2021

Tim vzS on being a Patrol Leader on camp

28/12/2021

Troop camp was fun. Due to COVID this was my 2nd troop camp ever so going into it I didn’t exactly know what was going to happen and I expected it to run similarly to a scout competition like Gordon’s but just maybe be less harsh. I was relatively right with my guess. Like Gordon’s …

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Dec 28 2021

Lost property from annual camp

28/12/2021

There is inevitably lost property on annual camp. The tradition has evolved among the scouts that to retrieve the more significant lost property, you have to apologise to it. The apologies this year were worthy of Oscars with some fine performances from willing scouts. The eagerness with which these apologies were made and the fine …

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Dec 28 2021

Making a whirlpool at annual camp

28/12/2021

In the heat of Hawequas, we did more swimming than originally planned. In the swimming times, the scouts always manage to come up with something. This year it was a whirlpool. It created an amazing powerful current and was a lot of fun.

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Dec 28 2021