The Swift Cave This past year has been eventful for Swifts. Starting in term 2 with Jack stepping down and myself taking his place; losing 3 patrol members and gaining a few as well, some patrol events such as my community service and camp and had a whole lot of fun along the way. We …
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Feb 03 2024
Patrol Report – Boks
The Boks’ Rock In the past Holidays we had our Annual Troop Camp which gave our younger scouts some great lessons and experience. We’re hoping to up our game next Year and Term, hopefully we will be running more events and earning more points. I am Looking forward to another great year with Boks, and …
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Feb 03 2024
Patrol Report – Bats
The Bat’s Cave Bats had a great year, we managed to win MOSCIP twice. We had an activity filled year with hikes, camps, community service, cooking, advancement days and many patrol evenings. We had a very dedicated patrol throughout the year starting and ending with the same members as well as being I think the …
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Oct 17 2023
Ethan’s First Class Hike
On the 12 – 13 July, in the term 2 holidays, I ran my First Class Hike in Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Galpin Hut. We started off meeting at the hall in the morning, before my parents lifted us to the starting location. We hiked below Rotary Drive in Hermanus following a contour path. …
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Oct 17 2023
Bats Patrol Alien Clearing Sessions
Bats did 2 sessions of Alien Clearing on the 29th of July and the 19th of August both at Rhodes Memorial. Day one was along the UCT fence line, assassinating the long leaf-wattle, gum and pines that were popping up from after the fire. Day 2 was on the mountain side above the road and …
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Oct 17 2023
Bats Table Mountain Cavalcade
On the 30th of July, Bats Patrol went on a cavalcade exploring the heights of Table Mountain. We traversed from Constantia Nek all the way along the mountain to summit Cleft Peak and then went down and passed around Hely Hutchinson Reservoir and through the flooding aqueduct to Nursery Ravine where we hiked down the …
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Oct 17 2023
Kestrels Patrol Camp
On the 7th of July we had a patrol camp. We were supposed to camp somewhere that wasn’t Hawequas but unfortunately the campsite flooded because of rain – and because the campsite was flooded the camp had to change location and that new location was…. Hawequas. It started raining while we were packing the equipment …
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Oct 17 2023
Geagles Advancement Day
On the third of September I had my first advancement day where I got 22 tasks done. I talked, tracked and drew a map. I had to preform a skit and talk about safety. Some of the skills I learned have been helpful for scouting competitions like Gordon’s. And others I am yet to use. …
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