Day 1 We arrived at the wild fig cafe near the liesbek river. We started off by getting into pairs after Joel told us that whichever pair collected the most rubbish got a chocolate (and because of the buddy system..). W.e started off our trek by walking along the side of the river and picking …
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Oct 04 2023
No to Vodacom mast at our Scout Hall!
Two years ago the City asked us to allow Vodacom inspectors to visit the 1st Claremont hall to “see if the signal strength was strong enough”. Of course this was just an excuse to survey a possible site for a new cellphone mast, and this week it was confirmed when neighbours told us that the …
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Jul 18 2023
Smoke Signals Edition 2, 2023
Wow, we’ve made it through winter so far! But with all the rain those smoke signals might not be too visible – except that with all the packed reports from across the Group we’re sure to be visible from far away. In addition to the reports from all three branches Ian has started a dive …
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Jul 18 2023
Cubs Term 2 Gallery
We went on a night hike in De Hel (Constantia) “The best walk in my 7 years alive!” – Abi “Learning about microbes at Cubs was so fun! We took swabs from our bodies and put them on petri dishes and the next week we saw all the micro-organisms that had grown!” – Michaela “I …
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Jul 18 2023
SGL’s Term 2 Report
One of my favourite experiences at 1st Claremont is seeing how it can involve the whole family and span multiple generations. Last term we saw that happen on at least two occasions: When Ella was invested as a Meerkat, her dad Nick presented her scarf – Nick has just rejoined as one of the Meerkat …
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Jul 18 2023
The Kestrels’ Tree
Kestrels Company Termly Report Term 2 of 2023 was very eventful for the Kestrels Company. Many business ventures were pursued , including James’ First Class hike, Juliet’s Discoverer community service, a patrol meeting, a massive profit margin resultant of a badge frenzy, a very wet patrol camp, and an overall 2nd Place in Moscip finish. …
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Jul 18 2023
The Goshawks’ Bush
Goshawks Patrol Camp Day 1: We started the day off by getting all the equipment in the trailer and Ethan realised we forgot the tents. Once we got there we had to carry everything across the bridge because the river had overflowed. Then Ethan realised we had forgotten the gas Stoves back at the hall. …
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Jul 18 2023
Sam earns his Leaping Wolf
Sam worked really hard on his Leaping Wolf this past year. I’m sure many of you saw his knotting board up in the hall near the Scouters Den. He also earned his First Aid and Health, Civil Emergency, Hiking and Outdoorsman senior badges. As his Greening the Community challenge, Sam, together with some other senior …
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