Welcome back to our Venturer Scout Unit – recently re-formed in 2011 with scouts moving up from our Troop. We have now joined a combined District Unit with some of our scouting friends in other Moocooboolah Units- and now we have more friends joining us for adventurous fun with responsible risk taking…

Check our Term 1 Program here soon!

This is what we did in Term 4 last year! Moocooboolah Venturers Term 4 2011v3
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Venturer Scouts meet each Friday during school terms from 7:30-9:30pm

The Venturers and Leader James had fun with camouflage at our Family Camp in November – covered in mud they had to find hiding places and then challenged the scouts and cubs to a) spot them and b) name who they were!!

This year, the Venturer Scouts helped run an activity base at ScoutHike (Sydney North Region’s lightweight hiking competition for scouts) The theme ScoutHike 2011 was ‘Aliens’. Our base was ‘The Incredible Hulk’ the scout patrols had to carry a container of “antidote” over an obstacle course where the Venturers were waiting to disrupt them!! A lot of fun was had by all & the cargo net was a huge hit!

After gaining their linking Venturer Skills award three of our Venturers attended Dragon Skin (a hiking competition for Venturer Scouts from all over NSW) over the Easter weekend.

Recently the Venturers also attended the annual VentOut Camp and helped to give older scouts a taste of what Venturing is about.

What do Venturer Scouts Do?

Venturer Scouts, aged from 14.5 – 18 yrs learn to run their own unit while having fun learning safe ways to tackle extreme outdoor pursuits like abseiling, climbing, canyoning, caving.

The award scheme has 4 stages:

1. The Venturing Skills Award

2. The Venturer Award

3. The Endeavour Award

4. The Queen’s Scout Award (activities completed for this can also count towards a Duke of Edinburgh Award)