What we do
Main Activities
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Our main activities are hiking and camping. We take part in the
following events annually:
- Annual Water Camp (although
we are not a sea scout troop we are particularly interested in
water activities
and building rafts)
- Annual Berg Hike (we
usually hike to the 2000 meter level while the senior scouts hike to the top of the
"Berg" (The Drakensberg Mountains some 3000 meters high)
- Annual Survival Camp (we have to survive for thirty hours) (seniors 48 hours) with no rations and only
one litre of water. If we catch food e.g. fish, birds or small game we may eat it. We have
to find water and purify it. We do not sleep in tents but construct our own shelters. The
Seniors always have a Secret
Mission. This year there is great excitement as various codes
and rumours have been spread!
- Annual Bush Camp (We
go to a game reserve or game farm where we are able to do tracking, hiking, game
& bird observation) in April 1999 we went to
Swartruggens Lodge, in 2000 Borakalalo National Park & in April
2001 & 2002 Pyramid Farm. In 2003 Combretum Park,
2004 and 2005 Thaba Lodge, 2006 Rustig Farm, 2007 Diepdrift Safaris,
- Annual Father & Son Hike/Camp: in 2000 we went to Ezemvelo Game Park. Ndlovu contracted tick-
bite Fever (After warning everyone else to be careful). 2001 Phaladingwe.
2002 Cancelled due to World Summit. 2003 Bass Lake as a 4X4 trail.
- Kontiki (a raft
competition, where we have to construct a raft for ten people
and live on it for 24 hours.
Great fun) In 1999 we came 16th out of 90 entries. Our Best is 2nd in 1992.
- The District swimming gala (we won in
2001, 2002, 2003)
- The District camping & Cooking competition (in 1999 won this for the 3rd year
in succession and in 2000 we were joint first, in 2001 second. First 2003,
2004, 2005
for Cooking)
- The District
Pioneering competition
2008
second
- The District Hiking competition (We won 2 years in succession)
- JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet)
- Our AGM
& Potjiekos evening (we
cook for between 120 and 200
people in a huge iron missionary pot). This past year 125 people attended.
- Tickey afternoon.
Our bit for the community. each year we construct a climbing tower and charge to climb and
abseil down. The funds raised are donated to our feeder school Montrose Primary. (Gallery-
Pic1 Pic2
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Pic5)
- Obstacle Course.
Another community activity. We built an obstacle course for our local
"Police Station Fun Day". We involved all the Troops in our
District and have been invited to repeat our construction again next year.
-
2005 & 2006 changed to The Fury Challenge.
Water
Activities
We own a 13-foot dinghy, 1 windsurfer, an optimist
dinghy and two paddle skis.
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This Page was last updated on the
15 October, 2008
