AJ 2013

And the reason that Visible Procrastinations has been so quiet to start of this year is that at 6am on 1st Jan 2013 we jumped on a bus at La Trobe Uni and drove straight up to Maryborough (QLD) for the 2013 Australian Jamboree with 12,500 Scouts. The charging facilities are few and far between, and the Optus 3G is even worse so posting is almost impossible (I have been focusing on Facebook and Twitter).

Here’s a few links so you see what’s happening up here in Queensland;

* FACEBOOK – AJ2013
* AJ2013 Webpage

* FACEBOOK – AJ2013 VicCon
* AJ2013 Victorian Contingent

* FACEBOOK – THE OUTBACK CAMPING GROUND
* The Outback Experience – Website

JOTI / JOTA 2009

The Technology Weekend in Scouting

The 52nd JOTA / 13th JOTI will take place on October 16th-18th, 2009.

Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) is an annual event in which around 500,000 Scouts and Guides from all over the world make contact with each other by means of amateur radio and the internet.

ANZAC Day 2008 – Their Service, our Heritage

“They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”

We will remember them

2008-04-25 ANZAC [Flickr]

I’m back …

I’m back from a week of gentle relaxation.

2007-Aug-26 Hurstbridge Wattle Festival

Have a look at the Wattle Festival 2007 Photo set on Flickr

[1] 2007 Hurstbridge Wattle Festival

Happy 100th birthday Scouting!

One world, One Promise

Brownsea Island Re-enactment
3-5th August 2007
The Scout section will hold a re-enactment of the first Scout Camp held by BP on Brownsea Island. The program will include activities from the first ever Scout camp held on the island to educate our young people about the history of Scouting, but also include modern activities to reflect the future of Scouting. At the same time a Brownsea Island Re-Enactment will be held in the UK and a video link up or JOTA style link will be made between the camps.

At the Jamboree, and especially on Sunrise Day, we will all come together as one under the banner of Scouting. With this in mind, we would like each Troop to bring a purple World Scout flag to the Ceremony. This is in contrast with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies where national flags are encouraged. We want the whole arena to be ‘Scout Purple’ for this Ceremony. [eng.thejamboree.org]

Listen live to Promise FM
Keep The Promise

The Sunrise Ceremony on Brownsea Island broadcast live on Scouting Radio — Listen Live!

Grab some video from Brownsea Island 2007 on YouTube.

2006 Good Service Awards

As part of the 2006 World Scout Day Adult recognition Awards, Akela (Thursday) and Dingo were presented with the Silver Arrowhead. Possum and Akela (Wednesday) were presented with the Certificate of Merit.

Akela (Thursday), Possum, Dingo and Akela (Wednesday)

These awards were presented at Gilwell park on Sunday 17th September 2006.

[1.] Branch Good Service Awards [Scouts, Victorian Branch]

ANZAC

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest We Forget

An arm full of badges

Our Cub pack has broken up for the Christmas holidays, and tonight was our ‘awards night’ where we handed out our achievement badges

An arm full of badges!

Kira managed;
Cooking (1st Level)
Animals & Birds (1st Level)
Entertainer (1st Level)
Gardener (1st Level)
Swimmer (1st Level)
Codes & Signals (1st Level)
World Conservation

JOTA/JOTI 2005

JOTI

JOTA/JOTI 2005: another big success
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:24:10 +0000
From: jotiorgteam
Entries in Contacts Database:
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
————————————————————
Groups 472 561 472 621 547 853
Single scouts 936 1159 1589 2700 3176 4814
Countries 87 98 93 105 120 128

E-Mail Addresses / Entries in Guestbook / Sent JOTI Validation Cards:
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
——————————————————————
E-Mail Addresses 629 829 1159 990 1115 1504
Entries in Guestbook 421 377 421 481 754 1087
JOTI Validation Cards 2146 4125 5013 6867

You can see a detailed statistic for 2005 at
https://base.jotijota.org/joti/stats

2005-joti.kml

 

[1] http://staff.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/~dcr/scouts/joti/
[2] http://www.joti.org/
[2] https://base.jotijota.org/joti/kml?all=1 Google Earth (kml)