Western Australia's Chief Commissioner

Ms Sue Mitchell is a marvellous woman whose two sons had also been Scouts, before she even became involved in Scouting. She related how she was in the mountains when a huge grey kangaroo hopped by right in front of her vehicle - hot in pursuit behind the kangaroo was a 16-year old Scout.
What she saw that day, on the boy's face - the exhilarating excitement and pure joy caused a passion within her to rise and stirred so strongly it convinced her that she needed to dedicate time into Scouting; to provide opportunities for the young (regardless of race or background) to grow uninhibited in a healthy environment. She believes firmly that Scouting is an organisation which provides opportunities for learning skills for life while having fun.
I'm sure that its this passion that has brought her to where she is today: Chief Commissioner of Western Australia. She leads a marvellous team of commissioners like Sheridan, Vern, Cricket and Nathan who had been excellent hosts with us the last couple of days.

Contingent Leader, Yip showing Ms Mitchell this blog,
explaining how it is used for live updates with families back in Singapore

Tonight, Ms Sue Mitchell was with us as the Guest-of-Honour for the special campfire at the Rotunda between Gilwell and Youth Training Centre in Manjedel Camp. Updates coming up...

The Great Aussie Barbie

The sweet aroma of nicely sauteed onions and grilled meat brought back great memories. It was five years since I was last dishing out food in Uni in Southern Queensland.
The BBQ was a time when good friends caught up over good food and drinks, and the Cubs got a taste of just that tonight.Our Muslim friends ate grilled fish, while our Buddhist friends ate grilled chicken. The rest of us were fed with beef steak and sausages with pasta and salad.After dinner, everyone was treated to a classic Australian Dessert. The Pavlova Cake a Meringue dessert named after the ballerina, Anna Pavlova. It is crispy on the outside but light and fluffy inside. The cake was first baked by Bert Sachse at the Esplanade Hotel in Perth, in honour of Anna Pavlova who visited Australia in 1926 and 1929.
Ozi, Ozi, Ozi!

A quick summary up to 4 pm

Hi all

Its a great learning process for us to walk thru this environment program run by the WA Scout leaders.. Its a very enriching program which not only our cubs benefitted but for our leaders as well.

I am very proud of our contingent braving the 40 deg C heat and they just completed the 8 stations.. We have a good supply of ice water and one of the stations had ice cream for motivation when they complete.

A few of our cubs are tired & had an early "break" and only 1 Australian was treated for a minor cut..

We are very mindful of the weather straint and will not excessive push our limits.. So, no worries, mate !

We are resting in the bunks in preparation for BBQ and Campfire.. the BBQ would be prepared by our Australian hosts again.. their warm hospitality has been superb !

Everything still looking good .. thanks for all your encouragement and good wishes.

 

 

Yip Ying Kiong

Contingent Leader

This is the CNN hub

Hi all

This is our work station,... in the middle of no where of the Camp, there is this satellite station where we are transmitting these pics and info to you.. brought to you by my crew..

Clarence Hoe, Jonathan, Benjamin Soh and myself

Poi Ching : Where are you Mr Chang?

 Hi Mr Chang and all parents of Poi Ching

Good Day, Mate! Greetings from us in Kingston Park on 23rd Nov! As you could see, we were having a short break and enjoying a few sticks of ice-cream to cool us off. Everyone's fine and good to go for other activities.

In the evening, all the boys slept in the tents with the Australian Scouts out in the open under the clear blue sky. Kudos to all the boys!

Falcon Cubs, checking out!

Spider!

Its a hot day,but no worries, parents... the Cubs are drinking lots! We're ensuring that.They are also getting a special treat at one of the Base Activities where they enjoy a nice cool lemonade-vanilla Spider (Aussie word for Float).

After Lunch...

We've just had lunch. The temperatures are about 39 degrees Celcius and all our Cubs are well protected with Hats, Sunscreen and the long sleeved shirts. Tap water is safe for drinking, but it does reek a little of saltiness. Our Cubs find out why. Activities continue as they learn about the Salinity problems in their water.Moving along to more Environmental base activities...

The Time Has Come

Its Day 3 and the air is abuzz with excitement. We finally get to meet our Australian friends...for what is expected to be a fun-filled day of activities together. Today, we will all be working towards the World Conservation Badge. We learn about the different aspects of the Australian Environment and the problems they face. Through the day's activities, we find out that we are a lucky bunch of 4 million in Singapore!

Gongshang : Where's Aunty Kat ?

 

Hi Aunty Kat

We miss you very much... but not to worry we are in safe hands of our ever loving Aunty Wai Onn, June & Mdm Menon !

We had great fun especially we slept at the tentage last night with an accompanied patrol leader from Australia..

 

Bon Appetit @ Harbor Town

 

Greetings from River Valley

Enjoying a tractor ride round the Tumbulgum Outback Farm.

 

Having our barbeque sausage lunch specially prepared by the Australian Scouts. We had to defend our sausage buns from the attacks of the flies!!

 

We were walking among the treetop on the Lotterywest Federation Walkway. Wish you were here to enjoy the scenery with us ;p

Good Day Mate! From De La Salle Team

Hello! Everyone from Singapore! We had a great time today. We find the Australians very friendly and helpful. We knew this because when we were hiking all the way from the King's Park to the WA Scouts, a lot of Australians helped us along the way and greeted us. 

Update from Yang Zheng Cub Scout Unit

  

Dear Parents,

As you can see from the above pictures, the boys are having a lot of fun. The weather here is hot in the afternoon but cool at night. They slept and ate well. Don't worry. They will be doing some camp activities for the next two days.  Check the blog for more updates.

Cub Scout leaders,

Mrs. Annie Chan, Mr. Riduan & Miss Chew

Good Morning Singapore !

Hi all

We had a great time yesterday afternoon.. at Kings Park, Scouts HQ and Harbor Town..

The cubs are fine.. absolutely no problems..

I will start to post yesterday's pics to back track and thereafter this is CNN ~ LIVE coverage coming up !