Category Pfadfinder scouts

Pfadfinder at Summer Camp

Twelve Pfadfinder Scouts joined 400 scouting friends at Camp Cottermouth this summer, for a full week of exciting summer camp activities. Pfadfinder camped together with Les Explorateurs (French scouts), Amaroo and Duntroon-Campbell scouts, together creating Alpha Troop (or Le RooFinder,…

Scouts learn skills with Boss Tiling ACT

Five of our Pfadfinder scouts had the opportunity to be apprentices for the day, with the good folk at Boss Tiling ACT, laying tiles at our scout hall. We learned how to remove old tiles, prepare a concrete floor for…

January working bees are underway

Our January working bees and summer renovation plans are well underway! We are half way through and have accomplished a lot. We have demolished some walls to enlarge the foyer, done a lot of painting, and reconfigured some of our…

Banning Glitter

From 2018, Spielwelt will heed the call of scientists and environmentalists, and delete glitter from our art consumables. After reading an article in the ABC news about how damaging these micro-plastics are to the environment, the committee decided there was…

Community Service

Oh, those wonderfully helpful Pfadfinder!  As a favour to their young friends at GAP and Spiel und Spass, the Pfadfinder scouts got busy putting their carpentry skills to good use, doing some repairs in our playground. Wobbly benches  were made secure;…

Story Night Success

Once again, our story-tellers presented to a packed audience at our annual German Story Night.  We had all enjoyed supper outside, and then came into the hall to hear the stories. First we heard a delightful German tale about a…

Scouts Spider Web Escape

After a night of scooters, skateboards and rollerskates at John Knight Park, the scouts found themselves trapped in a giant spider web bowl at the Belconnen skate park. It was great to see the scouts encouraging each other to firstly…