Development plans are underway to make the Mount Cotton Scout Halls and facilities accessible to all abilities. Our first 2 draft plans have been drawn and our expression of interest for the State Government’s grant to Scouts Qld has been submitted.
Bayside South RSL Sub Branch makes Donation to the Mount Cotton Scout Group
On behalf of the Bayside South RSL Sub Branch, Secretary George Bedford made a generous donation to our Scout Group today, with Group Leader Darryl Bennett accepting the donation on behalf of the Group.
“We were very proud of the contribution the Mount Cotton Scouts [Venturer Scouts] made to our Dawn Service on Anzac Day and wanted to say thank you by way of a donation” Sub Branch Secretary George Bedford said.
“It is always a privilege to be invited to the Bayside South RSL Sub Branch Dawn Service event and our Venturers love the opportunity to get involved and to be an active part of the event and to show their respect to those who have protected our country and way of life” said Group Leader Darryl Bennett.
The donation will help fund repairs to the Mount Cotton Scout Group facilities as a result of the damage caused by the significant weather event earlier in the year.
Redland City Council Grant Funds Important Upgrades
Important electrical infrastructure upgrades ensure we have the safest electrical system and circuits in place, that our lighting offers safe working conditions for our section meetings at night, and that our smoke alarms are the latest technology and comply with the new legislation that came into play from January 2022.
In addition to the significant safety improvements, getting our baseline infrastructure right was a key project to land ahead of our future site upgrades, including the recent addition of solar power.
A huge thank you to the Redland City Council for the grant to bring this project to life and to Newsletter Sponsor Karl Molford of Mount Cotton Electrical for completing the work, adding some new features and for painfully finding and correcting the faults that were identified by the new safety features of our modern power board.
My Camp Review!
By Jack Devon
In early October our Cub Unit went camping overnight at Mount Cotton as part of our Group Activity weekend. I had an amazing experience, so I really want to share it with you.
Saturday morning – Canoeing on the Dam
When we first arrived, I played handball with the other cubs and joeys, as well as playing red light, green light. I had loads of fun when playing tag and l was lucky because l almost fell over, but I recovered my balance, so l didn’t fall. We capsized in the squishy reeds once but got back in the canoe and rowed back to the land. For lunch the Venturers cooked us a yummy sausage sizzle at the boat shed which I thought was wonderfully cooked.
Saturday afternoon – Relay for Life
We had a candlelight ceremony remembering people who died from the horrible disease know as cancer.
Racing down the hill on the go-carts was an amazing experience for me because I have never done it before.
Running around a path on the relay for life course was cool because it was challenging and long. I did 7 laps of the course, but some other cubs did 23 laps!
I won a lot of chocolates at Lob-o-choc, so I thought I was a lob-o-choc champion!!!
Saturday night
We had cheesy pizza for dinner and then we watched Peter Rabbit and ate yummy popcorn in the big den so we could relax after a big long day of hard fun.
Sleeping in the tents with my friends was crazy awesome especially in the morning when we could wake up early so, we could be prepared for our big day of fun ahead!
Sunday morning – Archery and Ziplining
I cooked breakfast with other cubs. The breakfast was cereal and bacon and eggs with toast and we had to wash up our own plates and bowls.
I hit the target more times than missing it and with a little practice I think l could be awesome at archery.
We had so much fun when we went Ziplining, as we landed harshly on the ground and some of us got our feet wet as we went through the dam water.
We had mud cake and fruit for morning tea on the grass by the ziplining dam, it was mouth-watering.
I loved it so much that I want to do it again because it was extra fun!!!
The End!
Relay for Life
The Mount Cotton Scout Group are once again participating in the Queensland Cancer Council’s Relay for Life. Like last year, we will be running our own members only event at our Scout Facilities and will be combining the event with some fun scouting activities. Relay for Life will be 1 element of a 2 day Group Adventure weekend.
To get a head start on fundraising for the Relay for Life, and to save money on registration fees, we encourage all members to register early, link below: –
Logan 2021: Mount Cotton Scout Group (Own Event Sat 16 Oct 21) – Cancer Council
Mount Cotton Scout Group Heads to the Moon
Later in 2021 the first unmanned Peregrine mission to the Moon will launch carrying scientific equipment and other supplies to the Moon’s surface. The payload will include a silicon wafer disc listing a number of names micro etched onto its surface, including the Mount Cotton Scouts (pictured above). In addition the Mount Cotton Scout Group have been given the unique opportunity to send a SD card container 100MB of photos of our youth members in action. We also hope to secure mission patches from this mission for our Youth Members as a permanent reminder of being part of this amazing event. Whilst it will be later in the decade when mankind start to live on the Moon, we hope our package inspires the families of those Scientists and Explorers to start their own Scout Group. In the unlikely event that a non-human species finds our package and can interpret it, it would be fantastic for Scouting to become truly inclusive across the universe and opens its first off world Scout Group.More information about the Peregrine mission can be found here NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details.
Group Life Newsletter | May Edition
Dear Parents, Rovers, Adult and Youth Members,
May is our Annual Reports Presentation (ARP) night month, our night of nights where we celebrate our past year of scouting. We will hold a working bee on Sunday 23 May so that we look our best on this important night, an Operoo form will come out in the next 2 weeks to register for the working bee.
We are looking for 3 parents who are happy to help our Group Executive Chairperson put on a Sausage Sizzle prior to the start of our ARP on Tuesday 25 May, please contact me on gl.mtcotton.scoutsqld.com.au if you can help.
Yours in Scouting,
Darryl Bennett
Group Leader