Check out the Calendar for upcoming events, and the Archives for past years. 18th October JOTA-JOTI Jamboree of the Air / Internet. Usually 500,000 scouts participate over this weekend of communicating with Scouts of all ages around the world. Underwood has lots happening see our flyer for details <click here>.Jumping Castle, Badminton, Hot Dogs, Fake Wounds and First Aid, Games, Video Chat, IRC, Radio and a little more.
JOTA - JOTI Jamboree Information
JOTA call signs, JOTI Video chat address, email etc.
21st September saw a small contingent of Scout Families depart for Perisher Skiing. At the end they all wanted to come back next year. Everyone had a great time. The food was included and excellent quality (& quantity); fireworks, night skiing / snowboarding and beautiful scenery all made for a wonderful holiday. We had some good snow on a Premier Resort.
9th August Operation Nighthawk. In the depths of winter on the Darling Downs as the evening cooled a big challenge lurked for our Scouts.
A night hike were 900 Scouts were given varying courses and had to complete a range of base competitions. Discretely supervised, these youths met the tasks with enthusiasm. They returned satisfied and tired at various times in the wee hours of the next day.25th July was the Logan District Scout Section Camp. A great campfire was a focus of entertainment.
There were lots of activities and friendly competition.
29th May Cubs and Scouts visit the big fire station. That's Shane 'Eagle' in the helmet with the big hose - go Shane. Click on it to see the pic enlarged.
17th May Big Brown's Plains Book Sale
Logan libraries have provided Underwood Scouts with exceptional deals in selling hardback books $1, CDs $1, magazines and soft covers 50c.
1st May Annual General Meeting
Committee election: Thanks to the new committee and helpers Joanne,
Jonathon, Tania, Susan.
Great to see a large turn out of Parents. Joeys gave us a good rendition of
highly exuberant Egyptian mummies, while Cubs sang a quirky song. Scouts
provided damper. Leaders gave a talk on what's coming - like the Joey's
camping in the aquarium tunnel at Underwater World - WOW.
21st-24th March BIG BIG BIG Easter Camp
Laserskirmish, Jumping Castle, Movies, crazy activities, Easter Egg hunt, Bash Cars, Canoeing, Abseiling, camping plus more. This Centenary Celebration was excellent. It was the Logan and Bay regional camp commemorating 100 years of scouting in Australia.
March 13th
Thanks Bunnings for Easter Family Night for our young scouts
There was all sorts of food and activities provided by the crew at Bunnings
warehouse. Jumping castle, baby farm animals, popcorn, hot dogs, face
painting - Cubs and Joeys loved it.
Scout Fundraiser Some of the scouts have organised their own BBQ to pay for the materials they used to make a steel Bike Rack, a Half-Pipe (big, awesome), and a skate funbox. This was the leadership projects undertaken by our senior scouts.
Awesome awards - We have several scouts on the virge of earning their Scout Medallion and a Cub who has earned her Grey Wolf Badge. These are the top awards in these sections - WELL DONE.Feb 15th-16th
Underwood Scout Group Leaders met with Leaders of other Scout Groups in the Logan District - It was great to learn more, catch up with other leaders and exchange ideas on how to improve our groups for our scouts. Some people forget our leaders are volunteers.
Feb 7th the years starts with ..... games of course.
January the Scouts made an awesome Half-Pipe and Funbox, and all you skateboarders know what I mean. Look at these things, there just excellent. One scout even made a bike rack out of steel.
Feb 4thUnderwood Scout Interview on 101.1FM - Thanks to our local radio station for putting us on 101FM's Don MacLachlan's Morning Magazine.
January
The older scouts worked on and completed several major projects towards their leadership award over the holidays. In a few cases this was to tidy up some of the last bits of their Scout Medallion. It was awesome to see them building a steel bike rack, skate board fun box, and the enormous half-pipe together. They have organised a fundraiser to earn the money to pay for the materials, planned how to do it, and built these fun items.