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Advanced Pioneering Skills Weekend
June 17, 2023
Is it possible to bridge the Roonka Billabong?!?!?This is a hands-on pioneering skills weekend at the Roonka Water Activities Centre aimed at both interested leaders and senior youth. The goals of the weekend include constructing various mega-structures while learning from each other under the guidance of QLD Branch Leader of Pioneering, Danny Atkins.Youth Members will be supported and mentored across OAS Pioneering skills with in Stages 6 – 7 Weekend Program·      Friday Night: Arrivals (nominally from 6:00pm, no formal program)  ·      Saturday Morning: Raft building, with some pre-lunch fun of raft races and raft tug-o-war·      Saturday Afternoon: Expansion of rafts to bridge pylons, Anchors and Pulley skills with the goal to ultimately bridge the Roonka Billabong·      Saturday Night: Eccentric designs and Whirligig fun·      Saturday Night: Pioneering in Scouts SA chat (Skills, Safety and Community Development)·      Sunday Early: 10 minute towers·      Sunday: Expansion of Tower Designs.·      Finish: 2:00pmParticpant RequirementsYouth members should be proficient at Pioneering with OAS Stage 5 and prepared for physical effort of pioneering activities across the weekend, ideally 14+Adults should be reasonably comfortable with basic Pionnering from Scouting Adventure, and looking to build further skills – again being up to the physical effort of pioneering activities across the weekend.Key Information:·      Catering from Friday supper through to Sunday lunch is provided·      Bring all personal and camping equipment for unpowered camping – with access to the K1 Kitchen·      We are looking for adults to help source and bring pioneering supplies (i.e. trailer load of pioneering poles and ropes) – $50 cost offset is available in leui of fuel contribution·      Where a group has Youth Members attending, to make the activity viable it is also desired that they come with an adult leader bringing pioneering supplies as mentioned in the above pointDates: Fri 16 June 6:00pm (or later) to Sun 18 Jun 2:00pmLocation: Roonka Water Activities CentreCost: $70 (including catering)Course Coordinator: Jarrod Sharp, email 221107@sa.scouts.com.au