Pfadfinder
Stories, traditions, activities and community life connected to German-speaking Scouts in Canberra.
From camps and outdoor adventures to group traditions and shared experiences, these posts reflect the energy and continuity of Pfadfinder life.
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New Shed is Ready
The GAP children went on a little expedition around the hall, checking out all the renovations. Out the back of the hall, we found Saul from TotalSpan Canberra, up on the roof of our new shed, putting on the finishing touches. We waved to him and asked what he was doing up there. He replied…
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Birthday Bucket Dump at Summer Camp
One lucky scout celebrated a birthday while at Summer Camp, and just happened to be involved in a water fight when this was discovered by the patrol leaders….
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Aerial Sock Wrestling, you ask?
One of the fun evening activities the leaders provided for Alpha Troop at Summer Camp was aerial sock wrestling. Two scouts would get into helmets and harnesses, and then stand up on milk crates so they were up off the ground. Once the scouts felt safe swinging in their harnesses, the crates were taken away,…
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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, to use our nickname)… photo above. We braved the incredible heat, and kept cool with…
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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 tiling, and install new floor tiles. It was hard work but the team made the…
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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 storage. We’ve ripped everything out of the storage areas and are sorting through it all.…
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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 only one way forward for an eco-conscious organisation like Spielwelt: a ban on glitter. We…
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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; the slide ladder was fortified; the wall-mounted tubular music instrument was fixed so the pipes…
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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 cow and her friends who somehow get up into a tree, read to us by…
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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 gain the courage to drop into the deep bowl, and then cheering each other on…