5th Mildura Scout Group

Hi Everyone, > > Just a quick email to remind everyone about a couple of important > events happening in Scouting over the next week! > > Last Call for our final Gang Show Auditions > > The Production Team will be holding the final audition for this > years cast on Tuesday night. > All Scouts, Venturers, Rovers, Guides & Ranger Guides are invited to > be part of this year's Show. > > Date: Tuesday 23rd February 2010 > Time: 6.30pm to 8.00pm > Location: Nichols Point Scout Hall > Dress: Scout or Guide uniform > > Everyone must audition to be in the Show (so we can see where to > cast you in each item) and no-one will be accepted after this > audition. > We have another fabulous Show lined up for 2010 & we'll be > performing at the new Mercy Theatre, so don't miss out!!! > > > 2010 Mardi Gras Parade > > By now everyone should know about the Mardi Gra

  Snowgum have contacted us to let us know that they have a new site, solely dedicated to Australian Scouts for the purchasing of all Scout Product. www.thescoutsshop.com.au .  The site is run by Snowgum, so they will still fulfil the orders and will still be the point of contact for any enquiries, but this new site differs from the Snowgum website in that it contains news and events relevant to Scouting Families. It should also be a bit easier to order things on the new site.

The re-formation meeting of the 5th Mildura Scout's Committee will be held at 8:30pm tonight during Scouts (Wednesday 10th February). All welcome!

Hola! Hello from Argentina I hope everyone has returned safe from holidays, and Jamboree for those who attended. After I got back from Jamboree I worked for a week then I jumped on a plane to Argentina. This was a 13 hour flight + the flight from Mildura to Melbourne then Melbourne to Sydney, so I'm kinda over flying. Althought I watched a few new movies like "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and "Zombieland". The weather here in Vernado Tuerto (a small city about 400km from Buenos Aires) is normally about 20-30 but with about 70-80% humidity. Makes for very sweaty work. We work normal hours 7-6, however we are 13 hours behind you. For example, 1pm here would be 2am in Mildura. The culture is work, go home and have a little sleep, then have tea from 9:30pm on. This has taken a bit of getting used to. There is very little open to get a meal from between 6 and 9 pm. After that the place just goes off! People everywhere. Everyone rides scooters and moto

  You survived 2009, you made it through Jamboree! It's time to get started in 2010. Scouts starts officially tomorrow night (3rd February). It's the first night of the month, so wear full uniform please. A huge thanks to all the scouts and their families who came into the hall last Wednesday and helped unpack, clean and hang out the mouldy tents from Jamboree.  The tents have been baking in the hot hall for a week now and all the mould should be dead now. One of the first things we will be doing is folding up the tents and finding a place for them to be stored until our shed is fixed. While we had so many families present (captive) last Wednesday, after unpacking the tents, we explained to them that 5th Mildura Scouts really would benefit from having a Parent Committee. We are one of the largest Scout Troops in the District, yet we are the only Scout Group that does not have a committee. We have already had few nominations to fill some of the key roles on the committee,