Scouts Vs Girl Guides?

[Emma09]

Mine was the 'quokkas'

Now sixes are called patrols and patrol leaders




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[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

That looks so familiar... hmmmmm i don't have mine anymore.

[Ilithyia]

Its sounds like so much fun. I'm sure my girls would LOVE it!!

Does anyone know the costs involved?

I've just found the local one and emailed them to find out costs etc.

[Mother Goose]

Thanks Em!

My cousin is in Rangers and has been in the Scouting movement since he was 6. He has had such an amazing time and I want DD to have a bit of that.

[Emma09]

What state are you in Sara?

Should be a small yearly fee, smaller weekly fee and then extra for the bigger weekend excursions.

Some of the camps can be expensive.


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[Mother Goose]

Ok, showing my age. I remember when you paid subs each week of...wait for it...$2! I wonder what it is now? Sara, can you let us know when you find out?

My cousin has done some amazing things with Scouts. He will be going to the snow for the second time in 2 years next month. They bus it to the Grampians from SA then hike into the Chalet and do stuff there. Last year they were lucky it snowed the day before they arrived so could ski in but it was a close call! In Summer he went to Tasmania.

I think I'm sold on Scouts...

Kelly, it's great to hear your kids are enjoying it so much. Are there many girls in your troup?

[FabFiona]

You get to pick what camps they go on or not - there is the weekly stuff then weekend stuff that is additional and you can pay for. They had an amazing time, slept on renovated trains in the Dandenongs then went to the shark and stingray centre down that way and swam with them! Mine are 7.5 and 10 though

I've slept on that train when I did Brownies!!!!!!!! Ah, the memories!!!!!

[Ilithyia]

I'm in Qld, Emma.

Yep will do MG.

Yeah it is awesome Kelly I wish I had the opportunity to do things like that when I was a kids. Although Softball was pretty good

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Look what i found Girl Guides Cert.jpg

Not sure why but the Woorails & the Tintookies sound more familiar than the others....

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

And check me out doing my indcution thingo - don't i look super sexy Girl Guides Photo.jpg

Excuse the caption, my mum had this up for my 21st

[Mother Goose]

LOVE it ZF! You just made my day! Oh the memories!!!!!!! Maybe we should start a "My memories of Girl Guides and Scouting" thread!

[briggsy's girl]

i was a Tintookie too!

Locally, it seems the joeys/cubs/scouts have a larger following - probably because it's now both genders.

Emma09, we were heavily involved in Strzelecki Showtime for many years - we went to see the Camberwell version a couple of times (went to Gang Show more though)

[BellyBelly]

Mother Goose - there are a fair few! More boys than girls but still there are other girls there for sure. I think times are changing though and girls are really getting into this stuff. My daughter loves camping and the outdoors.

[Mother Goose]

Yeah - there are lots of girls in my Cousin's Troop (probably too many for my Aunt and Uncle's liking ) and I'm not worried about DD holding her own. More that I want her to mix with boys AND girls. I guess that's a little of why I'm not so sure about Guides?

[Emma09]

i was a Tintookie too!

Locally, it seems the joeys/cubs/scouts have a larger following - probably because it's now both genders.

Emma09, we were heavily involved in Strzelecki Showtime for many years - we went to see the Camberwell version a couple of times (went to Gang Show more though)

You may have seen ME in camberwell showtime!
1997-2002.
Andy Lee from hamish and Andy was also in it

What years were you in strzelecki?


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[briggsy's girl]

i was in it from 91 to 96 i think - i was doing year 12 in 97 so didn't go in the show that year - i did ticket sales with mum though and front of house/kiosk stuff as well

my brother was in it from it's 21st show so either 88 or 89 - can't recall for sure! i just know it was the 21st year cos one of his performances had three newbies in their first year, and three of the older peeps involved in their 21st show lol

[Nai]

I didn't do brownies - cos brown wasn't my colour but I was a guide and went to the Asia Pacific Jamborella where there were scouts and guides. How risque!

[AnyDream]

My DD went to scouts first but we swapped her over to guides early on. The scouts seemed to be more about activities organized by others, but guides seems to have more of an emphasis on community and contribution and positive life values. DDs now a pack leader and intends to hang around for a while yet, so I would recommend guides.