SCOUT NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 3

SCOUT NOTES

[By Grey Wole.]

The Australian jamboree is to be held at Frankston, near Melbourne, Victoria, in December, 1934, and January, 1935. Frankston is twenty-six miles south of Melbourne, on the eastern shore of Port Phillip Bay. The actual site is on Oliver's Hill, about a mile Irom the railway station. The rail communication is by means of an electrified double line, and the roads leading to Frankston are main motor routes. There is abundant water supply and electric power. The beach, which stretches for miles, is one of the best round Melbourne. The town is on the Mornington Peninsula, wbe.ro there arc beautiful mountain and seascape views of varying types. Invitations to attend this function have been, extended to lorty nations from beadquarers both at the Homeland and in Australia. The jamboree camp will be organised in subcamps. Sub-camps will be divided into sections of 500, which will consist of troops of fifty. To each troop of fifty will be allotted a definite area in which to camp. The jamboree will be opened on December 27, and will close on Monday. January 7. 1935, The camp will lie available for overseas visitors before and after these dates. The jamboree will be officially opened on December 29, and it is hoped that a member of the Royal Family as well as the World Chief Scout. Lord Baden-Powcll of Gilwell, will be present. During the course of the jamboree it is expected that national displays ‘ will be given in the arena by Scouts of all nations. Sea Scout displays will be held on the foreshore and Port Phillip Bay. A thanksgiving service will be held in the jamboree camp on Sunday, December 30, On the termination of the janlboree a programme of hikes will commence for all who wish to participate. Those who do not wish to go for hikes will be taken for excursions which will cover the period from January 7 to January 10. The hikes will be of varying duration, and will he organised so that all parties will concentrate and have a reunion at Gilwell Park, Gemhrook. which is the Scout training centre of Victoria. It is set in the Dandenong Ranges amidst towering hills covered with eucalypts and other forest growth. It is proposed that each patrol of hikers will he accompanied by a trained Victorian Rover, r.nd that its members will come from various overseas, interstate, and Victorian contingents. The excursions for those who do not go for bikes will be to various State, public, and industrial undertakings and works and to places of scenic beauty. Following tbc termination of the bikes a Rover moot will bo held at Gilwell Park. The charge for tbc jamboree will be approximately £3 (Australian currency). This sum will cover the costs of arrival at the station at Frankston. It will include uncooked rations, water, fuel, general light, washing places, and latrines, hikes and excursions, open sea bathing on a safe beach for the period December 27 to January 10. All tentage and other equipment ud all personal gear must be provided by the contingents and Scouts. It is hoped that overseas contingents will make their camps nationally characteristic. The charge for any day spent in the jamboree prior to December 27 or subsequent to January 10 will be 3s per day. A Cub book will be awarded to the Cub who sends in the best six reasons why lie wishes to become a Scout. There is no entrance fee. Tbc Cub’s name and address, together with his pack, must be written on the hack of the entry so that it is not visible to' the judges. Entries close with the editor. 1 Scout Notes,' Box 131, Dunedin, on February 5. The winning answer will be given in those notes.