Setting Up With the Events Team
30 декабря 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
This morning I met my manager who said there wasn't anything for me to do on 'inflatable world' today - my original job. However, she invited me to go and help the events team set up for the openingЧитать далее
Jamboree Opening Ceremony
30 декабря 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Wow the opening ceremony was a hit! The hall/hangar was packed from wall to wall to officially open up the Jamboree. Just a quick 20 minute event tonight with the main event tomorrow!
Jamboree Uniform and ID
30 декабря 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This afternoon I was finally able to collect my Jamboree uniform and ID! Although when I turned up they suddenly had two IDs for me so I feel as if my things were ready all along.
The green necker isЧитать далее
Portal-oo & Golf Buggy
31 декабря 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This morning I've helped deliver the portal-oo from the opening ceremony. The kids have all been tasked to find it and have their picture taken with it, we were stopped a good few times just on theЧитать далее
Activity Day 1
31 декабря 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Today's main task was to re-configure the event hangar to a suitable format for the NYE party. This involved having to move all of the centre wires from the floor into the roof, which I was delightedЧитать далее
Calm Before the Storm
31 декабря 2023 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Before the NYE party we shown the Lego Movie on the big screen, this presented the perfect opportunity to strap a GoPro up to the ceiling.
NYE Party
1 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We entered 2024 with a 3.5 hour party for every child and adult on camp! The team pulled off an amazing night of music and dance and all the kids loved it. We had no complaints at all which apparentlyЧитать далее
NYD
1 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
New Year's Day was a day off for all the activity bases and we didn't have a show in the evening so we had an opportunity to have a stroll around camp. One of the few things open was our villageЧитать далее
Trip Out of Town
2 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today our team took a lunchtime trip into the nearby town of Cambridge. Minor issue was that today was a bank holiday so everything was closed. We therefore settled for a McDonalds lunch and stockedЧитать далее
Adventure Bases
2 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This afternoon we visited the different adventure bases which includes diggers, water slides and 'challenge valley'.
Campfire Night
2 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This evening was campfire night. We set up the lights for the stage and the guys on stage entertained the crowd!
Special Tea
2 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Once the pavilion had cleared out the events team dragged some bean bags inside. First of all we watched the news report on the Jamboree (4th story on the 6 o'clock news on Channel 1!) and thenЧитать далее
Mascot Stealing
3 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
So a big thing at these Jamboree's are mascots. Each team / Troop has its own mascots and the adult / older troops have a habit of stealing mascots from each other. There are many rules involved whichЧитать далее
Gangshow
3 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Tonight on the stage was the gangshow! I forgot to take any other pictures but there were a variety of groups from New Zealand doing skits on stage, including a rendition of '12 days of Scout camp'Читать далее
Climbing Roadtrip
4 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we took a trip to visit some of the off-site bases. First up was the base with rock climbing, abseiling and zip-lining amongst other things. Our trip here was long than anticipated as the personЧитать далее
Water Base
4 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We then headed to the water base to observe the activities, lunch and for more mascot antics!
International Night
4 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Tonight on stage was international night! I'd done some setup in the day to prearrange the lighting colours for each country, so I'm definitely making progress!
We had performances from New Zealand,Читать далее
Ice Block Dispensing!
4 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This evening I drove 4 of us around part of camp in a buggy giving out 'ice blocks' (lolly ices) to many of the kids. We gave out over 1,000 'ice blocks' in around 15 minutes and had to bring theЧитать далее
Returning the Mascots
5 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After a prolonged mascot steal of two days we travelled in a 3 vehicle convoy to challenge valley to return the mascots to the Rovers. They were delivered in our portal-oo which would be based down atЧитать далее
A Day on Camp
5 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today was a quiet day for the events team so I spent much of the day milling around our village green, exploring camp and giving out our famous Portaloo badges, the kids reactions to being given themЧитать далее
Fire Spinning
5 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This evening there was also a fire spinning session for 30 kids and 30 adults! Since I was in the events team I was one of the lucky ones able to participate! The fire was very hot and the flames wereЧитать далее
Closing Ceremony Prep
6 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today was a busy day for the events team, reconfiguring the stage and prepping for the closing ceremony!
Throughout the week, the infrastructure team have been adding a new accessory to their diningЧитать далее
Closing Ceremony
6 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Tonight was the Jamboree closing ceremony! We had around 20 minutes of formalities and 40 minutes of disco! Didn't take any pictures myself so have stolen these off the Facebook page.
After theЧитать далее
Stage Pack Up
7 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today we spent the full day packing away our glorious stage! We worked through till 5:30 and decided to call it a day with the job almost done.
A sale also started backstage which included absoluteЧитать далее
Team Night Out
7 января 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This evening the events team plus a few others headed into the nearby town of Cambridge for food, drinks and McFlurry's in the park on the way home. A great night letting off some steam.
ПутешественникDID YOU CONNECT ALL THE WIRES ON THE THIRD PHOTO ?
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Certainly don't trip over the wires, ooops! 🤔
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Couple of early birds? 🤣