Airport Antics

No pressure… I’ve been appointed as the Travel Team captain for one of the groups. We’re 13 in the group and they are a good bunch. Just need to keep all the kiddos from wandering off and I’llWeiterlesen
Bye Perth

New Zealand here we come! 🥳
Charter flight full of scouts

Just a three hour flight from Brisbane to Auckland but I was out cold for most of it! Sooo knackered 😴
Spot the bag

3 hour lay over at Brisbane Airport before our connection flight with over 160 Aussie Scouts on board to NZ! Full charter flight with just scouts 😂🙈
Bored

Hello New Zealand!

Bed time… More like Nap Time!

After arriving at our night’s accomodation at Auckland Uni at 3am it now leaves us with 3 hours to shower and sleep before a 6am wake-up 🙈
Contingent Photo

Our first mission after breakfast was to make our way to the park for a contingent photograph… Majority of us were still half asleep! I jumped on board with Patrol 19 for the day and helped theWeiterlesen
Timezone

Took us forever
When your Scout name is LEGO…

When you’re a LEGO addict and your scout name is LEGO you need to be smart about these things and “suggest” the LEGO store as part of the program for the day 😂 Really I just wanted to get myWeiterlesen
Chaos…

Once we got back from our day adventure I had an hour to myself which I was excited to squeeze a nap in…. I was fast asleep when suddenly the darn fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate 600+Weiterlesen
MOTAT

On the way to the Jamboree the following morning I was the appointed Coach Captain, meaning I had to brief everyone on the bus and make sure everyone was there etc. Our bus went via the Museum ofWeiterlesen
Next Stop: Mystery Creek

Finally time to head to Mystery Creek Events Centre. 2 hour bus ride means 2 hour nap time…
Jamboree 2023

Opening Parade

Around 2800 people from over 10 different countries!
Long day done and dusted

Lake Karapiro

We had an early start to the day. 6am breakfast with the bus leaving at 7:15. It was a 20min drive from the Jamboree site to the lake where we’re meeting the kids for the water activities. I’m oneWeiterlesen
SUP Activity Day 1

I made friends with a scout leader from a sea scout group from Auckland named Cath. She’s really lovely and been fun to hang with. Certainly helps having a “go-to” person rather than having toWeiterlesen
Human Foozeball

We had to end the activities early today as we had a storm coming in… so once all the kids were gone we played a competitive game of human foozeball before a trip to Cambridge. Oh and the dayWeiterlesen
Pub Treat

After a long day of setting up we swing past the pub in Cambridge on the way back to the Jamboree for a quick drink and feed… didn’t get to leave without a nosebleed tho 🙄
Happy New Year from NZ Jamboree!

Happy New Year from NZ!
I was way too knackered last night to stay up for the party so early night for me! But today is a free day at least to explore the Jamboree site so Clare and I are on andWeiterlesen
Geocaching!

Name the flags

Clare and I took on the challenge of learning and memorising all 32 flags then naming them so we could get a special Jamboree badge! We succeeded! 😎
Scavenger Hunt

Clare and I took on a scavenger hunt today which took us all around the camp!
Some skills I’ve learnt…. 😂
