Airport Antics
28 Disember 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
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’llBaca lagi
Bye Perth
28 Disember 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
New Zealand here we come! 🥳
Charter flight full of scouts
28 Disember 2023, Tasman Sea ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Just a three hour flight from Brisbane to Auckland but I was out cold for most of it! Sooo knackered 😴
Spot the bag
28 Disember 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
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
28 Disember 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Hello New Zealand!
29 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Bed time… More like Nap Time!
29 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
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
29 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
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 theBaca lagi
Timezone
29 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Took us forever
When your Scout name is LEGO…
29 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
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 myBaca lagi
Chaos…
29 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
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+Baca lagi
MOTAT
30 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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 ofBaca lagi
Next Stop: Mystery Creek
30 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Finally time to head to Mystery Creek Events Centre. 2 hour bus ride means 2 hour nap time…
Jamboree 2023
30 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Opening Parade
30 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Around 2800 people from over 10 different countries!
Long day done and dusted
30 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Lake Karapiro
31 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
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 oneBaca lagi
SUP Activity Day 1
31 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
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 toBaca lagi
Human Foozeball
31 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
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 dayBaca lagi
Pub Treat
31 Disember 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
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!
1 Januari 2024, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
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 andBaca lagi
Geocaching!
1 Januari 2024, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Name the flags
1 Januari 2024, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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
1 Januari 2024, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Clare and I took on a scavenger hunt today which took us all around the camp!
Some skills I’ve learnt…. 😂
2 Januari 2024, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C