What we did in 2019

Here's a summary of some of what we did last year:

• Camping -12 events
• Sailing - to learn skills on the water, to explore the harbours, to race other Sea Scouts, and just to have fun
• 22nd NZ Scout Jamboree- 9 days camping with thousands of other Scouts at Mystery Creek
• World Jamboree - one of our Venturers travelled to the USA to camp with tens of thousands of other Scouts.
• 4 Day Explorer Challenge trip organised totally by Scouts - a group of older Scouts traveled over 100km by walking and public transport
• ANZAC Day Service at Mt Albert Presbyterian Church
• SeePort Open Day on Cook’s Wharf
• Tramping - the Venturers had a weekend in the Kaimai Ranges, plus local day walks to train
• Piopio Adventure Weekend - caving, abseiling, 4wd, shooting and more
• Winter Sailing Series
• Games - quiet games, crazy games, thinking games, physical games, ball games, yes we play quite a few games (and if it isn't fun we probably won't play it again)
• Cooking on open fires (and everything was edible)
• A Scout attended the National Aviation School and flew a plane
• Rope swing and rope climbing
• Walked up Mt Albert and back via the new Oakley Creek Path
• Tree climbing
• Visited Star Dome
• Upper North Island Scout Regatta  (Shakespear Regional Park) - sailing, rowing, camping, competitions (and we even won a trophy or two)
• Painting/ Art 
• Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta (sailing from Narrow Neck to Waiake Bay)
• Guest Speakers
• Swimming - in pools and the sea
• Some Scouts and Venturers were cast members in Auckland Central Gangshow's 50^th Anniversary show
• Spring Regatta in Hamilton
• Fundraising in Rocket Park
• Orewa Beach Regatta
• Canoe Carnival
• Tree Planting
• Park cleanup during Conservation week's 50th anniversary
• Earned badges

Sorry it's all text we'll work on photos for the 2020 summary

Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome to our new Scout Blog.

Nau mai, haere mai!
Pull up a comfortable corner of cyber space and settle in. This will be the place where the Ōwairaka Sea Scout Group shares the tales of its adventures and plans with the world.

Our suburb is on the verge of a huge growth spurt with the redevelopment of much of our immediate neighbourhood into around 1000 new houses over the next few years. Ōwairaka Sea Scouts plan is to be in the middle of that, continuing our 83 year commitment to providing skills and adventure for children and young people in our part of Auckland.

In keeping with SCOUTS NZ's commitment to safety for our members we'll usually only be using people's first names and reporting on activities that have already happened (Except for things like open days, fundraisers and public events where the whole community is invited). If you see something about yourself or your family on this blog that you aren't comfortable with please email owairakaseascouts@gmail.com and we'll edit the post as soon as we can.

Some of our first posts will be focused on gathering up some useful information and putting it in one place so that we can refer back to it. Then we'll launch into the serious business of telling everyone about the fun we have.