Adventurous Activities Foundation Skills Weekend

For the Youth members

This weekend will give you an opportunity to get OAS progressions, Safe and Trained participant in some activites and a range of skills that will be prerequisites for many of the activites to be offered next year 2024. 

Due to the nature of the activities this weekend is best suited to Scout age and up.

On offer will be

1. Canoeing skills (pending)
2. Aquatic rescue skills
3. Canyoning skills
4. Abseiling skills
5. Bushwalking and navigation skills
6. Vertical recue skills
7. Mountain Biking
8. Drop Bear awareness

For the Adults and Leaders

Come along and assist in the running of some of these activites and start your journey toward guide qualifications. 

1. Aquatic Rescues - This is needed for running Fishing, Canoeing / Kayaking and Canyoning activities
2. Vertical Rescue - Needed for Canyoning, Abseiling, Caving and Climbing
3. Navigation skills - needed for Bushwalking, Canyoning, XC skiing, Snow shoeing and Caving
4. Cycling Skills - Needed to take your kids out for that fun ride.

For All participants

Saturday night will be catered for in the form of a large BBQ event. This will be a chance to network, meet Scouts and  Leaders from other groups and find out about Adventerous Activities and the qualification system.

As with all adventerous qualifications, turning up does not automaticly equate to a qualification but skill attitude and possible previous experience will all contribute to attaining qualifications. You will however certainly leave the weekend with new skills and experience.