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Special Interest Area’s

Special Interest Area's, Challenge Area’s

Special Interest Area's, Ideas

Adventure & Sports	Arts & Literature	Creating a Better World	Environment	Growth & Development	STEM & Innovation
- Start learning to ride a bike - Do a challenge course - Try swimming lessons - Try fishing - Learn archery - Try circus skills - Try a new sport	- Write a poem, play or short story - Learn performance skills - Learn to use a camera - Try a musical instrument or dance style	- Create a care package and visit a group in your community - Participate in a community event that raises money for a cause - Learn about issues effecting a community in another country	- Build nesting boxes - Go spotlighting for wild animals - Learn about a natural disaster - Complete the World Scout Environment Badge - Plant trees as part of a project	- Learn new activities or skills to keep your body fit - Learn about positive friendships - Volunteer for a cause - Learn about how to keep your body healthy	- Build a billy cart - Build a marble run - Design and build a creation out of Lego - Learn about flight and make paper planes - Create using a 3D printer

Adventure & Sports	Arts & Literature	Creating a Better World	Environment	Growth & Development	STEM & Innovation
- Start learning to ride a bike - Do a challenge course - Try swimming lessons - Try fishing - Learn archery - Try circus skills - Try a new sport	- Write a poem, play or short story - Learn performance skills - Learn to use a camera - Try a musical instrument or dance style	- Create a care package and visit a group in your community - Participate in a community event that raises money for a cause - Learn about issues effecting a community in another country	- Build nesting boxes - Go spotlighting for wild animals - Learn about a natural disaster - Complete the World Scout Environment Badge - Plant trees as part of a project	- Learn new activities or skills to keep your body fit - Learn about positive friendships - Volunteer for a cause - Learn about how to keep your body healthy	- Build a billy cart - Build a marble run - Design and build a creation out of Lego - Learn about flight and make paper planes - Create using a 3D printer

Adventure & Sports	Arts & Literature	Creating a Better World	Environment	Growth & Development	STEM & Innovation
- Start learning to ride a bike - Do a challenge course - Try swimming lessons - Try fishing - Learn archery - Try circus skills - Try a new sport	- Write a poem, play or short story - Learn performance skills - Learn to use a camera - Try a musical instrument or dance style	- Create a care package and visit a group in your community - Participate in a community event that raises money for a cause - Learn about issues effecting a community in another country	- Build nesting boxes - Go spotlighting for wild animals - Learn about a natural disaster - Complete the World Scout Environment Badge - Plant trees as part of a project	- Learn new activities or skills to keep your body fit - Learn about positive friendships - Volunteer for a cause - Learn about how to keep your body healthy	- Build a billy cart - Build a marble run - Design and build a creation out of Lego - Learn about flight and make paper planes - Create using a 3D printer

Adventure & Sports	Arts & Literature	Creating a Better World	Environment	Growth & Development	STEM & Innovation
- Start learning to ride a bike - Do a challenge course - Try swimming lessons - Try fishing - Learn archery - Try circus skills - Try a new sport	- Write a poem, play or short story - Learn performance skills - Learn to use a camera - Try a musical instrument or dance style	- Create a care package and visit a group in your community - Participate in a community event that raises money for a cause - Learn about issues effecting a community in another country	- Build nesting boxes - Go spotlighting for wild animals - Learn about a natural disaster - Complete the World Scout Environment Badge - Plant trees as part of a project	- Learn new activities or skills to keep your body fit - Learn about positive friendships - Volunteer for a cause - Learn about how to keep your body healthy	- Build a billy cart - Build a marble run - Design and build a creation out of Lego - Learn about flight and make paper planes - Create using a 3D printer

Adventure & Sports	Arts & Literature	Creating a Better World	Environment	Growth & Development	STEM & Innovation
- Start learning to ride a bike - Do a challenge course - Try swimming lessons - Try fishing - Learn archery - Try circus skills - Try a new sport	- Write a poem, play or short story - Learn performance skills - Learn to use a camera - Try a musical instrument or dance style	- Create a care package and visit a group in your community - Participate in a community event that raises money for a cause - Learn about issues effecting a community in another country	- Build nesting boxes - Go spotlighting for wild animals - Learn about a natural disaster - Complete the World Scout Environment Badge - Plant trees as part of a project	- Learn new activities or skills to keep your body fit - Learn about positive friendships - Volunteer for a cause - Learn about how to keep your body healthy	- Build a billy cart - Build a marble run - Design and build a creation out of Lego - Learn about flight and make paper planes - Create using a 3D printer

Outdoor Adventure Skills

Outdoor Adventure Skills are for all Scouts to experience and pursue activities in the great outdoors. The core skills are readily available to all Scouts, no matter where you live. The specialist skills are considered more specialised, and may be limited by geographic location. You may choose to gain basic skills across a broad range of activity areas, or pursue a small number of activity disciplines to a high skill level—the choice is yours, so what will you do?

The following are the basic principles of the Outdoor Adventure Skills:

Focus on developing personal outdoor adventure skills across nine (9) stages
Skills for adventure, not formal training in the leadership of groups
Human or nature powered (i.e. nothing motorised)
Involve significant interaction with the natural world
Lead to extended journeys and expeditions

Outdoor Adventure Skills 9 Areas

Core Outdoor Adventure Skills

Bushcraft

Bushwalking

Camping

Land Based Specialist Outdoor Adventure Skills

Alpine

Cycling

Vertical

Water Based Specialist Outdoor Adventure Skills

Aquatic

Boating

Paddling

Outdoor Adventure Skills Peak Award Requirements

If you would like to achieve your Joey Scout Challenge Award then you will need to:

Achieve Stage 1 Bushcraft
Achieve Stage 1 Bushwalking
Achieve Stage 1 Camping

If you wish to achieve your Grey Wolf Award, you will need to:

Achieve Stage 3 Bushcraft
Achieve Stage 3 Bushwalking
Achieve Stage 3 Camping
Have finished a total of eight (8) stage progressions, from any skill area, while in the Cub Scout section.

If you are striving to complete your Australian Scout Award, you will need to:

Achieve Stage 5 Bushcraft (one stream)
Achieve Stage 5 Bushwalking
Achieve Stage 5 Camping
During your time in the Scout section, you will also need to have progressed (or achieved) at least 10 stages in total, across any skill area.

If you are striving to complete your Queen Scout Award, you will need to:

Achieve Stage 5 Bushcraft (one stream)
Achieve Stage 5 Bushwalking
Achieve Stage 5 Camping
During your time in the Venturer Scout section, you will also need to have progressed (or achieved) at least 12 stages in total, across any skill area. Four of which are stage 4 or highter.

If you are striving to complete your Queen Scout Award, you will need to:

Achieve Stage 5 Bushcraft (one stream)
Achieve Stage 5 Bushwalking
Achieve Stage 5 Camping
During your time in the Venturer Scout section, you will also need to have progressed (or achieved) at least 14 stages in total, across any skill area. Six of which are stage 4 or highter.

Terms

Progression - say you earnt a stage 1 in bushcraft in Joey Scouts, and in Cub Scouts you earn your stage 2, that means you will earn one progression.

Your Adventurous Journey is a way for you to get out, explore, and put in place the skills you have learnt during Scouting. Your Adventurous Journey should occur whilst working on Milestone 3.
You should consult with a skilled Mentor about your Journey – this could be another Scout with the correct OAS, or an appropriately-skilled adult. The Journey should be a human-powered experience such as bushwalking, cycling, kayaking, sailing etc. The journey itself will be undertaken by you and fellow Scouts with the guide of a leader.

Adventurous Journey Requirements

The Adventurous Journey for the Cub Scouts section is 3 hours in duration, including rest breaks.

The Adventurous Journey for the Cub Scouts section is 4 hours in duration, including rest breaks.

The Adventurous Journey for the Scout section is 3 days and 2 nights duration.

The Adventurous Journey for the Scout section is 4 days and 3 nights duration.

Personal Development Course

In Scouting, we develop leadership skills through many elements of the program. We also offer Personal Development focused courses to support developing leadership skills.

Personal Development course should cover most of the following things:

Problem solving
Communication
Task management
Leadership
Planning
Community involvement

Personal Development Course Requirements

For Joey Scouts there is no requirement for a PDC

For Cub Scouts it is one day practical course.

For Scouts the cources is a weekend in duration. There is a minimum age of 13 for this course.

For Venturer Scouts the cources is a weekend in duration.

For Rover Scouts the cources needs to be 30 hours in duration.

A Personal Reflection is a time to think about your time in the section. Consider what you have learnt, how you have achieved your goals, and reflect on your development.

You should have finished all other elements of the Peak Award before you complete your Personal Reflection. This might be one of the last things you do before progressing to the next section, as well.

Achievement Pathways Explained

Milestones