This is it.  This was the BIG ONE, the one we have been waiting and working towards for 3 years – the 22^nd Australia Jamboree 2010 and WOW it was excellent, probably the Summer of our life!

 1^st Caringbah sent a whopping 29 scouts and 8 leaders on this camp which accommodated 13,000 scouts from around the world and enjoyed fantastic activities including:

o Circus skills

o Bush tracking and navigation

o Flying and gliding at the nearby Scout Air Activates Centre and Camden Airport

o Water slides

o Pioneering and adventure sports skills

o Video making

o Trade skills

o Entertainment, including night parties and rock bands

o Sydney City visits

o Water activities on Sydney Harbor

 

Other interesting facts are:

·         The Jamboree was Australia’s 35th largest small country town for a two week period.

·         The camp was the size of 160 football fields

·         The camp was made up of 1,500 six person tents, 10 internet cafes, and 325

temporary structures, including two stages. It was complete with its own shops,

hospital, Westpac branch and ATMs, police station and fire service

·         The camp had its own fibre optic broadband network, supported by technology

donated by Cisco, to run the intranet, Internet and VoIP communications

·         Over the two weeks, 1,000,000 slices of bread were consumed, along with 140,000

litres of milk, 214,000 pieces of fruit, 120,000 sausages, and 130,000 lamb chops

We had a blast and photos of 1^st Caringbah enjoying the action can be viewed above

 

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