Thank you for enquiring about the Baden Powell Park Scout Group.

We are the biggest Scout group in Australia and have achieved that status because of the quality of our more than 30 leaders and the programs they run for our 200 youth members.

We are one of the few groups in the world to carry the name of the founder of Scouting, Lord Robert Baden Powell. He stayed in the South Frankston area in 1934-35, when Frankston hosted Australia’s first scouting Jamboree and the first jamboree held outside Europe. It was a  massive event of 12,000 people spread over 280 acres.

Baden Powell Drive and Baden Powell Reserve commemorate his involvement and his founding of the most amazing youth organisation in the world

Scouting is now over 100 years old and boasts more than 28 million members in 130 countries. Incredibly, it is almost completely run on a voluntary basis.

Baden Powell Park is the group name for the four levels of scouting we offer, which are open to boys and girls:

• Joey Scouts (6 and 7 year olds) (Wednesday nights: Humphries Road hall)

• Cub Scouts (8 to 11 year olds)

Warrington Pack (Monday nights: Beach hall)

Thorpe Pack (Tuesday Nights: Humphries Road)

Norwich Pack (Monday nights: Humphries Road)

• Scouts (11 to 15 year olds)

Hunters Troop (Thursday nights: Humphries Road)

Explorers Troop (Friday nights: Humphries Road)

• Venturers (15 to 18 year olds)

Narringalling Venturer Unit (Wednesday nights: Humphries Road)

WHERE ARE WE ?

We operate from two locations.

Our main hall is on the corner of Humphries Road and Baden Powell Drive in Frankston South, while we also have another hall right on the beach at Canadian Bay in Mt Eliza. Both are well equipped to provide a wide range of land and water-based activities.

Our Warrington Pack Cub Scouts operate out of our Canadian Bay beach hall. While the other sections of our group are based at the Humphries Road Hall, their programs include a good range of water- based activity.

During Term 1 of each year we offer a structured learn-to-sail and water activities program to any of our youth members. We have four Pacer sail training yachts, kayaks, canoes and access to motor boats.

Our year-round program truly reflects the best that the Mt Eliza-South Frankston lifestyle has to offer

WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF SCOUTING ?

The aim of Scouting is:

“ to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development of young people so that they can take a constructive place in society as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities”.

If that sounds a bit heavy, don’t worry because, in achieving these aims, we do many exciting, challenging activities and have a lot of fun.

WHAT DO WE OFFER ?

Each section of Baden Powell Park offers an extensive scouting, recreational and social program especially developed by Scouts Australia and our leaders to suit the various age levels, but always with a major emphasis on fun, learning and physical activity. Each level is designed to prepare the youth member to progress onto the next section.

Joeys and Cubs offers a more indoor based program, while Scouts and Venturers emphasises outdoor recreation. One week you might be at a surf camp or on an abseiling expedition and the next week you could be doing a night hike through local bushland. Regular district and region activities are also held for all levels.

Every three years Scouts can choose to attend the Australian Jamboree as part of our Group. Cuborees for Cubs and special gatherings for Venturers are also held every few years. There are even international opportunities to enable our youth to expand their horizons even further.

Activities you could enjoy during the year include:

• Hiking

• Rock-climbing

• Sailing

• Canoeing

• Kayaking

• Skiing

• Abseiling

• Four-Wheel Driving

• Urban Camps

• Construction