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BROWNSEA WATER ACTIVITY CENTRE SHORNCLIFFE
SHORNCLIFFE SEA SCOUT GROUP
"BROWNSEA" WATER ACTIVITY CENTRE QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
ESTABLISHED 1975
89 ALLPASS PARADE SHORNCLIFFE 4017
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
PHONE 07 32 693773
BRISBANE MAP UBD DIRECTORY PAGE 111, MAP, E - 9
WATER ACTIVITY ON NUNDAH CREEK AND CABBAGETREE CREEK
TOWN WATER SUPPLY
ACTIVITY LEADER: CHRIS HILLYARD
PHONE: O7 32693773
HALL HIRE & BOOKINGS: 07 38 707000
EMAIL: brownsea@scoutqld.com.au
CONTACT:-
AAC WATER ACTIVITIES
NORM ST CLAIR
56 SHELLGATE ST
CHERMSIDE WEST 4032
QUEENSLAND
PHONE 07 33 595704
BOATS AVAILIABLE:
CANOES
KAYAKS
SAIL CRAFT
SAIL CATS
SAFETY BOAT ALUMINIUM AND TRAILOR 2OFF
COMMITTEE MEET:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
HALL HIRE:
OLD BOYS:
HELPERS AND SUPPORTERS ALWAYS NEEDED:
ROB&LEONIE DIXSON: 07 32 045410
HISTORY:
SHORNCLIFFE SEA SCOUTS WAS ORIGINAL GROUP OPERATING FROM SITE
"BROWNSEA" STARTED OCTOBER 1975
NAMED AFTER BROWNSEA ISLAND ENGLAND IN POOLE HARBOUR FIRST "PATROL" ORGANISED TROOP CAMP BY BADEN-POWELL AND OTHERS
SHORNCLIFFE WAS FIRST SETTLED BY CONVICTS IN 1820 FREE SETTLEMENT STARTED IN 1842-43
UPCOMING EVENTS:
100 YEARS OF SCOUTING ENGLAND "BROWNSEA ISLAND" 2007
BROWNSEA ISLAND ENGLAND, LAST OWNER WAS MRS BONHAM RICHARD WHO DIED AT 98 YEARS IN APRIL 1961 THE NATIONAL TRUST OF ENGLAND TOOK THE ISLAND OVER AND OPENED IT UP ON 15 MAY 1963 ONLY 2 BOYS FROM FIRST CAMP COULD ATTEND AFTER 55 YEARS.
IN AUGUST 1907 CHARLES VAN RUALTES THE THEN OWNER OF BROWNSEA ISLAND HAD GIVEN PERMISSION FOR BADEN POWELL TO HAVE HIS FIRST EXPERIEMENTAL CAMP ON THE SOUTH COAST WHICH CONSISTED OF 22 BOYS FORMING WATCHES NAMED WOLVES, BULLS, CURLEWS AND RAVENS WHO SPENT THERE TIME TRACKING,EXPLORING, TENT PITCHING, COOKING PRACTICE, WHALE HUNTING LOG AND SPEAR AND HAVING CAMP FIRES AND LISTENING TO BP YARNS STORIES OF BOLD ADVENTURES HE WAS EXCELLENT MOTIVATOR AND A GREAT WAR HEROE TO BOOT.
THE ESTATE MANAGER WAS TESCO BROWN AT THE TIME. THE OWNER THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SELL THE ISLAND TO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A TRAINING BASE AND BP MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SMOOTH THE WATERS.
IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR OF 1914 - 1919 OF THE ISLAND SMALL POPULATION 30 WENT TO WAR ONLY 6 RETURNED SO YOU CAN IMAGINE TO PROBLEMS THAT FOLLOWED .
SCOUTING THEN TOOK OFF AFTER SCOUTING FOR BOYS MAGAZINES CAME OUT AND SMALL GROUPS STARTED ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
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OTHER SITES:
rainforest-australia.com
www.jacobseec.qld.edu.au/info.htm
crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis/
www.scoutsqld.com.au/branch/support/programsupport/brownsea
www.anmm.gov.au
Brownsea@scoutsqld.com.au
PINE RIVER SHIRE COUNCIL: 07 32 059796
OSPREY HOUSE: 07 38 864463 - 07 32 050931
REFERENCE BOOKS:
"SCOUTING FOR BOYS" R BADEN-POWELL
"SEA SCOUTING AND SEAMANSHIP FOR BOYS" W.BADEN-POWELL.K.G.
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNETT
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"LIVING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PINE RIVER SHIRE"
"SCOUTS ON THE WATER" PERCY W. BLANDFORD
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLIFIED" MURRAY McLACHLAN
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"SEA SCOUTS" ROBERT H . HOLE
"SEA SCOUTING" TOM BROWN
"SAILING SHIPS" GEORGE GOLDSMITH-CARTER
"NEW ZEALAND SEA SCOUT HANDBOOK"
"WHERE ONCE WE DWELT OUR NAME IS HEARD NO MORE"
"OUR YOUTH ARE AUSTRALIAS FUTURE AND SEA SCOUTING MUST BE IN THE FOREFRONT GUIDING THROUGH THE ROCKS"
"WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DO, WE LEARN BY DOING"
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