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1st BARWONHEADS 'WATER ACTIVITY CENTRE'
1st BARWONHEADS SCOUT " VILLAGE BY THE SEA" GROUP
{1st BARWON GROVE ESTABLISHED 1951}
"WA BOUNDS RESERVE"
"EARL OF CHARLEMONT"
COLOURS: ROYAL BLUE SCARF DARK BLUE PIPING
HOME OF THE "SEA CHANGE" DREAM
GROUPS ORIGINAL NAME: "1st BARWONGROVE"
COMBINATION NAME OF 1ST BARWONHEADS AND 1ST OCEANGROVE MEETING AT THE "LOBSTER POT" ON THE BARWON ESTUARY "VILLAGE BY THE SEA"
"LOBSTER POT": BARWON ESTUARY HERITAGE CENTRE 03 52 541696
MARINE CENTRE BARWON HEAD PARK
BEACH CAR PARK IN FRONT OF LOBSTER POT
HOME OF: "SEACHANGE"
DISTRICT: GEELONG PENINSULA
WATER ACTIVITY CENTRE ESTABLISHED
ADDRESS 15 GEELONG ROAD EAST BEHIND CARR STREET, BARWONHEADS 3227 VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
OPPOSITE: SEAVIEW AVENUE: BARWON HEADS VICTORIA ,AUSTRALIA
OPPOSITE: SEAVIEW AVENUE BUS STOP, CONNECTING TO GEELONG MELBOURNE RAILWAY AND QUEENSCIFFE FERRY TO SORRENTO MORNINGTON PENISULAR REGULAR SERVICES BOTH WAYS: MAIN ROUTE
MELWAYS MAP: PAGE 233-F-8
THE "W.A.BOUNDS RESERVE" BARWONHEADS "VILLAGE PARK"
PHONE 03
HALL HIRE:
BOOKINGS & KEYS:
EMAIL:
CAMPING FACILITIES: IN THE TEA TREE AND GUMS NEXT TO VLLAGE PARK FACILITIES OPEN SPACE
WATER SUPPLY TOWN WATER
"TROOP BELL" INSCRIBED TIME BELL BRONZE
CAMP "BLUE BELL" USED FOR WAKE UP AND MEALS WORKING BELL STEEL
2 OFF HALLS EX ARMY NISSON HUTS HALL AND GALLEY POWERED AND TOWN WATER SUPPLY 1 MEETING HALL 2 KITCHEN MESS HALL REFURBISHED 2007 AND REOPENED IN THE 100TH YEAR OF SCOUTING 1907-2007
FLAG POLE GATE ENTRY FENCED SITE
1 OFF BRICK TOILET BLOCK SEWERAGE MALE FEMALE
FLAG POLE PARADE GROUND MARKED OUT CUB ROCK
PARADE GROUND GRASS
BARWON RIVER ENTRY 200 METRES WEST CONCRETE ENTRY
OPEN SPACES ALL ROUND
BARWONHEADS SHOPPING CENTRE A WALK AWAY
"CUB COUNCIL ROCK" SOUTH EAST CORNER FROM HALLS
GROUP LEADER:
JOEY SCOUTS MEET:
CUB SCOUTS MEET: WEDNESDAY 6.30 PM -
AGE RANGE 7.5 TO 11 YEARS
CONTACT : WAYNE MYERS 03 52 512210
ARKELA CUB SCOUT LEADER:TRACY MYERS 03 52 512210
CUB SCOUT LEADER:
SCOUTS MEET:
TROOP COLOURS; 2PATROLS RED FLAG
2PATROLS GREEN FLAG
BROWNIES MEET:
GUIDES MEET:
RANGER GUIDES MEET:
PARENTS COMMITTEE MEET;
CHAIRPERSON:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
HALL HIRE:
MAGAZINE CO ORDINATOR:
"TALKING HEADS"
e:talkingbarwonheads@bigpond.com
03 52 41165 m: 0416119240
PHOTO LOGBOOK:
HISTORY:
TERRY OBRIEN LONG STANDING SUPPORTER AND GUIDE OF GROUP AND BARWON HEADS IDENTY THE QUITE GENTLEMAN
"W.A.BOUNDS RESERVE" TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE FIRST LADY CUB MISTRESS WHO HELPED MANY YOUNG BOYS START THIER SCOUTING TRAVELS
OLDBOYS COORDINATOR:
BOAT:
CANOES
ROWING BOATS
UPCOMING EVENTS:
CUB SCOUT INVESTURES
"BARWON HEADS FESTIVAL OF THE SEA"
www.festivalofthesea.org.au
VOLUNTEER 0416119240
magpie@pipline.com.au
"CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY"
ANDREA:0439814020
NATIONAL SEA WEEK THEME "SAVE OUR SHARKS"
"BARWON HEADS FESTIVAL OF THE SEA"
TUESDAY MARCH 11 TO SUNDAY MARCH 16
"DUCK RACE" MARCH DUCKS MUST BE HANDED IN BY 12 NOON
RACE STARTS FROM OZONE JETTY RACE START 12-30AM
CENTENARY OF SEA SCOUTS 1907-2007 AUGUST BROWNSEA ISLAND POOLE HARBOUR
BARWON HEADS PRIMARY SCHOOL EASTER FAIR
ART SHOW
SHEEPWASH CLASSIC FUN RUN
03 52 542324 GRAEME NEALE
ANZAC DAY PARADE:25 APRIL
AUSTRALIA DAY:26 JANUARY
HISTORY:
"EARL CHARLEMONT" SAILING SHIP 878 T0NS SUNK OFF BLUFF AT 4am ON JUNE 18 IN 1853 IN ROUGH SEAS AND FOG 400 METRES OFF BARWON HEADS BLUFF.ONE PASSENGER DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK SOON AFTER THE VESSEL STRUCK THE REEF. ALSO THE SQUARTER LOST HIS PRIZE BULL TO HUNGURY SURVIVORS AND THE LAD WHO KILLED THE BULL ALSO BECAME THE SQUARTTERS SON IN LAW SO HE LOST HIS DAUGHTER BUT GAINED A SON IT WAS A LOCAL JOKE FOR SOME TIME .ALL 435 PASSENGERS AND CREW MANAGED TO REACH SHORE WITH AID OF A ROPE LINE AFTER THREE LIFEBOATS CAPSIZED IN THE HEAVY SURF.ALL FROM ENGLAND, THEY SPENT THEIR FIRST NIGHT HUDDLED AMONGST THE TEA TREES AND HEATH OF THE BARWON HEADS BLUFF "FLINDERS HEAD".NEWS OF THE WRECK REACHED GEELONG AND EIGHT BULLOCK DRAYS WERE SENT OUT TO BARWON RIVER MOUTH TO BRING PASSENGERS AND SALVAGE BACK TO GEELONG.THE SHIPS MASTER WAS FOUND NEGLIGENT DUE TO POOR NAVIGATION SKILLS AND HEAVY FOG AT A LATER MARINE BOARD INQUIRY. THE LOCAL SQUATTER JOHN McVEAN HAD RIGHTS FROM 1846 ON BEACH STATION ENTIRE AREA OFF BARWONHEADS THE EARLE OF CHARLEMONT EVENTUALLY BROKE UP WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL WRECKERS AND SEA ACTION.
IN 1961 LOCAL DIVERS JIM PAYNE AND DAVID BERRETTA REFOUND THE WRECK AND WITH MEMBERS OF THE BARWON GROVE SKINDIVERS RAISED THE 2.5 TON ANCHOR IN 1972 AND IT KNOW STANDS ON A STAND IN OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK OVER LOOKING OUR TIMBER BRIDGE BARWON RIVER AND THE SEA.
FURTHER READING "BREAKERS AHEAD" BRIAN LATTER ONE OF THE YOUNG DIVERS WHO BROUGHT THE ANCHOR ASHORE AND DOCUMENTED THE SHIPS LAST HOURS AND THE HISTORY THAT FOLLOWED
SHIPS BELL IS IN "ALL SAINTS" CHURCH.
ANCHOR IN FORESHORE PARK RAISED BY BARWON GROVE SKINDIVERS.
EWING BLYTH DRIVE, NAMED AFTER SURVIVOR AND SETTLER TO EARLY BARWON HEADS
LOBSTER POT: BARWON HEAD
ORIGINAL SITE AND BUILDING OF FISHERMANS PROCESSING SHED USED TO BOIL UP LOBSTERS FOR SALE AND CLEAN UP FISH ETC WAS LATTER USED AS A MEETING AND DANCE VENUE AND USED BY SCOUTS AS THEIR MEETING HALL. DURING SECOUND WORLD WAR IT WAS IN HEAVY DEMAND OTHER SHED CLOSE BY FISHERMANS "WET WHEATHER STORAGE SHED" STILL USED FOR OTHER STORAGE T SECTION PEIR HAD A HAND OPERATED CRANE FOR UNLOADING BOATS
THIS AREA WAS THE HOME OF THE TV SERIES "SEA CHANGE"
www.webspawner.com/users/aron/index.hlmt
OTHER SITES:
www.anmm.gov.au
www.jacobseec.qld.edu.au/info.htm
www.marinesafety.vic.gov.au
1800 23 3022
www.mccn.org.au
crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimps
e:magpie@pipline.com.au
BARWON HEADS GUIDES
www.festivalofthesea.og.au/
www.coastguard.com.au
BARWON HEADS ASSOCIATION: info@macafee.com.au
www.barwonheads.net
www.barwoncoast.com.au
BARWON ESTUARY HERITAGE CENTRE 03 52 541696
BARWON HEAD GUIDES MEET:
UNITING CHURCH HALL HITCHCOCK AVENUE, BARWON HEADS
CONTACT: HELEN CARRUTHERS O3 52 541299
www.marinesafety.vic.gov.au
1800 223022
BARWON HEADS SAILING ASSOCIATION
SECRETARY HAMISH LONSDALE 03 52 542101
CLUBHOUSE OPPOSITE 41 FLINDERS PARADE BARWONHEADS 3227 VICTORIA
"TALKING HEADS"
magpie@pipeline.com.au
www.barwonhead.net.au
ANGLICAN ALL SAINTS HITCHCOCK AVE
CATHOLIC HICHCOCK AVE
UNITING HITCHCOCK AVE
www.geelongaustralia.com.au
www.cleanup.com.au
www.brwmg.vic.gov.au
www.savebarwonheads.org.au
REFERENCE BOOKS:
"BOAT SMART FROM THE START" MARINE SAFETY VICTORIA
"SAILING AND BOATING" HENRY MARLOW
"SCOUTING ON THE WATER" PERCY W BLANDFORD
"CUB SCOUTS" DAVID HARWOOD
"FASTER FASTER" DAVID PELLY
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"SEA SCOUTING" TOM BROWN
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNETT
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLIFIED" MURRAY Mc LACHLAN
"SEA SCOUTS" ROBERT H.HOLE
"SAILING SHIPS" GEORGE GOLDSMITH-CARTER
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"HOW ANIMALS AND PLANTS EVOLVE" HARRY BREIDAHL
"VICTORIAN RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY HANDBOOK"
"WILLIAM BUCKLEY" TIM FLANNERY
"AUSTRALIAS GOLDEN ERA OF SHIPS" STUART BREMER
"DIY FOR KIDS BOOK 1" LES KENNY ROSEANNE KENNY
"OUR BARWON ESTUARY IS SUCH A WONDERFUL ASSET,LET'S MAKE SURE WE PROTECT IT FROM POLLUTION AND OTHER NASTIES KEEP IT AUSTRALIA FINEST"
"THE ROCK IS THE CENTRE PEICE WE RETURN TO AND THE SANDS WE WALK FLOW ON"
"GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY,GROWING WISE IS OPTIONAL"
"WE STAND ALONE,- BENEATH THE DARK SHADE OF AUSTRALIAN BUSH,WHERE THE BUSH,TREES A CENTURY OLD THE YOUNGEST OF THEM MADE HOLLOW MAKE MOURNFUL MUSIC IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN WINDS"
ARWON
GROVE
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