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1 1th BRIGHTON SEA SCOUT GROUP
11th BRIGHTON SEA SCOUT GROUP
"SCOUT SAILING AND POWER BOAT UNIT"
PAUL PEELER 03 95 963370
bal.sailing@vicscouts.asn.au
SEA SCOUT SHIP HOLLOWAY
"S.S.S. HOLLOWAY"
FORESHORE BRIGHTON 3486,VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
2nd - 11th MEET IN HEADQUARTERS SEA SCOUT SHIP
HOLLOWAY BEND RD IN "JIM WILLIS RESERVE"
MELWAY MAP: PAGE 76 C - 2
ADDRESS: HOLLOWAY BEND RD
BRIGHTON 3486 VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
SEA SCOUT GROUP LEADER LES MASON O3 95 331563
PHONE 03 95 920168
PARENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:
HEADQUARTERS SHIP FACES INTO "HOLLOWAY BEND" BAY
BUILDING REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH ORIGINAL BRICK FACING AND WHEEL CHAIR ENTRY ,SLIP WAY INTO WATER RAILS IN CONCRETE ONE OF VICTORIA'S BEST HEADQUARTERS AND FINEST TROOPS
HALL HIRE: 03 95 331563
JOEY SEA SCOUTS MEET:
CUB SEA SCOUTS MEET:
SEA SCOUTS MEET:
VENTURE UNIT SEA SCOUTS MEET:
ROVERS CREW SEA SCOUTS MEET:
SEA SCOUT GROUP COMMITTEE MEET:
SECRETARY:
HALL HIRE:
TREASURER:
HALL MAINTENANCE CO ORDINATOR:
OLD BOYS:
MAGAZINE EDITOR:
BOATS:
HISTORY:
UPCOMING SEA SCOUT EVENTS:
100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING 1907 - 2007
JAMBOREE VICTORIA 2007
NOVEMBER SEA SCOUT REGATTA ALBERT PARK LAKE
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OTHER SITES:
www.jacobseec.qld.edu.au/info.htm
crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis/
www.anmm.gov.au
bal.sailing@vicscouts.asn.au
bal.wateractivities@vicscouts.asn.au
SEA SCOUT REFERENCE BOOKS:
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNET
"SCOUTING FOR BOYS" R .BADEN-POWELL
"SEA SCOUTS" ROBERT H.HOLE "GILCRAFT" No 11
"SEA SCOUTING and SEAMANSHIP FOR BOYS" W.BADEN-POWELL,K.G.
"SEA SCOUT MANUAL" BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"YACHT RACING THE AERODYNAMICS OF SAIL" MANFRED CURRY
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLIFIED" MURRAY McLACHLAN
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"HOW ANIMALS AND PLANTS EVOLVE" BARRY BREIDAHL
"VICTORIAN INFO BOOK" PAGES 121 -122 PROGRAMS & COURSES
OTHER CONTACTS:
SCOUT AUSTRALIA 1800 072688
D.C. JENNY DAVIDSON 03 95 845008
"GREAT AVENTS VICTORIES"
WINNERS OF "MOLLYMAWK WHEEL" SEA SCOUT COMPETITION CAMP AND SAILING EVENTS.
UP COMING SEA SCOUT EVENTS:
100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING FROM 20 TO MILLIONS
HISTORY OF HALL: WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE TIMBER AND LOCAL LAND OWNER TOLD SCOUT LEADER NO WAY, WAS A TIMBER SHED GOING IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. HIS NAME WAS DAVID HOWARD PRINCE A BIG TIME RAILS BOOKMAKER AND SP OPERATOR HE SAID BRICK ,AND THE LEADER SAID WE HAVE NOT THE MONEY FOR BRICKS. AS IT WAS JUST AFTER THE WAR BUILDING MATERIALS WERE LIKE GOLD DHP WAS A VERY HARD MAN WHEN HE FELT ENCLINED AND TOLD THE LEADER "NO HALL OVER HIS DEAD BODY" WAS GOING ON BEACH UNLESS IT WAS BRICK. AND THE BRICKS ARRIVED, TO THE LEADER AMAZEMENT AND OTHER LITTLE ITEMS ARRIVED AS WELL. THIS HALL WAS BURNT DOWN AND BRICKS STAYED UP. HALL WAS REBUILT FROM INSIDE IN CONCRETE AND IT IS STILL A FINE BUILDING TO BE PROUD OF ,D.H.P GHOST MUST STILL BE AROUND, AS HIS DISPLEASURE COULD BE NOT FOR PUBLIC RECORD IF CROSSED, A FINE OLD GENT GONE TO "THE TRACK" - "CAVERSHAM COURT"- MORNINGTON ,MAGNETIC ISLAND.
"SEA SCOUTS REMEMBERED" NOT FORGOTTEN
1999 CLOSURE 40 YEAR OLD FILE CLOSED
ON TWO BOYS WHO DROWNED AFTER THIER FRIEND SWAM FOR THREE HOURS IN
ROUGH SEAS IN VAIN BID TO SAVE THEM.
THE BODY OF ONE OF THE BOYS,15-YEAR OLD TONY JOHN WILKINSON, WAS NEVER RECOVERED.
POLICE SAID OLD LAWS THAT REQUIRED THE LOCATION OF A BODY FOR A CORONER'S DETERMINATION HAD TO BE KEPT THE FILE OPEN FOR SO LONG.
IN BATTLING HEAVY CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS, TWO 15-YEAR OLD BOYS WITH 11th BRIGHTON SEA SCOUTS CLUNG DESPERATELY TO THEIR SMALL UPTURNED BOAT IN PORT PHILLIP BAY.
IAN SMITH AND TONY WILKINSON MANAGED TO HOLD ON FOR FIVE HOURS BEFORE THE SEA FINALLY CLAIMED THEM.
THEIR SCOUT LEADER, WILLIAM FOX,40, MANAGEDTO PULL THE BOYS BACK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WAVES SWEPT THEM AWAY.
ANOTHER SEA SCOUT ON THE BOAT,JOHN ATKINSON, ALSO 15 MADE A HEROIC THREE-HOUR SWIM TO SHORE TO RAISE THE ALARM.
MR FOX WAS PICKED UP BY RESCUERS NINE HOURS AFTER BOAT CAPSIZED.A FEW YEARS LATER,MR FOX WAS SAID TO HAVE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART.
THE INQUEST WAS DESCRIBED AS THE OLDEST UNFINISHED CASE IN MEMORY.CORONER IAIN WEST'S OFFICIAL FINDING WAS THAT TONY WILKINSON DROWNED.
AN INQUEST ON IAN SMITH WAS HELD A MONTH AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
"ONCE A SEA SCOUT ALWAYS A BROTHER"
"IN HARMS WAY WE DARE TO LEARN AND SERVE"
"ONE MEETS HIS DESTINY OFTEN ON THE ROAD HE TAKE TO AVOID IT."
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