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12th BALLARAT SEA SCOUT GROUP WENDOREE
12th BALLARAT SEA SCOUT GROUP WENDOREE 3354
ADDRESS: SHORE FRONT BOATSHED 20 WENDOUREE PARADE LAKE WENDOUREE,WENDOUREE 3355,
BALLARAT 3354 VICTORIA,AUSTRALIA
NEXT DOOR TO BALLARAT YACHT CLUB Est 1877
NEAREST INTERSECTION:PLEASANT STREET AND WENDOUREE PARADE,
WENDOUREE 3355
SEA SCOUT GROUP LEADER:
PHONE: RUSSELL HARRISON 03 53 314924
61 LOVENEAR GROVE,BALLARAT
JOHN CURROW
REGION:
DISTRICT: GOLDEN EUREKA
JOEYS SEA SCOUTS MEET:
CUB SEA SCOUTS MEET:
SEA SCOUTS MEET:
VENTURES UNIT SEA SCOUTS MEET:
ROVER CREW SEA SCOUTS MEET:
PARENTS COMMITTEE MEET:
PARENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
HALL HIRE:
HALL AND BOAT REPAIR CO ORDINATOR:
MAGAZINE EDITOR:
OLD BOYS & GIRLS CONTACT:
BOATS:
GIRL GUIDES HALL: BOAT SHED 23 ON LAKE FRONT WENDOUREE PARADE TOWARD LAKE VIEW HOTEL
HISTORY:
BALLARAT THE HOME OF AUSTRALIAN LEGEND "EUREKA" AND FREE SPEECH THE FLAG OF BLUE AND WHITE STARS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS WAS THE TRUE START OF ELECTED REPRESENTATION IN AUSTRALIA STARTED BY MINERS NOT HAPPY WITH NO SAY IN GOVERNMENT PRACTICES.
BALLARAT IS A GOLD MINING TOWN OF VICTORIAN TIMES GREAT BEAUTY AND IMPORTANCE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF MINING.
INDUSTRY, FARMING,MINING, DECENTRALIZING,EDUCATION AND TOURISM ARE MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF THE AREA.
WE ARE AN OLD GROUP RUN ORIGINALLY ON VERY FORMAL SEA SCOUT TRADITIONS UNIFORM WINTER BLUES , SUMMER RIG WHITES AND BOATING RIG KARKIE OUR "SKIPPER" WAS OLD SCHOOL AND WE LOVED IT. SAILING UP AND DOWN THE REED CHANNELS AND CATCHING EELS WHEN HE WASN'T LOOKING. BIG SCOWS USED TO FLY UP AND DOWN IF THEY WENT OVER THERE WAS A GREAT TO DO AND THE SMELL OF THE MUD WAS NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO HALLS OR HOME.
ON WINDY DAYS TRAFFIC WAS HECTIC ROWING BOATS SHELLS, SAILING BOATS, CANOES, HOME MADE CONTRAPTIONS AND PADDLE STEAMER PLYED LAKE WENDOREE AND THE TRAMS TO BALLARAT CENTRE WERE KEPT BUSY ON A SUNDAY. A SMALL PADDLE WHEEL BOAT USED TO CUT WEED WAS NAMED THE "STIFFY AND MOO" THE LAKE FIRST NAME WAS "YULES SWAMP".
WILLIAM CROSS YULE FIRST SET UP CAMP IN 1838 .OVER THE YEARS MORE FLUSHING WATER GOES THROUGH THE LAKE AND IT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF A BOAT STILL CUTS WEED GRASS.
LAKE WENDOREE:
FIRST NAME: YULES SWAMP
LOCATION: 120Km WEST OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA ,AUSTRALIA
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL: 450 METRES
CIRCUMFERENCE: 6Km
MAXIMUM DEPTH: 2 METRES
CAPACITY: 3860 mega litres
SURFACE AREA: 238 HECTARES
FORESHORE AREA: 16 HECTARES
FISH IN LAKE: BROWN & RAINBOW TROUT WITH YEARLY RELEASES
WALKING TRACK: AROUND LAKE IS 6Km AND RECORD TIME IS 16 MINUTES 10 SECONDS FOR CIRCUIT
GUNS CANON ARE MOUNTERED AROUND LAKE FROM VICTORIAS STATE NAVY
PRE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
UPCOMING EVENTS:
100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING 1907-2007 FROM 20 WE BECAME 20 MILLION
BROWNSEA ISLAND CENTENARY OF FIRST SCOUT CAMP IN POOLE HARBOUR ENGLAND 20 BOYS ATTENDED
JAMBOREE 2007
2ND WORLD WAR BALLARAT WAS THE HOME OF 8TH BATTALION AND RAAF HAD A CAMP CALLED "DARBY" AT THE AIRPORT STARTED IN 1930
"EUREKA 150 YEARS ON"
DAWN COMMEMORATION: DECEMBER ,EUREKA STOCKADE SITE,EUREKA STREET,BALLARAT, VICTORIA,COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AT 5.45AM ADMISSION FREE
"WE SWEAR BY THE SOUTHERN CROSS TO FIGHT TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES"
PETER LALOR,1854
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www.marinesafety.vic.gov.au
crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis/
www.vicnet.net.au/~firstff/
VISITOR INFORMATION 1800 44 66 33
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www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au
SHIP LOVERS SOCIETY VICTORIA clipper@connexus.net.au
www.eurekacouncil.com.au
MARINE BOAD VICTORIA 03 96 553399
www.marinesafety.vic.gov.au
1800 223022
dc.ballarat@vicscouts.asn.au
SEA SCOUT BOOK REFERENCES:
"BOAT SMART FROM THE START" MARINE SAFETY VICTORIA
"SEA SCOUT MANUAL" BOY SCOUT OF AMERICA
"SEA SCOUTS" SCOUTS NEW ZEALAND
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"SMALL BOAT CONVERSIONS" JOHN LEWIS
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"FASTER FASTER" DAVID PELLY
"YACHT RACING THE AERODYNAMICS OF SAILS" MANFRED CURRY
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNET
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLIFIED" MURRAY McLACHLAN
"HOW ANIMALS AND PLANTS EVOLVE" HARRY BREIDAHL
"THE FOUNDERS OF AUSTRALIA" MOLLIE GILLEN
"THE PATROL SYSTEM No 7/77" P.D.GOLDEN
"THE CORVETTES" IRIS NESDALE
"THE AUSTRALIAN BEACH AND BOATING BOOK" GAINOR W.JACKSON
"A SWAMP CAN BECOME A BEAUTIFUL LAKE"
"EUREKA THEY CALLED AND IT WAS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD CRY FREEDOM"
"LACK OF ACTIVITY DESTROYS THE GOOD CONDITION OF EVERY HUMAN BEING,WHILE MOVEMENT AND ACTION SAVE AND PRESERVE IT"
"PAVE YOUR OWN PATH DON'T WAIT FOR OTHERS"
HMAS BALLARAT J184
KERUE
BALLA
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