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BELGIAN GARDENS SEA SCOUT GROUP TOWNSVILLE
BELGIAN GARDENS SEA SCOUT GROUP TOWNSVILLE
"THE BEST OF THE BEST"
FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
KENNEDY: REGION
CLEVELAND BAY: DISTRICT
CLEVELAND BAY: DISTRICT
SEA SCOUT HALL:
44 - 46 EVANS STREET BELGIAN GARDENS,4810 TOWNSVILLE,
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
BACKING ONTO CAPTIANS CREEK
NEAREST CORNER: HOOPER STREET AND EVANS STREET
MAP REFERENCE: UBD MAP 4 , G - 6
SEA SCOUT GROUP LEADER: SANDRA BOWFELL 07 47 235471
60 BECK DRIVE CNDN TOWNSVILLE
SEA SCOUT PARENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:
JOEY SEA SCOUTS(6-8) MEET:
CUB SEA SCOUTS (8-11) MEET: WEDNESDAY 7-30PM
SEA SCOUTS (11-15) MEET: FRIDAY
VENTURE UNIT SEA SCOUTS (15-18) MEET:
ROVER CREW SEA SCOUT MEET:
SEA SCOUT PARENTS COMMITTEE MEET:
SECRETARY:
HALL HIRE:
HALL MAINTENANCE:
TREASURER:
MAGAZINE EDITOR:
OLD BOYS AND GIRLS:
SCRAP COLLECTION MANAGER:
WE COLLECT: ALUMINIUM CANS AT HALL DEPOT KEEP TOWNSVILLE BEAUTIFUL AND HELP SEA SCOUT GROUP FUNDS
BOATS:
CANOES
UPCOMING EVENTS:
SEA SCOUTING 100th ANIVERSARY 1907 TO 2007
WETBOBS AND SWAMPIES 100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING 1907 TO 2007
JAMBOREE VICTORIA 2007
LOAM ISLAND WATER ACTIVITIES
HISTORY:
TRIBAL DISTRICT: WALGARUKABA = NYAWAYGI
1stTOWNSVILLE SEA SCOUTS WAS ESTABLISHED 1920
TOWNSVILLE 4810,FIRST EUROPEAN CONTACT OCCURED IN 1812 WHEN ALLAN CUNNINGHAM,ABOARD THE SURVEY VESSEL MERMAID. LANDED ON CAPE CLEVELAND.52 YEARS PASSED BEFORE JOHN MELTON BLACK AND HIS PARTNER CAPTIAN ROBERT {BOBBIE} TOWNS D-1873 MERCANT-SHIPOWNER IN WHALING, SANDLE WOOD, TEA, SUGAR PIONEER IN THE KANAKA TRADE AS WELL AS A MAJOR PLAYER IN EARLY AUSTRALIAN BANKING IN 1839 WHEN HE BROKE THE BRITISH BLOCADE OF CANTON WITH HIS SHIP "ROYAL SAXON" HE PERSONALLY SPARKED OFF THE FIRST OPIUM WAR ,EMPLOYED A NUMBER OF MELANESIANS ON HIS SHIPS AND WHARF IN SYDNEY 1850 SERVED IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,CAPTIAN TOWNS WHO THE CITY WAS NAMED AFTER,FOUNDED TOWNSVILLE IN NOVEMBER 1864.
BURNS PHILIP& COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1870s, TO SOME EXTENT BECAME THE SUCCESSOR TO THE BUSINESS OF ROBERT (BOBBIE) TOWNS,BURNS PHILIP BUILT UP A COMMERCIAL EMPIRE IN QUEENSLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOUTH WEST PACIFIC THEIR LAST SHIP WAS "BULOLO" SOLD IN 1967.
TOWNSVILLE SLOWLY DEVELOPED AS A SEAPORT WITH PASTORALISTS SETTLING INLAND.GOLD WAS FOUND IN 1867 AND BY 1880 WAS FEED BY 5 MAJOR GOLDFIELDS AND WAS A MAIN SUPPLY PORT CROPS WERE TRYED, TIMBER, COFFEE,PINEAPPLES,BANNAS,VEGETABLES,CATTLE THEN SUGAR IS NOW A MAJOR GROWN PRODUCT BOTH IN NORTH AND SOUTH. POPULATION 160,003 AS OF 2006 IS A MAJOR PORT CITY IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA FOUNDED 1864. SISTER CITY "PORT MORESBY 1983", SERVING RAIL, AIR AND ROAD FOR BEEF CATTLE,SUGAR, MINING,COFFEE, FARMING, DEFENCE MAJOR AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES NAVY ,ARMY,AIR FORCE BASES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND TOURISM A MODERN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPING FAR NORTHERN CITYOF COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
HERITAGE TRAIL 1-CIVIC PRIDE
HERITAGE TRAIL 2-EARLY TOWNSVILLE
HERITAGE TRAIL 3-SOUTH TOWNSVILLE & PORT
CASTLE HILL HIGHEST POINT IN CENTRE OF TOWNSVILLE 300 METRES HIGH USED AS A LOOKOUT AND RADAR STATION DURING 2nd WORLD WAR PEOPLE NOW USE IT AS A CHALLENGE TO WALK UP AND DOWN TO THE TOP FOR 360 DEGREE VEIWS OF A GROWING NORTHERN TROPICAL CITY COLD CHILLED WATER SUPPLIED BY COUNCIL AT THE TOP OF WALK {RUN}.CAPTIAN ROBERT (BOBBIE) TOWNS TOMB STONE ONLY IS AT THE TOP OF CASTLE HILL
OUR HEADQUARTERS HALL HAS THE FLAG POLE WITH EAGLE FROM ORIGINAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAR CEMENTARY 390 BURIALS 5th AIR FORCE. PRESENTED TO US BY UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR P.H.ALSTON 21-6-1980.
IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN WHO WERE BURIED IN BELGIAN GARDENS UP TILL 1947 WHEN THEY RETURNED TO AMERICA "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" OUR ALLIES IN WAR AND PEACE.
AT THE END OF EVANS STREET IS THE WAR GRAVE COMMISSION OFFICE AND CEMETARY AND MAJOR PUBLIC TOWNSVILLE CEMETARY
HMAS MAGNETIC TOWNSVILLE 1st JUNE 1945 CHAPLIN BOYCE HORSLEY
OUR CITY IS TROPICAL CITY OF THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIA POPULATION AS OF 2006 STAND AT 106003 PEOPLE.
WE ARE AN ACTIVE AND LARGE GROUP INTO CANOES AND CAMPING
DANGER WARNING:
"MARINE STINGERS",{BOX JELLYFISH}, CHIRONEX,IRUKANDJI, ARE PRESENT ON THE BEACHES OF TOWNSVILLE AND MAGNETIC ISLAND YEAR ROUND.THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTED BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER AND MAY
AND CAN BE LIFE THREATENING SWIM BETWEEN FLAGS AT PATROLLED BEACHES AND WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SUCH AS LYCRA STINGER SUITS.
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OTHER SITES:
www.jacobseec.qld.edu.au/info.htm
www.anmm.gov.au
TOWNSVILLE SCOUT HEADQUARTERS 07 47 734274
PO BOX 300 THURINGOWA CENTRAL 4817 QUEENSLAND,AUSTRALIA
TOWNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL 07 47 714230
www.webspawner.com/users/zport/index.html
www.rgyc.com.au
www.lifesavingvictoria.com.au
NATIONAL TRUST 07 47715873
TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH 07 47 534444
www.aims.gov.au
www.magneticislandferry.com.au
07 47 725422
www.townsvilleonline.com.au
www.webspawner.com/users/loam/index.html
www.pioneerpark.scoutsqld.com.au/index2.htm
KENNDY REGION CAMP SITES:
TAMAROO SCOUT CAMP,BLUEWATER STATION ROAD BLUEWATER 07 47 885677
FLORENCE BAY SCOUT CAMP,MAGNETIC ISLAND EAST SIDE
FERRY BUS SERVICE OR OWN CAR
BUILDING 20X10 METRE BLOCK BUILDING 07 47 785633
SEA SCOUT REFERENCE BOOKS:
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNETT
"SEA SCOUTING" TOM BROWN
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"SCOUTS" DAVID HARWOOD
"SAILING AND BOATING" HENRY MARLOW
"SCOUTING FOR BOYS" BADEN POWELL
"SEA SCOUT BADGE BOOK" ROBERT E. YOUNG
"FASTER FASTER" DAVID PELLY
"NEW ZEALAND SEA SCOUT HANDBOOK"
"TROOP SCOUTER HANDBOOK" BOY SCOUT OF CANADA
"THE PATROL SYSTEM" P.D.GOLDEN
"SEA SCOUT MANUAL" BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
"SMALL SHIP MANUAL" MARINE BOARD OF QUEENSLAND
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLFIED" MURRAY MCLACHLAN
"BOATING 101 ESSENTIAL LESSONS FOR BOATER" ROGER H.SIMINOFF
"SAILING SHIPS" GEORGE GOLDSMITH-CARTER
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"HOW ANIMALS AND PLANTS EVOLVE" HARRY BREIDAHL
"THE CORVETTES" IRIS NESDALE
"SEA SCOUTS" ROBERT H .HOLE
"BOATOWNER'S HANDBOOK" JOHN VIGOR
"SAILING JOHN DAVIES"
"A MAN OF INTELLIGENCE" IAN PFENNIGWERTH
"BOATING SAFETY FOR KIDS" LIFE SAVING VICTORIA
"YOUR FIRST BOOK OF SAILING" DANIEL NOTTET PHILIPPE LORIN
"SAILING SHIPS" GEORGE GOLDSMITH-CARTER
"CHARTING A CONTINENT" GEOFFREY INGLETON
"ECOLOGY" TAYLOR.ALEXANDER GEORGE S.FICHTER
"THE AUSTRALIAN BEACH AND BOATING BOOK" GAINOR W. JACKSON
"DIVERS IN TIME" JEFF MAYNARD
"THE HEROES" RONALD Mc KIE
"THE FINAL MISSIONS" LIONEL VEALE
"FROM A SMALL SPARK SEA SCOUTS GREW TO A GREAT IDEA"
"WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DO,WE LEARN BY DOING."
"PRAISE THE CHILDREN AND THEY WILL BLOSSOM"
"SELF IMPROVEMENT IS DESIRE, DEDICATION,PRIDE,HONOUR,PRACTICE,LOVE WHAT YOU DO"
"BLESSED ARE THE WARY SAILORS, FOR THEY SHALL RETURN TO DRY LAND"
HMAS TOWNSVILLE J205 , POST WAR M205
XBEL
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