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1st DARWIN SEA SCOUT GROUP LARRAKEYAH
1st DARWIN SEA SCOUT GROUP LARRAKEYAH
{ESTABLISHED 1928}
THE PRESENT MOST FAR NORTHERN SEA SCOUT GROUP IN COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA OTHER TROOPS HAVE BEEN. MANUS ISLAND SEA SCOUTS TERRITORY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRE 1975 .
1st PORT KENNDY SEA SCOUTS THURSDAY ISLAND THE SACRED WATERS TO TORRES STRAITS ISLANDS THE SOUTHERN CROSS IS CALLED "TAGAI" AND IMAGINE THOSE SAME STARS AS A FISHING SPEAR IN THE HAND OF A HUNTER SEARCHING FOR FOOD FOR HIS FAMILY. TORRES,COOK,FLINDERS AND THE GENTLE PIRATE'S PRESENCE OF DAMPIER'S "HMS ROEBUCK"
NORTHERN REGION
SEA SCOUT HEADQUARTER LARRAKEYAH.
OPPOSITE KAHLIN OVAL
DARWIN NAVAL BASE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
39 TEMIRA CRESENT LARRAKEYAH LOT:4048.
0820 DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY,AUSTRALIA
08 89 854992
08 89 854015
PO BOX: 445 PARAP 0804 DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY,AUSTRALIA
SEA SCOUT GROUP LEADER: gl.darwin@nthq.scout.com.au
CONTACT:CHRIS KELLY O8 89 454817
DON de TARCZYNSKI
08 89 813879
EMAIL: lynette.detarczynski@defence.gov.au
PARENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:
JOEY SEA SCOUTS MEET: TUESDAY
CUB SEA SCOUTS MEET: MONDAY
SEA SCOUTS MEET: THURSDAY
GEOFF MARSHALL 0428280188
SEA SCOUT PATROLS:
WATER RAT
SEA EAGLES
PENGUIN
PLATUPUS
VENTURE UNIT SEA SCOUTS MEET: TUESDAY
ROVER CREW SEA SCOUTS MEET:
PARENTS COMMITTEE MEET:
SECRETARY;
HALL HIRE:
TREASURER:
SPECIAL FUND RAISER:
PUSSER'S MAGAZINE EDITOR:
OLD BOYS&GIRLS COORDINATOR:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
JAMBOREE
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING AUSTRALIA 1907 - 2008
AUSTRALIA DAY: 26 JANUARY
BOMBING OF DARWIN: 19 FEBUARY
ANZAC DAY: 25 APRIL
HISTORY:
WHEN THE SUN ROSE ON 19 FEBRUARY 1942 TO MOST PEOPLE IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER VERY HOT HUMID DAY IN DARWIN.
JAPANESE LAND BASED BOMBERS HAD MOVED DOWN TO NEW BASES WITHIN STRIKE RANGE OF DARWIN.
A JAPANESE STRIKE FORCE OF 2 BATTLESHIPS 3 HEAVY CRUISERS AND 4 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WERE IN THE ARAFURA SEA 200 MILES {EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE} FROM DARWIN.
DARWIN HAD 20 MERCHANT SHIPS,AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP SEVERAL CORVETTES "WILLIAM B PRESTON" SEA PLANE TENDER,3PBY SEAPLANES OF PATROL WING 10,"USS PEARY" {DD226} AND A NUMBER OF SMALLER VESSELS.
AT 10-30 AM 188 CARRIER BASED FIGHTER AND DIVE BOMBERS IN CONCERT WITH 54 LAND BASED BOMBERS STRUCK DARWIN.
IN MINUTES OUR AIRFIELD WAS GUTTED,BARRACKS, WAREHOUSES,PEIR AND TOWN ITSELF LAY SHATTERD "NEPTUNA","ZEALANDIA" UNLOADING DISINTERGRATED AMID EXPLOSIONS.
"MAUNA LOA","MEIGS","ADMIRAL HALSTEAD","USS PEARY" {DD226},CORVETTES 12 SHIPS WENT TO BOTTOM OF HARBOUR DARWIN WAS BOMBED 64 TIMES.
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WAS MADE AWARE OF WHAT TOTAL WAR WAS ABOUT OUR FIRST "WAKE UP CALL" FOR YEARS TO COME, ADMITTED DEATH TOLL! 243 PEOPLE
OTHER RAIDS FOLLOWED BROOME 70 DEAD, WYNDHAM AND KATHERINE.
1 JUNE 1942 3 JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINES ENTERED SYDNEY HARBOUR
"DONT LET US FORGET TALK SOFTLY BUT CARRY A SOLID STICK"
UPCOMING SEA SCOUT EVENTS:
100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING 1907 TO 2007
1907 -2007 BROWNSEA ISLAND CENTENARY CAMP 20 T0 20MILLION
2010 JAMBOREE SYDNEY
SEA SCOUT
SHIPS BOATS:
WHALER
WHALER
GROUP HISTORY:
CAPTIAN LEN SAMUT STARTED 1st DARWIN IN 1928. BADEN POWELL VISITED PORT DARWIN INSPECTING OUR GROUP BIG AVENT A REAL WAR HERO AND A REAL SPINNER OF YARNS AND HE ALSO HAD A LOOK AT THURSDAY ISLAND WAIBENE 1st PORT KENNEDY IN 1934
WE HAD BOYS WHO'S DADS WHERE IN THE NAVY ON SURVEYS AND MOVEMENTS. SPORTS AND SEA SCOUTS WERE ENCOURAGED IT WAS VERY DEPRESSED TIME SO A COUPLE OF 32FT CUTTERS OR 24FT WHALERS WERE USED TO KEEP US BOYS OUT OF MISCHIEF, GREAT LITTLE TRIPS WERE DONE CHASING PEARL LUGGERS LIKE
D-73 AND OUR FRIEND D-80 OUT TO SEA AND FISHING CATCHES BARA WERE MADE WHICH MADE MANY MUMS HAPPY, AS DAD WAS ON DUTY TO SOME GOD FORSAKEN RUN OR SURVEY. OUR CATCHES WOULD SAVE A FEW BOB,MUM COULD COOK ANYTHING AND THERE WAS A NECESSITY FOR PUTTING MEAT ON THE TABLE IT WAS MORE FRESH TUCKER ON THE TABLE. THE ONLY CATCH WAS THE BOATS HAD TO BE CLEANED AND BAILED OUT AND SECURED PROPERLY. BAILING OUT A 32FT CUTTER WAS A BIG EFFORT ON A TROPICAL WET DAY IN HUMID CONDITIONS SAILS HAD TO BE DRYED CANVAS AND COTTEN, NO FANCY TYPE SAILS.
PAINTING GREY PAINT {"PUSSER'S CRAB FAT"} WAS ALSO A TASK TO KEEP SWEET WITH THE NAVY. MANY SMALL BOYS WENT HOME GRAY , WHITE AND OR RED LEADED WHEN THIS TASK WAS ON. MY MUM WENT RIGHT OFF IF I CAME HOME THIS WAY. I WAS OUT WITH THE CATTLE DOG "YELLOW" AND MY PET "CROC ANDREW" HE LIKED CATS TO EAT NO CAT DUG HOLES OR SPRAYED AROUND OUR HOUSE, AND SIS THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT JOKE WHEN MUM SENT ME INTO THE SHED, "DOG HOUSE".WE ALL MANAGED TO BE SHIP SHAPE ON PARADE NIGHT OR ELSE BOSUN WOULD HAVE PEICE OF US, WASTE WAS NOT TOLERATED. WE DID IT NAVY WAY OR LOOK OUT, OUR SEA SCOUT TROOP WAS THE BEST AND I HAD SOME GREAT MATES. LATER DURING THE WAR OUR TRAINING HELPED A LOT OF US SURVIVE. BUT SOME DID NOT RETURN. BUT A LOT HAD SOME GOOD YARNS TO TELL ,MANY HAVE GONE HOME. DARWIN WAS HARD PLACE ON WOMEN AND A SAILOR WITH FAMILY PRE WAR IT WAS NOT EASY. BUT US KIDS HAD A GREAT TIMES AND WE LOVED MUCKING AROUND IN BOATS AND COLLECTING STRANGE ANIMALS AS PETS WE WERE A FINE BUNCH OF PIRATES PATROLS. INTO BUSH TUCKER WITH OUR TRIBAL MATES WHO LOVED TO GO VISITING BY BOAT AND WE LEARNT HOW TO MAKE SPEARS ,AXES,BOOMERANGS AND WIRE CAGES TO CATCH PIGEONS ,DUCK,SWAN , GEESE,TURKEY, SNAKE ,PIG, GOANERS,ROOS,WITCHETTY GRUBS, WILD FRUIT&NUTS,FILE SNAKES,TURTLES AND CROCKS FOR TUCKER OR PETS, ALSO MAKING SPEARS,BOWS ,KNIVES AND ARROWS, ROBIN HOOD WAS NOT DEAD WE HAD GREAT TIMES AND LEARNT A LOT ABOUT COOKING AND FOOD TYPES WHICH WERE AROUND AND USES OF PLANTS
OLD BOYS CO ORDINATOR:
DARWIN H.M.A.S NAVAL BASE NAMES:
PEGUIN IV
MELVILLE
H.M.A.S COONAWARRA "SWIFT & SECURE" PRESENT NAME
LARRAKEYAH COVE
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OTHER SITES:
www.jacobseec.qld.edu.au/info.htm
www.anmm.gov.au
www.users.bigpond.com/cham/
EMAIL: lynette.detarczynski@defence.gov.au
Darwin Branch Headquarters 55 ROSS SMITH AVENUE PARAP 0820
NORTHERN TERRITORY.AUSTRALIA . O8 89 815553
NAVY LEAGUE AUSTRALIA
www.vicnet.net.au/~firstff/
AUSTRALIAN MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY 08 89 417461
www.vicsabot.yachting.org.au/
australianharbourcruises.com.au
www.2wglobal.com
www.lifesavingvictoria.com.au
www.stormyaustralia.com
BADEN-POWELL SCOUT ASSOCIATION Mr Lawrie Dring
consultant@dringassociates.co.uk
Mr Alan Wilson SECRETARY
alanwilson22@btinternet.com
SEA SCOUT REFERENCE BOOKS:
"SCOUTING FOR BOYS" ROBERT BADEN-POWELL
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNETT
"SEA SCOUTING" TOM BROWN
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"SEA SCOUTS" ROBERT H.HOLE
"THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION"
"THE INTRIGUE MASTER" BARBARA WINTER
"SAILING" HENRY BEARD & ROY McKIE
"SPOTLIGHT ON SAILING SHIPS" GEORGE GOLDSMITH-CARTER
"SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS" PETER J WILLIAMS&RODERICK SERLE
"YACHT RACING THE AERODYNAMICS OF SAIL" MANFRED CURRY
"SMALL BOAT CONVERSION" JOHN LEWIS
"SEA SCOUT MANUAL" BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
"SOUTHERN STARS" M.A.ORR
"THE PATROL SYSTEM" P.D. GOLDEN. RESEACH REPOT No 7/77
"TO LOVE THE SEA" SUE BEAUREGARD
"SMALL SHIPS MANUAL" MARINE BOARD OF QUEENSLAND
"SEA SAFETY FOR SMALL CRAFT" TEKI DALTON
"SABOT SAILING" SIMPLIFIED MURRAY McLACHLAN
"SAILING SHIPS" GEORGE GOLDSMITH-CARTER
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"THE HEROES OF RIMAU" LYNETTE RAMSAY SILVER
"INTERNATIONAL LIGHT,SHAPE AND SOUND SIGNALS" DA MOORE
"HOW ANIMALS AND PLANTS EVOLVE" HARRY BREIDAHL
"THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT" ANN HENDERSON-SELLER RUSSELL BLONG
"SMALL SCALE FISHING GEAR" C.NEDELEC FAO
"YOUR FIRST BOOK OF SAILING" DANIEL NOTTET. PHILIPPE LORIN
"BOATOWNER'S HANDBOOK" JOHN VIGOR
"AUSTRALIA UNDER ATTACK" DOUGLAS LOCKWOOD
"PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION"
"UNDER SAIL" GILLES MARTIN-RAGET
"DISCOVERING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND" BYRON HEATH
"THE AUSTRALIAN BEACH AND BOATING BOOK" GANOR W.JACKSON
"SAFETY BOATING FOR KIDS" LIFE SAVING VICTORIA
"STATESMEN & SAILORS" BOB NICHOLLS
"NAVY NATION" DAVID STEVENS & JOHN REEVE
MARTIME SITES:
"KIDS N BOATING"
DARWIN CITY WATER FRONT PROJECT: O8 89 995167
HMAS COONAWARRA DARWIN NAVAL BASE: 08 89 352000
EAST POINT MILITARY MUSEUM
EMPTY WORLD WAR2 OIL STORAGE TUNNELS KITCHENER DRIVE COLLECTION OF WAR PHOTOS O8 89 856333
AUSTRALIAN PEARLING EXHIBITION KITCHENER DRIVE
DARWIN HARBOUR CRUISE ON PEARLING LUGGER "ANNIKI"
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
OPEN 9am -5pm Daily
"ONCE MORE UPON THE WATER! YET ONCE MORE!"
"KEEPING ON COURSE GIVES POSITIVE RESULTS"
"PLANT THE SEED OF SEA SCOUTING "WELL DONE" FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS"
"THE BEST PROTECTION OF OUR COASTS AND SEA WILL COME FROM ACTIVE,WELL INFORMED AND AWARE YOUTH COMMUNITIES"
"A STORMY SEA NO MATTER HOW FAR I MAY ROAM THIS IS MY AUSTRALIA THIS IS MY HOME PORT DARWIN FROM WHICH I ROAM "
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