Gear Requirements

Our scout group will supply

• Life jackets
• Helmets
• Kayaks
• Sail boats
• Tents
• Cooking Equipment
• Other stuff for fun activities
• Hawke Scout Scarf + Woggle

Your youth will require the following items for attending week nights

• Green Activity Shirt
• Included with membership. Swap out to bigger sizes as they grow. Ask for activity shirt as soon as you have paid your first membership invoice.
• Blue Formal Shirt
• Buy From Scouts Direct 
  
• Closed toe shoes
• (eg sneakers are good, but not jandals nor sandals)

For Camps

• Sleeping Bag
• Ditty Bag with
• plate/bowl/cup (non breakable, eg plastic/metal/bamboo)
• cutlery
• tea towel
• Stretcher or Foam/Air Mattress (so not sleeping on ground).
• Note, some stretchers are easier to setup than others, and leaders would prefer that youth are able to set up their own stretchers without supervision. And there is no power supply for blow up air beds.
• Personal First Aid Kit
• Sticking plasters
• Any Medicines required
• Other items as advised from time to time

For Water Events

• Water shoes or old sneakers. (eg closed toes, they will get wet, definitely no jandals nor sandals)
• Quick dry clothes (eg green activity shirt, togs, wetsuit)
• Warm layer (wool/merino/polyester undergarments or wetsuit)
• Rain Jacket (Keeps youth dry from sea spray)

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Camp Stretcher Tips

The best camp stretchers are fold out ones, like these. They are good because kids can put them up by themselves, and it keeps them up off the ground in case of wet weather. Typical cost is about $90 to $130, and can be bought from all outdoor stores like torpedo7, macpac, kathmandu, warehouse etc

Avoid the following style camp stretcher, as they required adult help to setup and pack down. These are good for packing in your car, but not for use by youth alone. 

Inflatable Types

10cm + is preffered heigh for inflatable matresses.

Self inflating is best, as there is usually no power at scout camps (and cars with 12v may not be close enough)

Any matress is OK really, if your kids are happy on it. 

These sorts of matresses require we have ground sheets in the tent, which we usually do, but sometimes don't.

Foam Mats

These are the thin 10mm foam types, that are usually used for hiking and pup tents. 

They are good to ensure some thermal protection from the ground. 

But the desire is for all youth to be up on camp stretchers, where gear can be put under. (or on top if rain/mud enters the tent)