AV 2015 WA Contingent Info - Western Australia Branch, Scouts

W.A. Contingent Information pack
16th Australian Venture AV 2015 HEAPS GOOD Adelaide South Australia
2nd – 13th January 2015
W.A. Contingent. Pre and Post tour Heaps WAy Better.
26th December 2014 to 2nd January 2015
13th – 18th January 2015
The 16th Australian Venture, AV2015 SA Heaps Good, will be held at Woodhouse Activity
Centre, Adelaide, South Australia from 2nd - 13th January 2015.
An Australian Venture is the major National youth event for the Venturer section (14 - 18
years old) of Scouts Australia. You get to meet other Venturers and Guides from all over
Australia and around the world.
For 10 days you will visit different areas of South Australia, try out activities and challenges
you may have never dreamed of doing, and make friends for life!
The Venture is open to all registered Venturers and Guides aged between 14 and no older
than 18 years at 2nd January 2015.
To be eligible to attend AV2015, Venturers and Guides need to be registered with their
Branch, and to have earned the Venturing Skills Award or equivalent.
Venturers, Leaders and Rovers must attend the event as part of their state Contingent.
The W.A. Contingent is offering a pre and post tour, to and from the Venture, leaving
from Midland on the 26th December 2014 arriving back on 18th January 2015.
The pre tour will travel through Coolgardie stoping at Norsman, Eucla, Port Lincoln, and
traveling through the Flinders Rangers via the Pitchi Ritchi Pass. January the 1st will be a
rest/washing day to arrive fresh and rested ready for 10 more days of fun. During the
pre tour there are activities and sites that are traditionally kept up our sleeve to add to
the excitement and intrigue. No there not secret because we don’t know what they are,
they have been investigated and tentatively booked at this time.
A four day expedition of you chose during the venture, of which you are urged to make
your own choose and not copy friends as the chance of being in the same unit and on the
same expedition are very slim, so chose something you will enjoy. Registering early will
give you a better chance to get you first expedition chose. You will be asked for 3 choses
in order of preference.
During the rest of the venture at Woodhouse there will be onsite, offsite and night
activities.
The venture is fully catered, you don’t have to cook. You will need a dilly bag and wash
your own dishes. You might have to cook on a couple of the expeditions.
The post tour will travel through Wallaroo, Cowell ( Lucky Bay ), Ceduna and back to
Midland Perth.
During the pre and post tour venturers will be placed into a unit of approximately 20
youth with at least 2 leaders.
During the Venture between 2nd and the 12th January you will be in a different unit with
venturers and leaders for other states, depending on the expedition you have chosen.
The cost is as follows, the expedition fee will be extra to the totals below, and the
venturers will need personal spending money and need to allow for a couple of lunches
on the pretour they will have to buy themselves, as we will not be in one group on some
days, they will be in smaller groups in different locations’ at lunch time. 2x $15 = $30
should be ample for these days. All other meals are covered in the fee structure.
Venture fee
Contingent fee
Venturer;
$1040
+
Leader
S730
+
$290
$290
Pre/post tour
Total
+
$1470
=
$2800, plus expedition fee, variable
+
$830
=
$1850. Plus expedition fee, if applicable.
Don’t let the cost stop you from having a great time, thousands of venturers have fun raised and got to ventures
and been very glad they made the effort.
Register Now at www.applications.av2015.scouts.com.au the sooner you register the better
chance of getting your preferred expedition.
Lindsay (Bushy) England
Lindsay (bushy) England | W.A. Contingent Leader
th
16 Australian Venture – AV2015 “Heaps Good”
Woodhouse, Adelaide, South Australia
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