Kelly Tarlton’s Sleepover
The Sunnynook Cubs had a great time at the Rangitoto Zone Kelly Tarlton’s Sleepover. We learnt about the ocean and got to help out at feeding time. We also slept in the tunnel with the sharks and rays.
Category: Cubs
Group Camp 2021
Our Keas, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers all got together for a great Group Camp at Schlaepfer Park. We did a range of traditional Scouting things, like orienteering, cooking over fires and making pioneering structures. We also had an awesome water fight, and a really good campfire.
Group Camp 2020
We were lucky to have our Group camp a couple of weeks before lockdown. Around 70 of our Keas, Cubs and Scouts combined into patrols and had some great fun.
Founders Day 2020
It was a great day for Sunnynook at the Zone Founders Day event at Brown’s Bay. Our Keas got first place in the sandcastle competition. Our Cubs got first place in the Sand sculpting competition. Our Scouts had 4 teams in the Raft building/race competition where points are awarded for construction skills, team work and…
40th Birthday Celebrations
The Sunnynook Scout Group celebrated its 40th Birthday with a dinner for around 130 people. It was great to have a lot of former youth members, Leaders and Committee and we had the whole life of the group covered from day 1 until present. We had people in attendance who started the group, and some…
Atiu Creek Orienteering
We invited our families and the Cubs to practice orienteering at Atiu Creek Regional Park. It was a lot of walking and quite tricky in parts – lucky it was a nice day. Our Scouts improved their map reading and compass skills and were never really that lost.
Group Camp 2019 – Riverhead
Around 70 of our Keas, Cubs and Scouts and 15 adventurous Leaders got together for a great weekend camping out and doing all sorts of cool scouting stuff.
Sanders Reserve Bike Day
Our whole group got out to Sanders Reserve on Sunday for a Bike Day. It’s a great facility for a event that can cover such a wider range of ages and we had about 50 Keas, Cubs and Scouts attend along with their families.
Sandboarding at Lake Wainamu
Our Scouts invited the Cubs for a walk around Lake Wainamu, near Bethels Beach. It was very muddy! Our Scouts BBQed some sausages for lunch, then we had a fun time sandboarding down the Giant Dunes. Everyone got filthy, but had a great time.