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Edition 09| November 2018 | 100002222 Sydney Jamboree & Great Guide Sleepover 2018 World Thinking Day 2019 Upcoming Events & More
The Waratah is published by Girl Guides NSW & ACT
and welcomes contributions from its Members. CONTENTS
The office of Girl Guides NSW & ACT can be found at:
Guide House FROM THE CEO 2
Level 2, 55 Holt Street PUBLIC RELATIONS MATTERS: WE’RE ALL IN PR! 3
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Phone: (02) 8396 5200 MEMBERSHIP NEWS 4
Fax: (02) 9211 5911 WORLD THINKING DAY 2019 5
email: guides@girlguides-nswact.org.au
PROGRAM PAGES 6
web: girlguides-nswact.org.au
ABN: 21 366 241 150 BRAVO 8
The liability of its members is limited PROPERTY UPDATES 8
Postal address: ROWING IS BACK AT TINGIRA 9
PO Box 950
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 GRASSROOTS GUIDING 10
MANAGER & CONSULTANT NEWS 11
Retail Department:
Basement Level Carpark (B1) GUIDE SHOP 11
68 McEvoy Street WHAT’S ON IN 2019 12
Alexandria NSW 2015
Phone: (02) 8399 2015 GREAT GUIDE SLEEPOVER 2018 13
Fax: (02) 8399 1051
Retail postal address:
PO Box 6124
Alexandria NSW 2015
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I write this immediately after Sydney Jamboree 2018 has
finished, and wow what an event. I could fill this whole …FOREWORD
FROM THE STATE TEAM…
edition of The Waratah with wonderful stories and thanking
all for Jamboree.
For everyone that attended, this event will be a highlight of
their Guiding journey and will be held up as a shining example
of what a group of Volunteers are able to achieve.
Calls for nominations for incoming Region Managers have been
I will leave you to recall your own memories from both this and sent to adult members in both of these Regions. If you live in
past Jamborees, as well as peruse the article and photos later either of these Regions take a closer look at the nomination
in this edition. This International Event hosted by Girl Guides information. Are you one of our next Region Managers?
NSW & ACT for Girl Guides Australia showcased us at our best.
Girls having fun and putting their best foot forward, facilitated December will also see Elizabeth Baker complete her 3 year term
by wonderful Group and Sub Camp Leaders, all organised by a as our State’s Learning and Development Manager. Elizabeth
dedicated group of Volunteers who worked for over 2 years to has led a team of Trainers who are committed to ensuring our
ensure the smooth running of this event. Leaders and Managers have all the tools needed to ensure our
Units and Districts are able to deliver the AGP. Elizabeth has
On behalf of everyone who attended either in person or in spirit, been progressive in her leadership and worked hard to
heartfelt thanks and congratulations go to Event Leaders in implement new ideas.
Charge (LICs) Program, Kylie Gray; Site and Services, Jo Tonon;
Event Convenor Helen Eggleton, and their team of Managers. You will remember that earlier in the year a survey was
completed by our Members. This survey is proving invaluable
I would also like to thank their families and Guiding Districts in providing useful insights for our Member Management
who were so very generous in loaning these wonderful women Committee to enable them to make informed decisions in
to us as well as assisting them and providing untold moral the best interests of our Membership and Guiding as a whole.
support. Of course such an event does not just happen by a You will have noted that our State publication, The Waratah,
few people getting together to organise it. THANKS to each is now produced every second month. From 2019 The Waratah
and every person who in some way assisted Jamboree, either will be produced quarterly. This will allow our Marketing and
by volunteering at the Jamboree itself or in some way made it Communications Team the ability to produce a magazine that
possible for the event to happen. Organising gear, fundraising, more truly reflects Guiding. Watch out for more information
applications, pre-Jamboree camps, buses and all sorts of other on what is happening around the State, our successes, the
bits are all part and parcel of our daily Guiding activity but do not achievements of our Members as well as information on things
go unnoticed. BRAVOOO to all. that affect Guiding.
I welcome Alice Anderson to the role of State Program Manager.
Alice has a wide experience in Guiding and is keen to look at
ways to improve the experience of participating in the Australian
Guide Program for both Leaders and Girls. You may be have
read about Alice in her online bio as a Board Director. Watch out
for more information about Alice and her vision for the AGP in Sarah Neill
future newsletters and the program section of our website. State Commissioner
sc@girlguides-nswact.org.au
In December, Region Managers Carol Peterson from Coastal
Valleys and Robin Laverty from Twin Rivers complete their terms.
Larissa Saywell
Deputy State Commissioner
I have served as a Region Manager with both of these ladies as deputyscls@girlguides-nswact.org.au
well as working with them in my team as State Commissioner.
Both of these ladies have worked tirelessly, with good humour
and what is best for Guiding at the forefront of everything they
have considered not only in their own area but as a whole.
I wish them well in their continuing Guiding lives. We will miss
them as part of the Region Manager Team.
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What fantastic events we have had in recent months. It was Finally, I would like to acknowledge the huge commitment
FROM THE CEO
inspiring to see the enthusiasm and energy at both the Great to this office and to Guiding by Cynthia Murphy who retired
Guide Sleepover (see page 13) and Sydney Jamboree 2018 from the Membership Department at the end of October.
(see pages 5–6). Attending and being involved in these events is Her encyclopaedic knowledge of Guiding and tireless work
a wonderful way of seeing at firsthand how Guiding positively ethic will be missed.
impacts our members’ lives—even when it is pouring with rain!
The 2018 State Forum is coming up soon on Thursday
November 8 at 7.00pm. This year it will be an online State
Forum which allows members to discuss the future direction
of Guides with the Board, and a great opportunity to influence
change. If you would like to virtually attend, make sure you
check the news section on the home page of our website for
login details.
For Girl Guides NSW & ACT, this time of year is budget time
as our financial year draws to a close. For 2019 it has been
agreed by the Board that annual membership fees will increase
as follows:
Youth members $150 Finally, I would like to acknowledge the huge commitment
Adult members $110 to this office and to Guiding by Cynthia Murphy who retired
Trefoil Guild $50 from the Membership Department at the end of October.
Her encyclopaedic knowledge of Guiding and tireless work
For youth members in NSW, don’t forget you can apply for an ethic will be missed.
Active Kids rebate for $100 also.
As this is the last Waratah for 2018, I would like to thank the
office staff for their hard work and commitment to Guiding this
year and to reflect on the significant achievements we have had
so far this year as an organisation, these include:
• Delivery of National Sydney Jamboree 2018 by NSW & ACT
• Development and implementation of our database upgrade
and responsive website including online renewals and
improved navigation
• Completion of our first member engagement research,
targeting both adult and youth members past and present,
to inform our membership strategy
• Completion of property WHS and compliance project and
development of property strategy working towards providing
more State support to Regions
• Investment review including new investment policy and
change of provider
• Operational improvements including online board director
Helen White
elections, new online retail store, and multiple online forms Chief Executive Officer
to improve the member experience helen.white@girlguides-nswact.org.au
• Development of professional skills volunteer
development, with mental health first aid to be rolled
out in the next months Looking for the Chief Commissioners news? You can read all of
And in 2019 there is many projects planned to further improve the National Team updates from this year online at girlguides.
your member experience so watch this space. org.au/category/national-team-reports/. When a new
report is available, we’ll let you know in G-news! Login to My
GuideBook on the Girl Guides NSW & ACT website and make
sure your email address is up-to-date!
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PUBLIC RELATIONS MATTERS: WE’RE ALL IN PR!
Just when you thought the list of jobs that makes you a Guide Publics with no involvement and no knowledge of Girl Guides
Leader couldn’t get any longer…It has! But don’t despair, this we call a nonpublic. If they have a low level of involvement
article is written with the intent of making your job easier. and a low level of knowledge, we label them inactive. The next
Adopting some simple thinking about public relations group we call aroused—they have a low level of knowledge and
matters can make public relations a function of everything a high level of involvement. Aware publics have a high level of
you do and shine some light on why public relations matters. knowledge and a low involvement and active publics have a
high level of both knowledge and involvement categories.
What do you think of when you hear or read the term Public
Relations (PR)? Sure there is trying to get stories in newspapers, The active publics are the Girl Guides in your Unit and the
magazines and blogs, on radio, television and online parents and volunteers that make up your District. Nonpublics
broadcasts. There is also the building of positive relationships may not know about Girl Guides but that doesn’t mean you
and maintaining different levels of awareness with different can’t change that with a little education.
groups in your communities that have different levels of
Doing PR activities in your community can cause publics to gain
knowledge about Girl Guides as an organisation.
higher levels of knowledge and involvement. If you add brand
Why does it matter that different people have a different awareness recognition to some of your everyday activities you’re already
of Girl Guides? By recognising that there are different levels of making efforts to educate and persuade your stakeholders to
awareness in your community, you can communicate with progress through these groupings.
different groups in a way that may increase their awareness.
For example, when Girl Guides are performing service
What does that have to do with you and with PR? In the and they’re in uniform and obvious representatives of the
communication industry a group of people that share an issue organisation, the people that engage with them are already
they’ve encountered; are not sure or convinced how to resolve increasing their levels of knowledge or involvement. If you
the issue; and who discuss or consider the issue is called a public. also have information with you that can create a conversation
Publics organise around issues. and continue to increase knowledge or involvement, then
your furthering awareness through increased knowledge
PR can be defined as the management of mutually influential
and involvement. Something as simple as talking directly to
relationships within a web of relationships comprised of stakeholders
children at a school assembly or having an info stall at a school
and organizations.
fair could even have publics jump a couple of knowledge or
Media relations, public affairs, publicity and promotion, involvement levels, a nonpublic for instance could become
sales and marketing, reputation management and events aroused or aware.
management are all aspects of PR. You can probably identify
What happens when you increase knowledge and involvement?
that these are all aspects of your role as a Guide Leader too.
Nonpublics can become inactive, inactive can become aroused,
A recent member engagement survey by Girl Guides NSW aroused become aware and aware, active. Increased active
& ACT indicated that recruitment is highly driven by word of publics means more members, or more volunteers.
mouth. Your position and prominence in your community
Nonpublics will obviously take more effort and energy of time
makes you one of the most important PR practitioners that our
to become active publics, then converting an aware public to
organisation has.
an active. Nonpublics may not ever become an active public,
String all of this together and you can empower more whereas a little release of information at the right time may
girls and young women by communicating effectively to promote an aware public to an active public and gain you a new
manage the differing wants and needs of multiple publics member or more volunteer help.
in your community.
Understanding the multiple publics that make up your
I mentioned a couple of paragraphs ago that publics organise community and with PR thinking applied to everyday actions,
around issues. We can group these publics into five categories. being a PR practitioner is just a part of being an adult member
The way you relate with each category may elevate them into of Girl Guides.
the next category. Skipping straight to the punchline: this could
You may even view yourself as an advocating public—that is to
increase the number of members in your Guide Unit.
say you are one of the most significant agents of PR that Girl
How do we get to the punchline? First, we cluster the Guides NSW & ACT has.
stakeholders we now know as publics into groups rated by a
Jamie Shepheard
combination of knowledge and involvement. Marketing & Communications Manager
jamie.shepheard@girlguides-nswact.org.au
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This edition marks 12 months in the role of Membership The results of the Member Insight Survey continue to provide
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Manager for me, and hasn’t that year gone quickly! lots of food for thought and revisiting these regularly keeps
me thinking about the ways we can improve membership
The last 3 months have been filled with lots of great activities
experience. From the comments in the survey it is clear that our
(Great Guide Sleepover and Jamboree) as well as continuing to
Leaders are looking for the administrative burden to be reduced
develop more functionality and information on the website and
so that they can concentrate more energy on the experience the
database for our Members. I continue to learn more about our
Girls are having. With this in mind the Membership Team will
Programs and Learning and Development approach as well as
be looking to work with Regions, Districts and Units to find ways
the Olave Program and Trefoil Guild connection to Girl Guides
we can do this. One recent example was the change of a few of
NSW & ACT. The more Members I meet the more I start to
the forms required to manage Unit or Member information are
understand the deep connection to Guiding that was expressed
now available as an online form, removing the need for these
so clearly by our Members in the Member Survey results.
to be printed, signed, scanned and returned. A simple step that
Hopefully the ongoing work being done by the Membership
can reduce the time something takes to be done. If you have any
Team demonstrates our willingness to work with all Members to
ideas, please let us know.
make Guiding as easy and rewarding as possible.
As we move towards the end of the year I hope that all enjoy
One of the first tasks the Membership Team had at the
the last few weeks of Guiding 2018 and enjoy a break over
beginning of the year was to introduce the Active Kids Voucher
the Summer.
Rebate program to Girl Guide Youth Members residing in New
South Wales. This program saw Members able to claim a $100
Dan Croucher
voucher towards their annual Membership Fee. This has been Membership Manager
very popular amongst our members and as of the middle of dan.croucher@girlguides-nswact.org.au
October 2555 (over 50%) Youth Members have claimed the Active
Kids Voucher. This program has another 3 years to run and
2019 vouchers can be claimed from January 1 so don’t forget
to claim yours. With the new online renewal system this will
be even easier with processing of the Voucher automatic.
YATZ
For the 8 to 11 age bracket, there will again
be places up for grabs in a special Girl
Guides takeover of the Keeper for a Day
program in January.
Yo u t h a t t h e Zo o These are scholarships with Taronga and the
ages are defined by the Taronga programs.
Thanks to Taronga, Girl Guides NSW & ACT are once
Submissions for the both these programs are due 14
again offering our Guides some very extraordinary
Nov 18.
opportunities.
Find out more at girlguides-nswact.org.au/YATZ
For the 13 to 19 age bracket, we will have the
opportunity to send four intrepid Guides to
Taronga’s Youth at the Zoo (YATZ) program.
KEE
Normally $350, Taronga has generously Become a
supported Girl Guides with some scholarships!
PER
For the first time Taronga have also offered us
a position on the YATZ program at Taronga’s
Western Plains Zoo.
Fo r a D ay
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Take an adventure through
WORLD THINKING DAY 2019
time with friends in
150 countries on 22 February!
WHAT IS WORLD THINKING DAY?
In 1926, Girl Guide and Girl Scout delegates from around the
globe met in the USA for the 4th World Conference. Among
other decisions, they agreed that there should be a special
annual day when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world
think of each other and express their thanks and appreciation
for our international Movement. This was called Thinking Day.
The delegates chose 22 February as the date for Thinking Day
because it was the birthday of both Lord Baden-Powell, founder World Thinking Day 2019 is a time-travel adventure.
of the Boy Scout Movement, and Olave Baden-Powell, who was Every year, World Thinking Day has a different theme that Girl
World Chief Guide. Guides and Girl Scouts around the world can learn about and
Six years later in 1932, the 7th World Conference was taking take action on. In 2019, make your way through the history of
place in Bucze, Poland, when a Belgian delegate pointed out World Thinking Day and the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting
that a birthday usually involves gifts, and so girls could show Movement in an interactive game.
their appreciation on Thinking Day by offering gifts to our World Thinking Day 2019 is dedicated to the group of girls who
international Movement by fundraising or making a donation. took the lead in 1909 and demanded Lord Baden-Powell create
Olave Baden-Powell wrote a letter to all Girl Guides and Girl something for the girls.
Scouts later that year to tell them about this idea and to ask Challenge Badge
them to spare a penny to help support Girl Guiding and Girl
Embark on an adventure through time. Learn about the history
Scouting around the world.
of our Movement, and practise leadership through the chances
Much later in 1999, at the 30th World Conference in Dublin, and choices of our present and
Ireland, delegates from around the world decided to change future. Earn a badge. Be prepared
the name of the day from Thinking Day to World Thinking Day, for an exciting adventure!
to better emphasise the international aspects of the day.
To download the challenge pack go
The fundraising aspect of World Thinking Day that began in to qr.w69b.com or scan this QR code.
1932 is still an important funding mechanism for WAGGGS
today, and it helps to keep the Movement going.
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The first week of October at Sydney Olympic Park Was Jamb Hot! Participants travelled to Jamboree from Canada, New Zealand,
UK, Japan, Philippines, USA and Singapore and Malaysia and
…Jamboree hot that was. Sydney Jamboree 2018 was home
we got to talk to so many girls from around the world. Sure
to around 1500 Girl Guides, Girl Scouts and Volunteers from
Guiding may be a little different around the world but we
around the world from 30 September to 6 October, 2018.
really noticed how much Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have in
Sydney Jamboree 2018 provided participants opportunities for common, no matter where in the world they come from.
fun, friendship, adventure and exploration, creating memories
See just some of the fun in the photos on this page and go
to last a lifetime.
to our website to see more. Keep your eye on Facebook,
Girls undertook some fantastic activities during camp, Instagram and YouTube as we post more and more
including climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, surfing, photographs and videos,
canoeing, a city expedition, canyoning and caving, archery and and search the hashtags
much, much more. #SydneyJamboree2018
Not even the torrential downpours late in the week were and #GirlGuidesGoPlaces
enough to put a dampner on the event—in fact, for some of the to posts from Guides and
younger girls from the Northern Territory, we’ve been told it Girl Scouts everywhere!
was their first experience of real-life rain!
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Demonstrating the significant contribution made to the overall 10 years — Mavis Sloan; Caroline Slaytor; Shae Miller and
BRAVO
success of Sydney Jamboree 2018, Helen Eggleton was awarded Louise Oldman
the Grey Kangaroo, Kylie grey was awarded the Flowering Gum 15 years — Margaret Wilson
and Jo Tonon was awarded the Wattle. BRAVO Helen, Kylie & Jo.
25 years — Shirley Evans
BRAVO also to this edition's newly qualified Leaders and Adult
Members that have marked long service milestones. 30 years — Robyn McNamara
Newly Qualified 35 years — Dorothy Balcomb
40 years — Evelyn Crockett and Helen Bennett
District Managers — Monica Stonebridge; Christina Darlington
and Kelly Steele 45 years — Valma Evans and Mary Thom
Unit Leaders — Laura-Kate Quartermaine; 50 years — Julie Peck
Tara Willoughby; Linda Organ; Helen Lemos; Grace Kelly and 55 years — Betty McDonald
Nicola Shepherd Long service milestones supporters:
Long service milestones: 30 years — Brian Taafe and Jan Taafe
5 years — Leesa Abrams; Donna Staff; Natalie Lane and Felicia Lee
Summer is fast approaching, meaning it is prudent to re visit Preparations Include:
PROPERTY UPDATES
the Bush fire plans and preparations for all of our Guiding • Cutting back any overhanging trees or shrubs and dispose
locations, particularly those locations known to be in a Bush of the cuttings appropriately.
Fire Zone, or neighbouring bush, grasslands, woodlands,
• Clean leaves from the roof, gutters and down pipes.
farmland or crops.
• Remove and store any flammable items away from the venue.
Basic Questions to ask when checking your level of Bush • Keep any garden mulch and leaf litter away from the
fire risk.
premises and keep any grass cut short.
• Are the facilities neighbouring or within a couple of streets
• Store wood piles well away from the venue and keep
of bushland?
this covered.
• Does the local area have a history of bush fires?
Make sure the pressure relief valves on LPG cylinders face
• Are there many trees and shrubs around your Hall?
outwards (so flame is not directed towards the premises).
• In the event of a fire, would you need to travel through bush
land to leave your venue? Most buildings, burnt in bushfire attack are because of ember
attack. Embers can cause fires many kilometres in front of the
• Is it more than 12 months since you have reviewed your
main fire and can start falling hours before the fire arrives in
Bush Fire Plans and procedures?
the immediate area.
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, bush fire
Embers can travel many kilometres ahead of a fire, so even
preparations are required.
when you are not directly threatened by bush fire , you may be
impacted by embers. Preparing your venue can reduce the risk
Interesting fact: Tingira is the only boatshed with a roof top
of embers starting a spot fire.
deck in the Canada Bay Council precinct.
The temporary closure of the roof top deck, at Tingira, A well prepared location is more likely to survive a bush fire, it
recently was necessary due to safety concerns associated also makes it easier for firefighters to defend the property.
with deterioration of the timber decking. Given the age of Soon to be released is a Girl Guides NSW & ACT Generic Bush
the deck, the best way forward is to replace it. Fire Plan document to be used by any location identified as
The uniqueness of the property means, what we are being in a bush fire hazard zone that does not
proposing to do will generate a lot of interest and not just already have a bush fire plan in place. To work
from the guiding community. The net result is a process that out if your home or a Guide Hall is in a Bush Fire
is considerably more complicated than it sounds, only in part Zone go to rfs.nsw.gov.au /plan-and-prepare/
because the structure is built over water and attached to land building-in-a-bush-fire-area/planning-for-bush-
with a special purpose being Girl Guides. fire-protection/bush-fire-prone-land/check-bfpl
Rest assured, the Property Team will be methodically
Meena Holzhauser
navigating this process with a view to celebrating 50 years at Property & Asset Manager
Tingira in 2019 on a lovely new roof top deck. meena.holzhauser@girlguides-nswact.org.au
8 Edition 9 | November 2018ROWING IS BACK AT TINGIRA
Heaps of fun
to gether
Room fo
r a whole
Patrol
e t
No more wet fe
Be among the first to try out our newly restored rowing boats
SRS Deloraine and SRS Torrens.
Bring your Unit, bring your families, bring your friends bring
your District for an oarsome day of mucking about in boats at
RTS Tingira.
Book your special presentation event, your Christmas party or
just come because you’d love your Guides to experience the
thrills of a day on the water in canoes, rowboats and powerboats
on Hen and Chicken Bay.
Country groups of up to 12 welcome to stay overnight (fees apply).
Currently booking within 12 months half price (excludes
trainings and special events).
Contact Girl Guides NSW & ACT NOW to make your booking:
propertyadmin@girlguides-nswact.org.au or 02 8396 5200.
Ask about our 50th anniversary restoration project.
Contact tingirafriends@gmail.com
Edition 9 | November 2018 9Two key areas in Girl Guides is the development of self—learning
GRASSROOTS GUIDING
new skills and taking on challenges—and service to the
community in which they live. The girls of Mount Colah Aurora
Guides, a Senior Guide Unit, have taken on a novel project which
meets those areas of Guiding. They have built and set up a street
library near the Guide Hall at Pierre Close, Mount Colah.
Building the street library was a service project which took two
terms to finish. In the process the girls learnt new skills including
planning, designing, and using power tools. The girls learnt
about different libraries and were instrumental in the decoration
of the library, choosing a design that reflected the area in which
they live. The Guides will monitor and maintain the library as an
ongoing responsibility.
Street libraries are a beautiful home for books, planted in your front
yard. They are accessible from the street, and are an invitation to share
the joys of reading with your neighbours.
— streetlibrary.org.au
They work on an honour system where people choose books to
borrow and return, or add another book for others to read.
There is no checking in or out but it is a good way for books to get
read over and over and not sit on a shelf gathering dust.
The Guides and their Leaders thank the Friends of Mount Colah
for their support as well as Paul Hiscock from Just Call Paul for
his advice and skill during the project.
try
Girl Guide PBoyeO.C. 2018 —Lismore Senior Guid
e
Ashes Proud Badges.
I was born through your first flame Sitting ‘round the campfire ring,
Then made by laughter, song, friendship, I cannot help but know,
Collected and taken, Guiding’s an adventure that lets you take wing,
All over the world, With no limits on where you might go,
Then Badges glint golds and blues,
Thrown back to my maker. Reflected in starry skies of endless night,
To burn once more, Tongues of flame cast orange hues,
The mixed with others, Over those who’ve taken up the Guiding plight.
From different places, So while those badges shine proud in campfire light,
Cultures I sing with my friends, knowing my place is right.
Countries
Born again through the flames
Like the phoenix
Maybe I’ll meet you
Haiku to the Guides
And carry your voice
Age-old traditions,
Your stories
Trefoil symbol shines bright,
Your memories
Guiding forever.
And take you all over the world
All over again
10 Edition 9 | November 2018What are your goals for 2019? Where in the world would you Also consider your referees. You will need two Girl Guiding
INT'L & WORLD GUIDING
like international and world Guiding to take you? Find the referees and one personal referee. It is important that you
latest events online at girlguides.org.au/event_category/ have talked with your Leaders and personal referee and asked
international-events/ and watch G-news for events. Many for their support. Please do not nominate a referee without
events have short response times. Consider checking the site their permission. They need to know you are applying for an
each week as well as joining Facebook sites such as Kusifiri. international event and believe you are ready so they can
Events may have closing dates only weeks after being posted. support you in the selection process and also help you to be
Events, such as Kusifiri may fill within hours of being posted. ready for the adventure, challenge and opportunity available
Plan now for the experience of a lifetime. through international events.
When considering an application for an international event, If you have finished year 12, are on a study break or wanting a new
if you are a youth member, take time to talk with your Leaders challenge consider volunteering at one of the World Centres.
about your skills, strengths and needs and discuss how you
The world awaits you! I await your application and look forward
can work towards being ready for an international camp. Do
to interviewing you for the opportunity of a lifetime.
you need to work on some tent skills? Do you need some more
nights under canvas? Do you know about WAGGGs? What
Amanda Cooper
would you like to share with others at an international event? State International & World Guiding Consultant
What would you wear at an international night when Girl Guides international@girlguides-nswact.org.au
or Guides Scouts are wearing their national dress? Could you
use some of this new learning towards a peak achievement
challenge or badge challenge?
Girl Guides NSW & ACT's retail arm, The Guide Shop will be Please order by 6 December to have your order shipped this
GUIDE SHOP
closing for stocktake and the summer Guiding holidays. year. For any last minute Guiding gifts or purchases, shop
online at girlguides-nswact.org.au or instore at The Guide
The last day of trade for 2018 will be 7 December.
Shop, Undergound Carpark, 222 Botany Road Alexandria NSW
The Guide Shop will reopen for a fresh year of Guiding on 2015 Enter via Retreat Street.
29 January 2019.
Questions? Call 02 8399 2015 or email
Online shopping will not be available during this period. shop@girlguides-nswact.org.au
Wow, it is hard to believe that Sydney Jamboree 2018 has been Good Service Awards, please take the time to have a look at
OLAVE
and gone. A huge congratulations to all Olaves who took up the what Adult Awards are available and who you might think is
challenge to be part of this awesome event. To those who were deserving of any of the awards. Remember the following:
part of the Planning team, group or subcamp teams, adventures
• Good Service Awards are to recognise adult members who
or expedition organisers or even if it was your first Jamboree,
you believe are worthy of an award by the contribution they
the effort and dedication to support this event has paid off.
have made to Guiding in Australia at Local, State, National
Taking part in organising an event on this scale springboards
or International level.
your Guiding Journey and I hope you continue to connect with
the new friends created through the week of Jamboree, you just • Awards can be nominated by anyone at anytime.
never know where these contacts may take you. • Download the form from Guide Lines
• You need someone to second the nomination and have
Congratulations to all volunteers who dedicated many
your Region Leader sign the nomination.
thousands of hours to prepare and deliver this amazing camp.
Don’t forget, the Olave Program committee is always after
Have you been working on the Olaves Take Action badge? As the stories about what Olaves have been doing! Please share your
end of year is just around the corner, the time is running out to journeys, stories, adventures and challenges through social
challenge yourself and your peer group to complete this badge. media using #olaves, #liveforthechallenge
Have you witnessed amazing things from an Olave?
Sally Woodhouse
Why not nominate them for a Good Service Award? The State Olave Program Consultant
Adult Award framework can be found in Guide Lines olaveprogram@girlguides-nswact.org.au
(guidelinesforgirlguides.org.au). If you are not aware of these find us on facebook - Olave Program NSW & ACT
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Girl-led Guiding in action, the 2019 Project will have a people’s choice theme for GirlMade 2019, selected
form a survey.
Participation is simple: create an artwork; fill in the entry form; submit artworks to Region exhibitions.
GirlMade 2019 submissions are due June 30, 2019. Region exhibitions will be held in July and August 2019
with State exhibition held September 28, 2019. Put aside time to ideate and create in your 2019 program!
Find out more at girlguides-nswact.org.au/GirlMade
Regatta It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or
Regatta is a long-standing experienced caver, Caving is open to anyone who is ready for an
event for 14–30 year old’s. adventure! Youth Members must be aged 14+ and attend with
Loaded with tradition, this a Unit Leader
popular and fun weekend greenlight for girls
has girls coming back year
greenlight for girls is an
after year.
international organisation
With a new theme every year dedicated to inspire girls of
around 250 intrepid Senior Guides, their Leaders and Olaves all ages and backgrounds
lightweight camp and have lots of fun! to pursue STEM subjects
Guides aged 13+ may participate as a linking event. by introducing them to the
world of science in fun and exciting ways! Girl Guides in ACT
There are informal boating competitions held on the Saturday
have been working with the g4g crew to deliver this amazing
and Sunday mornings, some exciting land activities on Saturday
program to girls in Canberra during National Science Week.
afternoon, activities into the evening and a Guides Own.
Stay tuned for announcements in 2019.
Lark in the Park
Great Guide Sleepover
2019 will host our second
The most hotly
Lark in the Park , an
anticipated event for
annual event for Pre-
Guides aged 10–17, the
junior and Junior Guides.
Great Guide Sleepover is
With day and overnight an overnight event with
tickets available for over sleeping under the stars,
300 youth attendees this Guiding, animals, movies,
event focuses on bringing the outdoors and outdoor overnight dancing and more.
camping to our younger members.
The first sleepover was held in 1996
This event is open to Bring A Friends. Look for it on the 2019 on the steps of the Opera House to raise awareness and funds
calendar in late March (date to be confirmed). for homeless communities and since then, has become an
Caving annual tradition, moving locations over the years but always
funding a cause for the community.
Explore underground
ecosystems and discover a 2019 will be our 24th year, held 24 August at Taronga Zoo.
labyrinth of breathtaking
scenery! This event is run
by the Rover Speleological
Society, a group of experienced and qualified Cavers who are
Ashley Baker
all current or former Guides and Scouts—and has been on our Member & Supporter Engagement Manager
calendar for over 25 years!. events@girlguides-nswact.org.au
Go to girlguides-nswact.org.au and click on events or courses in the what’s on menu.
12 Edition 9 | November 2018GREAT GUIDE SLEEPOVER 2018
GREAT GUIDE SLEEPOVER 2018: TOMRA and Take 3 from the Sea showed short films on the
sequins, smiles & sea-turtles— 25 August 2018 night, and Taronga's own Kate recorded a message for Girl
Guides about Taronga's Litter Free Ocean campaign. You can
The Great Guide Sleepover is Girl Guides NSW & ACT's
watch all of these videos on the news page of our website,
premier fundraising event. Funds raised help support Taronga
girlguides-nswact.org.au.
Conservation Society and Girl Guides NSW & ACT. With over
850 attendees we raised nearly $40,000 for both organisations. Dr. Ricky Spencer, head of WildLab and Associate Professor of
Our animal focus this year was the Green (Sea) Turtle and Sally Ecology at Western Sydney University shared his knowledge
the Sea Turtle Mascot says thank you again for all the hard of turtles as well as provided an interactive take home Unit
work and support for this event! activity. Watch Ricky's video from the event below, watch out
for Turtle Month Challenge next month (November) and log
This year we teamed up with TOMRA and Take 3 for the Sea
your turtle sightings into TurtleSAT.org.au.
to highlight the importance of environmental awareness,
recycling, and protecting our oceans from litter. A big thank Finally, thank you again to our fabulous event committee and
you from TOMRA and Take 3 for the Sea for all the Guides volunteers who make this event possible:
who provided questions and suggestions on the day for the
• Carol Peterson, LIC
environment. They were overwhelmed with the positive
response and how many Guides were already doing their bit for • Elizabeth Baker, First Aid
the environment, picking up litter and recycling via the Return • Leisa Evans, Security
and Earn scheme. • Jenny Duffus, Security
Congratulations especially to the Richmond Guide Unit who • And the entire hot water team!
did all their fundraising through the Return and Earn scheme. Save the date for next year’s Great Guide Sleepover—
If your Unit would like to find out more about how to fundraise 24 August 2019!
please email TOMRA (donations.nsw@tomra.com) or fill in
an application form at tcnsw.com.au to be a local donation
partner on your reverse vending machine.
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