Scout City to take centre stage Explore Australia Expo
by Explore Australia Expo on 16 Jun 2014
The Oceanic Dive Tank will be a popular feature of Explore Australia Expo. Explore Australia Expo
Explore Australia Expo 2014 - Australia’s largest youth movement Scouts, which provides young Aussies aged 6 to 25 with fun and challenging opportunities to grow through adventure, will give visitors to this weekend's Explore Australia Expo the chance to experience some of the activities first hand.
Today's Scouts can take part in an extraordinary variety of outdoor activities, from ‘traditional Scouting skills’ such as camping and bushcraft, through to more extreme challenges such as abseiling, overnight hiking, rafting, canoeing, canyoning, snow activities, rock climbing, sailing and even flying.
Explore Australia Expo’s younger visitors will have the chance to tackle the abseiling and rock climbing tower and test their skills at creating a stacking tower.
Peter Macdonald Scouts Victoria State Leader for Abseiling said young adventurers visiting the Explore Australia Expo would get a real sense of the Scouts experience.
'We’re lucky to have an enthusiastic team of volunteers that run a program that helps to train the leaders of tomorrow,' Macdonald said.
'Our aim is to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development of young people so that they may play a constructive role in society as responsible citizens and as members of their local and international communities.
'We do this through an active program that insists on our youth members having fun and enjoying all aspects of their scouting lives. This weekend, we’d like to show all of the guests at the Expo just one or two of the ways we achieve this aim,' Macdonald continued.
With over 20,000 visitors expected across the weekend the Explore Australia Expo will also raise awareness for depression awareness charity beyondblue.
beyondblue strives to change attitudes, reduce stigma and improve services for people with depression and anxiety – and their family and friends – throughout Australia.
Following the death of his son Rowan, Membrey Transport Operator Craig Membrey teamed up with beyondblue to raise awareness of depression and suicide.
Membrey’s monster truck, named in memory of Rowan will be on the Adventure Track across the weekend at Explore Australia Expo.
Tickets available online or at the gate.Adults $17 Senior-Concession $13 Kids Under 15 Free Adult 2 Day Pass $24?
For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit the Explore Australia Expo website or follow the event on Facebook.
For exhibitor information please contact Paul Morgan paul@exploreaustraliaexpo.com.au
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