Links and useful stuff
Useful for scout leaders and scouts organising events in the ACT area
ACT campgrounds information
Dept of Environment publications about bush code, national parks, and all kinds of things
Camping in Namadgi (PDF file)
Namadgi campgrounds (PDF file)
Cotter campgrounds (PDF file)
Maps
Google maps
Non-scouting websites
This section contain information and links to other websites that might be useful for badgework, planning hikes or developing programs.
- Environment
- Astronomy
- Camping and campcraft
- Hiking, navigation and orienteering
- Health and first aid
Environment
Planet Ark organises lots of activities including the National Tree Day and lots of other projects to help the environment.
Greening Australia organises the tree plantings and nursery plantings that our troop has helped with.
Identifying birds
- Canberra ornithologists group
Astronomy
Astronomy resources
There are lots of good websites about astronomy. Here are a couple of really cool ones:
The
Canberra Space Dome virtual tour
The Planetarium
in Melbourne
Hiking and navigation
http://www.john.chapman.name/index.html John Chapman's bushwalking website.
- http://www.john.chapman.name/links.html John's links to other resources about hiking
- http://www.john.chapman.name/safety.html John's information about mobile phones and GPS units in the context of safety.
http://www.bushwalking.org.au/ Australian bushwalking organisation, with links to local bushwalking clubs, and lots of information about Australian bushwalking locations
John Evans - information about hikes in the ACT, NSW and Tasmania that he has done.
Geocaching
Orienteering
Orienteering ACT have events every weekend:
Camping and campcraft
Building shelters from tarpaulins
Cooking
Anatomically correct brain jelly
Health and first aid
St Johns Ambulance online resources:
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