Georgia Frost is a young woman to watch, on top of being a Joey Scout Leader she is the School Captain of Nambour State College and was recently announced the runnerup of the Zonta Club of Maroochy Young Women in Public Affairs Award.
Tucked away in a pocket of a Nambour neighbourhood, under a leafy canopy of trees, is a cabin-like building where leaders of the future are emerging. The beautiful setting, which feels like an adventure camp, a world away from town living, is the 2nd Nambour Scouts Den for the Nambour District Scout Association. by REBECCA MUGRIDGE
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“I’ve been helping with the Joeys for two years and I’ve been in Scouts for eight. It has helped me a lot with my leadership, like becoming School Captain this year, but it also really develops you as a person,” she said.
The Joey Scout Mob: Back: Debra Harvey, Catherine Dibbs Sarah King, Georgia Frost, Fionnbharr Jones Middle: Dominic Thompson, Chayce Higgin, Jake Foster Front: Lisa Harvey, Neo Erbacher, Ruby Taylor, Penny Taylor, Ella Fischer
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his year Scouts Australia celebrates the 30th anniversary of adding their youngest members to the fray, their Joey Scouts. While Scouts does have Cubs, where kids start from around eight, adding the little Joeys section means kids as young as five can be a part of one of the world’s oldest and most respected organisations. Scouts has a long, established history with many prominent members. From Edward “Bear” Grylls to Sir David Attenborough, David Beckham to Sir Richard Branson,and Steven Spielberg to Barack Obama. Founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in England, Scouts has seen two World Wars, been through many changes in society and currently has 25-million Scouts world-wide. The Australian Scouting Association made the move to allow girls to join in their Venturer and Rover Sections back in 1973, going on to include them in Cubs and Scouts in 1988.
In 1990 Joey Scouts was launched with both girls and boys able to join. Joey Scouts are named after the baby kangaroo and are part of a ‘Mob’ led by Joey Scout Leaders; the tradition of young people learning to be leaders. The 2nd Nambour boasts two amazing Joey Scout Leaders in Fionnbharr Jones and Georgia Frost.
Georgia believes girls have the ability to inspire other girls in the most incredible ways, and that is a strong element she finds within Scouts.
“I know, especially with myself, my sister and other girls, that when you first come into it [Scouts]…you see these girls that are really good at it and you think, that’s what I want to do.” Georgia feels young people in Scouts are learning to believe in themselves and the many paths they could take. “I really like the idea of teaching, but outside of that I’d like to go into the Defence Force and be an environmental operations manager or something like that.” According to Scouts Australia, Joeys is where kids can ‘learn a sense of belonging, confidence, and fun, how to share and express themselves creatively’. They have activities such as cooking, building from recycled materials, singing, learning to recognise our native birds and animals, safe risk-taking, and growing plants. And all with the caring support of young leaders like Georgia and Fionnbharr on hand. Fionbharr moved here from Scotland around nine years ago, and says he couldn’t imagine his life without Scouts. “I’ve always done Scouts, my whole life. They all [Scouts around the world] feel really linked; it is a worldwide organisation. No matter who you are or where you are from you can be a part of a local Scouts. You make lifelong friends.”
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