Ag Agenda • Your Contingent Kit • Meet the Team • The Stats • The Venture • The Serious Bit • Pre Tour (Queenstown) • Phase One (Expeditions) • Phase Two (Kaiwaka) • Post Tour (Rotorua) • What to Bring • Health, Welfare and Security • Travel Arrangements • Wrap Up and Questions
Be Befor ore we begin • Please switch mobile phones to silent • Hold all questions until the end (we will probably answer it as we go) • Toilets and Emergency Exits
Your ur Conting ngen ent Kit • Please collect your contingent merchandise after this presentation. • Includes • 2 Contingent Polo Shirts • 2 Luggage Tags and loops (one for your contingent travel bag and one for a backpack) • Name Badge • 2 Australian International Scarves • 1 Contingent Badge (the other was sent out with flight details in September) • 90L Contingent Travel Bag • Jacket (if ordered) • Any other additional merchandise ordered (extra badges or shirts) • No Tent (you will receive this on arrival at the Venture if you ordered one)
Mee eet t The The Tea eam
Me Meet t the T Team Rik Scholes Contingent Leader • Venturer Leader – Baden Powell Park Victoria • Deputy Contingent Leader – NZV2010, AV2012 (Victorian Contingent) • Program Manager – NZV2016 • Welfare Manager – WSM2017
Me Meet t the T Team Lisa Picking Deputy Contingent Leader • Victorian State Commissioner – International • Contingent Advisor – NZ Moot 2019, KISC 2016, NZ Moot 2015 • Reception Manager – Kandersteg International Scout Centre 2012/2013 • Contingent Leader – NZ Moot 2012
Me Meet t the T Team Tasman Cocks-Wheaton Kate Zuiderwyk Assistant Contingent Leader Assistant Contingent Leader • Rover – 1 st Austinmer • Rover – Wilson Sea Rovers • Attended AV2015 and NZV2016 • Attended NZV2016 • Queen’s Scout • Queen’s Scout • Former Patrol Leader on Scouts Victoria State Youth Council • NZV2016 Reunion Transport/Logistics Manager
Meet t Me the T Team Sharon Noonan Rod Byrnes Youth Welfare and First Aid Manager Welfare Support • District Commissioner – Strzelecki • Victorian State Commissioner – District Venturers • Welfare Manager at NZV2016 and • Welfare Manager at KISC2016, NZV2013 AV2018 and WSJ2019 • Employed as Welfare Officer at a • Workplace Counselling trained Gippsland School • Mental Health First Aid trained
Me Meet t the T Team Dave Langron Mike Beadle Program Manager Adult Support Manager • Venturer Leader – 5 th /6 th Central • Group Leader – Baden Powell Park Moorabbin • Former Cub and Venturer Leader • Program Assistant – KISC 2016 • Assistant Program Director - Kandersteg International Scout Centre 2012/2013
Me Meet t the T Team Hugh Wetherill Matthew Kusi Operations Manager Operations Support • Rover – 1 st Austinmer • Rover – Bruce Davies Rovers • Queen’s Scout • Contingent Leader – WSM2017 • NZV2016 Reunion Team Leader • Deputy Contingent Leader – NZV2016 • Involved in many Victorian Venturer • Assistant Contingent Leader – Camps including AG and VG NZV2013
Me Meet t the T Team Bob Ellis Libby Davison Catering Manager Finance Manager • Adventurous Activities Leader – SA • Police Scouter/Australian Scout Fellowship • Experienced in bushwalking, caving and radio/electronics • AusAID, Fiji Scout Association • Over 40 years experience in the • Contingent Advisor - NZ Moot 2012, Venturer section 2013, 2014 • National Rover Chair - 2011
Me Meet t the T Team Gary Steinhardt Ross Millward Post Stay Operations Support Catering Support • Victorian Assistant State • Venturer Leader – Moreland District Commissioner – Venturer Scouts • Welfare Team – NZV2016 • Contingent Leader for NZV2010, • Attended numerous National and NZV2013, AV2012, AV2015, AV2018 International Jamborees, Ventures • Transport and Logistics Manager – and Moots NZV2016
The The Stats ts • 574 Australians attending • Female Venturers 201 • Female Leaders 33 • 500 Venturers • 73 Leaders/Rovers • Male Venturers 300 • Male Leaders 40 • 292 participating in Pre Tour
The The Stats ts State/Territory Venturers Leaders Total ACT 16 2 18 NSW 142 17 159 QLD 46 3 49 SA 25 9 34 TAS 3 1 4 VIC 236 38 274 WA 33 3 36
The The Ven entur ture • What is a Venture • Where is the Venture
Wha What is s a Ventur ure? • Major New Zealand national event for Venturers • Venturers and Guides from: • New Zealand, • Australia, • Canada, • UK • Other Asia Pacific countries • For 11 days of adventure (31 st Dec – 11 th Jan)
Whe Where is s the he Ventur ure • Kaiwaka Sport Complex, Northland Region • 120km north of Auckland
Ka Kaiwaka, Northland
Th The Fu Fun Stu tuff
Wha What ha happe ppens ns at a Ventur ure • The Venture is broken into 4 key parts: • The Pre Tour - Queenstown (Optional – 4 Days) • The Venture Phase One – Expeditions (5 Days) • The Venture Phase Two – Onsite (6 Days) • The Post Tour - Rotorua (Included – 4 Days)
Wha What to Bring ng • Suggested gear list in Newsletter 4 • Your expedition may have extra gear requirements • Make sure you bring this equipment as well • Communicated by your Unit Leaders and Expedition managers
Pr Pre Tour and Post Stay - Ac Accommodation • All sleeping accommodation is single gender! • There are ramifications for anyone found in rooms other than their own • Please DO NOT swap rooms. • In an emergency we need to be able to find everyone.
Pr Pre Tour and Post Stay – Ac Activity Waivers • Pre Tour and Post Stay activity waivers are OVERDUE (by several months) • If you have not submitted your waivers, or they have been rejected, you must upload them ASAP • If we do not have your waivers, you will not be permitted to attend the activities that you have paid for
Pr Pre Tour and Post Stay – Mi Missing a an a activity • Visit Admin as soon as possible • No Refunds • If your activity is cancelled due to weather, we will attempt to arrange to reschedule or a refund will be arranged
Pr Pre Tour and Post Stay - Ke Keys • Pre and Post Tours • you will be issued with a key/swipe cards for your room • Loss of your key or swipe card • $125 per key/card lost • Paid for by the person who lost it • The Contingent will not be paying for lost keys
Pr Pre Tour and Post Stay - Me Meals • Fully catered by commercial caterers • Our Catering Team is coordinating • Special diets catered for based on what is in your application • Please contact our Catering Manager if you have concerns • No need to bring a “Dilly Bag” with plates etc • crockery will be provided for you
Pr Pre Tour and Post Stay - Cl Clot othes Washing • Queenstown and Rotorua • Washing powder provided at no cost • Couple of NZ dollars per load • Share loads to save money!
Pr Pre Tour - Ac Activities Included/Free Activities • Tandem Kayak • Stand Up Paddleboard • Surprise Jet Boat ride • Hydro Attack • Skyline Gondola and Luge • Tandem Skydive • Ben Lomond Hike • Jet Boating • White Water Rafting Optional Activities • Lake Cruise • Parasailing • Milford Sound Scenic Flight • Nevis Swing • Milford Sound Overnight Explorer • Zipline Tour • Onsen Hot Pools (Leaders only) • Canyoning
Pr Pre Tour - Ac Accommodation
Pr Pre Tour - Ac Accommodation
Pr Pre Tour - Ac Accommodation • Pinewood Lodge • Shared rooms with 2 to 10 people per room. • Milford Sound Overnight Explorer activity • Gunns Camp in similar room arrangements. • You will have a bed every night of Pre Tour!
Tr Travelling to the Venture • Pre Tour and Non Pre Tour group • Fly into Auckland on 31 st December • from Queenstown and Australia respectively • Travel by bus to the Venture site
Ar Arriving at the Venture • Check in and receive your ID Card, meet your new Unit • Opening ceremony held on site on the evening of the 31 st • Followed by New Years Eve party • “Around The World” • Expeditions leave morning of 1 st January
Ac Accommodation • Venturers and Leaders camp in single gender tents • Expedition units assigned camping areas onsite • Tent sharing only with: • Venturers of the same gender • Within the same expedition unit • We highly recommend having your own!
Ph Phas ase e One - Expe Expedi ditions ns • 4 nights and 5 days • Activities away from the Kaiwaka site • Expeditions spread all over the Upper North Island • All expeditions will have contact with the Venture Organising Committee • Other contact methods (like mobiles) will be limited depending on the site • Excess gear can be stored on site during the expedition phase. • We will supply garbage bags and tags for this purpose
Ph Phas ase e One - Expe Expedi ditions ns • Some expeditions require special equipment, like hike stoves etc. These will be advised by Unit/Expedition Leaders • Hike packs • Bring this empty • Straps done up • Clearly marked with your name on it • Goes through as excess baggage – covered by the Contingent
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