Possum Box

http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/wildlife/ possumhousel .html : I can recommend this design from the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. While, Brushtail Possums are common in my part of North Queensland but natural accommodation is not and they hide out during the day in the .guttering and my amateur radio mast.

A year ago I followed the instructions on this site and built a possum box. Installed in a tree facing north west, away from the wet season sun and the dry season wind, it was occupied within two weeks and has not had a vacancy since.

Games sites

Games http://www.edinburghScout.org.uk/  Click on 'Games Compendium'.There are 'hundreds of games for Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts in nine categories such as pen and paper, water, wide, memory, races and relays. (added Sep 2009)

Water Activities Games Kit

Sea Scouting, and water activities in general, are especially popular among adolescents and young people. Whether there is access to the sea, lakes, rivers or only man-made bodies of water, Sea Scouting can offer adventurous outdoor activities, inspiring symbolism and rich maritime traditions. It can also offer young people the chance to develop useful technical skills for their personal and professional lives, as well as to build close relationships with both peers and adults through intense teamwork in challenging situations. In fact, water provides an attractive framework for a wide range of educational experiences, which enable young people to develop all aspects of their personalities - physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, emotional and character. The valuable experience gained by Sea Scouts worldwide can be used to enrich youth programmes in general.

For this reason, the World Youth Programme Service is delighted to promote the nautical games kit produced by Scouting Nederland. The Netherlands enjoys an abundance of water and the Dutch Scouts have considerable experience in organising water activities. There are currently more than 12,000 Sea Scouts in over 200 groups in the Netherlands. What caught our eye was the innovative approach used by Dutch Sea Scouting to give children and young people confidence in the water and progressively develop their nautical skills through games. They have kindly offered to share their games kit, developed through the contributions of local Scout groups, with other Scouts worldwide. Even if there is no Sea Scouting in your country and you have no experience of water activities, you can use these games as an inspiration and a starting point. The nautical games kit has been translated into English at the request of the European Sea Scout Network, with support from the Fund for European Scouting. It contains 160 games and is now available on line in English and Dutch at http://europe.seascout.org/resources/index.html