Matthew Hill (Bagheera)

Meet Matthew

My name is Bagheera, after being in the Australian Army Cadets in both Perth and Brisbane between the age 12 – 18, I developed an interest in many activities conducted by the cadets.

This time in the cadets has taught me several important life skills that I have been able to transfer in to my professional career.

Fast forward a few years, my wife and I decided to enrol 2 of our 3 boys in the scout group at Cleveland. After noticing a lot of similarities between Scouts and the Army Cadets, I was encouraged by the skills that are taught, discipline and respectful nature of the program.

After a year of my son being in cubs, I decided to become an Adult Leader to revisit and improve my existing skill set and to teach the youth skills that I had been taught at a young age.

I have completed my training in Scouting Essentials and Scouting Adventure, earning my certificate of competency and certificate of appointment.

I will be attending the Scouting Leadership course later this year or early next year, so I can start my wood badge project.

I am very lucky to be in a team of leaders with so many years of experience.

I am a Senior Project Manager for a traffic management company, so the process that Scouts teaches “Plan > Do > Review” is second nature to me and believe that it a very important tool.

I enjoy:

• Bushwalking

• Navigation

• Fishing

• Camping

• Knots and Pioneering

• Kayaking

Yours in Scouting,

Matthew