Thursday 20th April

We met down at the scout den

All seventeen of us

We got our shirts, packed the trailer

And drove off in the bus

We had KFC for dinner

Then drove to the scout den

Many dislocated some limbs

And some hung from the beams like "men"

Friday 21st April

In the morning we drove on

Bus games were the go

Although we had a campfire

Skit preparation was low

We arrived at Rocky Caravan Park

Set up tents and ate for the night

And then the campfire was lit

And it was a beautiful sight

When I look at today's skits

I feel they're lacking a lot

Probably all five minute jobs

Although ours was definitely not

Jay and Grammar's was quite odd

Greek yelling and a tree

But there were shouts for an encore

And it was a hilarious sight to see

Jaq and Alicia did a dance

A new 'Bardot' song

But then Jaq got the giggles

And the entire skit went wrong

Jim, Aron, Fred, Gil and Legs

Delivered a well-known skit

The one with the line of guys

And the 'Seiko' watch bit?

Ours was super, fantastic

Prepared and rehearsed indeed

It entertained us at least

What more could we ever need?

Saturday 22nd April

We awoke bright and cheery

Despite the rain's arrival

We packed the tents and off we went

Uncertain of our survival

The caves deep in the mountain

On the stomach one must slither

We felt quite claustrophobic

But there was no time to dither

We continued on the road

Our destination was Mackay

It was wet and we were cold

To say we were comfy would be a lie

To sleep in we had dorms

And it was our Triple M night

Movies and Macca's in Mackay

" We were all a scary sight

Sunday 23rd April

The next morning it was Easter!

And to church we all did leave

But I think what was most enjoyed

Was the food we did receive

Our journey was not over yet

We aimed for Airlie Beach

We arrived in rain and unpacked

North Molle we were yet to reach

We took a little boat over

That was …maybe dinghy size?

If I said it was a smooth ride

It would once again be lies

Grammar and Ben made a bet

Five dollars was the cost

It was about the rain

After 10 minutes, Grammar lost.

That night the rain continued

So we all retired to bed

In the morning it hadn't ceased

Just as Ben had said

Monday 24th April

Jay and Lego were digging

Out in the pouring rain

Everyone else was talking

And Tony was being a pain

Lego began a sun-dance

To drive the rain away

Except the rain came back

And then decided to stay

Everyone was being lazy

Lounging under the shelter

Looking out bleakly into the rain

As it continued to pelter

That night after dinner

Our tent, it blew away

Up and out of the ground

So the guys went to save the day

Our tents they were flooded

By the pouring rain

Ours was drenched right through

It drove us quite insane

Tuesday 25th April

The treasure hunt had started

Indeed the race was on

With merely a compass and scroll

We were soon off and we were gone

'Twas not very long

Before we all were lost

And yet we kept on trekking

No matter what the cost

We finally found the treasure

Buried beneath my feet

But it was just too late

Alas our team was beat

The pineapple rings were hung

And off the rope they had to be eaten

It was hard for all who tried

Unfortunately, we were beaten

Next challenge was a course

Which we had to battle through

It included trestles, water and seats

Which of course all courses do

Another aspect was costumes

Aron had stickers upon his head

Lego was just quite odd

"Wanna buy a watch?" Ben often said

James was a Cuban cigar lord

Often smoking, as you would

He played the part quite well

With his frequent "looking good"

Wednesday 26th April

The rain it was still wet

As often is the case

We had to pack our bags

It was time to leave home base

We awaited the boat's arrival

It seemed to take a while

When he finally did show up

It was time to leave the isle

Back on mainland Australia

More putting up of wet tents

We did rather a lot of yelling

And most people took offence

(We apologise now for any inconvenience brought on by this behaviour)

We found an ingenious invention

You may have heard of it before

It's what you call a drying machine

It was brilliant! Of this I am sure

Thursday 27th April

That day we did a tour

Of the ocean down below

It was then scuba dooba diving

Fast became the go

We then did snokorkelling

After our seven metre dive

The fish were rather unnerving

And very much alive

We also did some shopping

At Daydream island resort

Unfortunately it was rather expensive

Eventually all I had was naught

That evening Bungy did leave us

Back to Brisbane he did go

He was driving in Banana Bash

How he went we do not know

(So how did you go??)

Friday 28th April

Our next camp site was a flooded

So we headed for Rocky that night

We chose to stay a little longer

So our tents remained upright

On our way we bought bandannas

Which soon became the look

Worn here by model Jacqui

In a photo Scott cunningly took

As headlights we used mag lights

As wheels we used our feet

As a car and a phantom motorbike

We terrorised the street

Saturday 29th April

"Where's Yeppoon?" Scott asked

And then replied "Next to yer knife"

This was a pathetic joke

Which…annoyed the hell out of us

We went shopping again today

Of rain, there was not much

It was a pleasant change

We did enjoy the sun's warm touch

That evening we had a party

To celebrate Jac's 15th year

When the cake was brought out

The crowd responded with a cheer

After the cake and dinner

We had a fierce game

It was scary, it was nerve racking

For these players were not tame

Jailbreak it was called

And left many injured or hurt

You had to be on guard

You were always at the alert

Because if you failed to be so

(Ask Fred - who has already tried)

"Attacked by a guy rope you may be"

Said Fred, who quite nearly died

Sunday 30th April

We arrived at Bundy, the land of Rum

We would spend our last night here

It began to rain once more

Our destination was now quite near

We went to see a tour

Of where Bundy rum is made

But when it came to testing

We got gypped with lemonade

That night after dinner

It was Uno we did play

Game after game after game

The game was jolly good" if I may say!

Monday 1st May

Our final dawn on tour

Rose a long time before us

It was time to pack up the gear

And head home in the bus

And on that very last day

Michael made many a friend

But sadly when the bus drove off

The friendship had to end

As we pulled into the den

Emotions were quite mixed

But in our minds we all did have

Homecoming plans quite fixed

While some wanted hot showers

And with home cooking to be fed

Others simply wanted

Just to sleep in their very own bed