Australian Venture
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The Australian Venture is an event for Australian Venturer Scouts. It is their equivalent of a Jamboree, but for Venturers there is a lot more freedom and latitude in what they do. There is a number of on site activities and also an off site expedition, normally totaling about 12 days long. In 2021, Scouts Australia announced that Ventures would no longer be organised nationally.
The last Australian Venturer Scout Event was at Lardner Park, Victoria, 2024. The theme for this Venture was "Go Places".{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/AV2018/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.facebook.com}} The event which spanned two weeks was run in January 2024 with over 1000 people from around Australia and New Zealand. The event included over 20 expeditions around Australia, Fiji and New Zealand, making it the largest Venturer Scout Event in over 20 years.{{Cite web |title=Venture24 - Go Places |url=https://www.venture24.au/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Venture24 |language=en}}
Past Ventures
- 1965-66 - National Senior Scout Venture, Perth, Western Australia (presumably the 1st National Venture).
- 1969-70 - 2nd Australian Venture, Nunawading, Victoria.
- 1972-73 - 3rd Australian Venture, BP Park, Samford, Queensland.
- 1975-76 - 4th Australian Venture, Camp Cottermouth, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
- 1978-79 - 5th Australian Venture, Victoria Park, South Australia.
- 1981-82 - 6th Australian Venture, Nunawading, Victoria.
- 1985 – 7th Australian Venture, VentureWest, Sorrento, Western Australia.
- 1991 – 8th Australian Venture, AV8, Tasmania.
- 1994 – 9th Australian Venture, 9AV, Karingal, Mt. Cotton, Queensland.
- 1997 – 10th Australian Venture, Mega 10, Adelaide Showgrounds, Wayville and Woodhouse Scout Centre, Piccadilly, South Australia.
- 2000 – 11th Australian Venture, Venture 2000, Anglesea, Victoria.{{Cite web |title=Australia |url=https://www.blackprinceesu.org/australia.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Black Prince ESU |language=en}}
- 2003 – 12th Australian Venture, Extreme Venture, Camp Cottermouth, Australian Capital Territory.{{Cite web |title=AV12 - The Extreme Venture - Days One and Two |url=http://www.deerparkscouts.asn.au/venturers/2003/venture2.htm |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.deerparkscouts.asn.au}}
- 2006 – 13th Australian Venture, AV06, Cataract Park, Sydney, New South Wales.
- 2009 - 14th Australian Venture, Escape, Fairbridge Village, Pinjarra, Western Australia.
- 2012 - 15th Australian Venture, Wild Dayz, Tasmania.
- 2015 - 16th Australian Venture, Heaps Good, Woodhouse Scout Centre, Piccadilly, South Australia.{{Cite web |title=Northridge Para Vista Scout Group - Jan 2015 - AV2015 |url=http://northridgeparavista.sa.scouts.com.au/pages/750036 |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=northridgeparavista.sa.scouts.com.au}}
- 2018 - 17th Australian Venture, Get Set, Camp Warrawee, Brisbane, Queensland.
- 2024 - Venture24,{{Cite web |title=Venture24 |url=https://scouts.com.au/event/venture24/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Scouts Australia |language=en-AU}} Lardner Park, Victoria
Ventures have been cancelled due to other events such as the Covid-19 Pandemic which saw Oz Venture 2021, Sydney, New South Wales cancelled.
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://av2018.scouts.com.au/ AV2018 - 17th Australian Venture]
- [https://www.venture24.au Venture24]
- [http://www.venturers.sa.scouts.com.au/ Venturers - Scouts South Australia]
- [http://www.vicscouts.com.au/Venturers/ Venturers - Scouts Victoria]
- [http://www.nsw.scouts.com.au/venturers Venturers - Scouts New South Wales]
- [https://scoutsqld.com.au/blog/category/venturer-scouts/ Venturers - Scouts Queensland]
- [http://www.scoutswa.com.au/venturerscouts Venturers - Western Australia]
- [http://www.tas.scouts.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=76 Venturers - Scouts Tasmania]
- [http://www.scoutsact.com.au/venturers.html Venturers - Scouts Australian Capital Territory]
- [http://www.nt.scouts.com.au/Venturers Venturers - Scouts Northern Territory]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831184914/http://www.scouts.com.au/main.asp?iStoryID=756&iShellID=675 Australian Queen Scout Association]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714211931/http://www.scouts.com.au/index.asp Scouts Australia]
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