Mafeking Rover Park Open Day

March 24th 2011 10am – 4pm

Come and Play Rover Style

All Leaders, Joeys, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers are invited to attend a great day exploring Mafeking Rover Park. If you didn’t make it last year do not miss out in 2011!

Plenty of activities:

• Canoes/Waterslide
• Hay Ride Tour
• BMX
• Golf
• Damper making
• Games
• Billy Carts
• Mudbash display
• Learn to Drive (12yo and over)
• Commando Course
• Abseiling
• Archery

Plus FREE – SAUSAGE SIZZLE Lunch

Call the bookings officer Jess Watling on: 0423 006 667 to RSVP and general enquiries

The tower is made up of 4 stacked Cargo containers with internal ladders to provide access to the top of the tower.

Groups will need to provide a qualified instructor to supervise the use of the tower and all equipment.

Please note due to the current drought in Victoria it is advisable to check on the current levels of water in the dams before planning any water activities at the park

Nudie Dam is a small dam situated near the front of the park with an average depth of 1.5m

Lake Surfmoot is a large man made dam which has been built to cater for a variety of water activities including swimming and canoeing.

Please note due to the current drought in Victoria it is advisable to check on the current levels of water in the dams before planning any water activities at the park

The course is seasonally available and you should check with the bookings officer as to its availability at time of booking.

Mafeking Rover Park has had a very successful and enjoyable year. I took on the Chairman position with the park in a good place and I was determined to keep it that way. With a fantastic committee behind me we achieved a lot, which I am proud of.

Through the year the Business Plan was completed and worked on. One of the main projects identified for completion was the Northern Region Training Centre into a Multipurpose facility for the site. Discussions started with the Branch Property Committee for funding and we are pleased to announce that this has been granted, which will be a welcome and long awaited addition to Mafeking’s facilities!

The Mafeking Rover Crew opened Deano’s Shelter which was built by them and many others in honour of Dean Parkinson. Dean completed Rovering a few years ago and was highly committed to the development and general maintenance of Mafeking Rover Park.  Sadly, he passed away due to illness, he le% a donation to Mafeking Rover Park of which was used to build this shelter in his honour. This shelter was built down by Lake Surfmoot which is a perfect location for such a Shelter and gives user’s better access to Lake Surfmoot. This makes the Lake Surfmoot area more inviting with BBQ facilities, shade and protection from the weather in that corner of Mafeking.

The Mafeking Shed project is now moving along thanks to a little bit of motivation from a grant deadline. The project is well underway and with the push of a few key people it will be finished in no time. The aim is for this project to be completed in early 2012, enabling a better location for Mafeking Rover Park to store equipment and have improved conditions for works on site.

Each year Mudbash help us with capital works around the park, this year as we were in the middle of some major capital works it was decided that Mudbash would help us with works in general. A lot of fences were fixed along with general clearing. Mudbash this year was a great event for ‘The Park’.

Our Wardens did a great job along with the whole committee pitching in to help with a very successful canteen.

The Abseiling Tower restoration was another long running project that got off the ground and was finished within a few working bees. To comply with safety standards we put grip on the front of the containers and reinforced the structure to make it safe for all to use. The Mafeking and Mudbash working bees were well attending and as a whole got a lot of work done. The place is looking in good shape despite the high level of use and rain over the year. I believe us, as a committee of management have taken some big steps towards the future. I would like to thank the Rover Crew, the Mudbash Committee and of course the Mafeking Committee for all their tireless effort, hard work and support.

Yours in Rovering,

Michael Quayle
Chairman
Mafeking Rover Park Committee of Management

All Leaders, Joeys, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers and of course there families are invited to attend a great day exploring Mafeking Rover Park.

Tons of great activities and more info to come soon.

Date: Saturday 24rd of March 2012

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