This hike is to introduce/improve and/or revise our hiking skills for the scout section and to get new members who joined more than 2 months invested/re-affirmed. Parents are welcomed to join the hike.
Sunday – 24/05/2026
●8:00: all have breakfast at home and meet at the 1st Fairfield Heights Lac Hong Scout Hall.
● 8:05 – 8:40: depart from the hall, leaders and parents will drive (carpool).
● 8:40: arrive at corner of Dover Street and Kensington Rd, Summer Hill.
● 8:50 – 9:00: have a quick briefing on the plan
● 9:00 – 10:30: start the hike, break at the Greenway Corridor for a reflection before investiture. Get youth members invested and re-affirmed near Iron Cove (Start/End of Greenway).
● 10:30 – 11:10: hike back to corner of Dover Street and Kensington Rd.
● 11:15 – 12:00: drive back to the hall (allow 15 minutes for vehicle rearrangement)
Please bring:
● Lightweight backpack (should carry only 20% of body weight), hiking shoes
● Pack meals or snacks
● Water around 1 litre each
● Lightweight camping gear (emergency shelter…if you have)
● Appropriate clothing (hat, uniform shirt (Anthony, Leon, Bradley, Kevin and May for investiture, Don, Willow and Hillary for re-affirmation), LONG pants, jackets, wet weather gear, THICK and LONG socks)
● Personal items (first aid kit, sunscreen, insect repellent, compass, plastic bags) and Opal Card.
