At long last the horizontal climbing wall in the commando course has been completed. This completes the commando course and no further additions are planned at this stage unless someone gives a us brilliant idea for an extension. Feed back indicates it is one of the camp’s best activities, next Read more…
The Treetops Team held their annual breakup BBQ over the weekend in conjunction with a 3 day working bee and Management Committee Meeting. It was a busy and tiring weekend, but we achieved an enormous amount of work including a spring clean of all the cabins, grass cutting throughout the Read more…
The MRSC Planning Department have approved our Planning Application and advised that we can go ahead with the construction of our radio mast. The mast was acquired by the Scout Radio and Electronics Service Unit and offered to Treetops for use in radio activities such as JOTA, hopefully this will Read more…
During the the recent windy weather we have had a number of shallow rooted (otherwise healthy trees) fall over in the camp. Please take care when you are considering where you set up your tents the trees often fall on a quiet day after the winds have stopped blowing. We Read more…
Treetops is proposing to hold an open day in late 2017 to show itself off to Scouting and the local community, a sub committee chaired by Peter Jones is arranging the event. Some suggestions to date include the possibility of free camping for the weekend, tours of the facilities within Read more…
The Cub Jungle animals are currently being treated with timber preservative and will hopefully be installed later this month. Two addition animals (Bagherra and Shere Khan) are currently being carved and should arrive early in the new year.
We have appointed a builder for the PACT Centre and he is currently in the process of submitting the Planning Permit to Council. Our plan is to locate the building diagonally opposite the MPR below the switchboard, the building will be a 6m x6m garage with a 12m x 6m Read more…
Well done to the Wednesday Work Group for completing our Pole Dump near the Service Compound, the poles are now stored above ground level reducing the problem of rot that occurred when they were stored on the ground. This will help limit the wastage that we have previously had to Read more…
The MRSC Planning Department have formally acknowledged our Planning Application and advised that it is currently being considered.
Earlier this year the Treetops Management Committee decided to recognise people who have made a significant contribution to the development of Treetops. This afternoon a group of former Leaders, Lay Personnel, DC’s, RC’s, CC’s along with Family and Management Committee joined together at the Multi Purpose Room to celebrate Jock Read more…