GWS Waratah 2022 The Great Escape

 GWS Waratah is Back! The Great Escape is on....

Activity Overview

This year,  GWS region waratah will be a standing camp where you will have the opportunity to participate in several outdoor activities. Venturers will need to register their team and work together to complete these challenges striving to escape the weekend with the most points.

Waratah will be a fully catered event, please make sure you bring all esssential camping equipment required for a 3 day camp. 

Waratah will this year be located at Camp Canobolas Orange

What are we escaping from? Stay tuned to find out. 

Who can participate

This event is a GWS Venturer event that is open to all members of the Venturer Scout Section between the ages of 14 and 18. Scouts over the age of 13.5 are also welcome to attend as part of a team of Venturers (No more than 2 Scouts to any one patrol). Venturer Scouts over the age of 18 are welcome to attend as participants provided that there are 2 Venturers over the age of 18 in the patrol.

Membership Requirements

All members must remain financial and registered within ScoutLink from the time applications close until the end of the event. 

All service and line leaders over the age of 18 must be cleared by Scouts Australia NSW to work with children and young people prior to the start of the camp. This includes any adult helpers and support staff who must have submitted an A2 form and been accepted by the group prior to the event closing date.

Feeling Safe at Waratah

Everyone in Scouts, youth and adults alike have the right to feel safe and be protected from abuse. No-one is allowed to threaten you, hurt you, or touch you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, unsafe, or afraid.

A Scout is respectful, and this applies to all interactions between all participants, youth and adults at Waratah.

You do not have to deal with abuse on your own. If you feel unsafe, threatened, or you see/hear something that causes you concern, please speak to a Leader or Rover on an activity. Your concerns will be taken seriously. The information you provide will be shared with people who can support and protect you.

If you don’t know what to do – speak to someone at Waratah HQ.

If, for any reason, you do not feel the concerns of this nature which you raised at Waratah have been satisfactorily dealt with, please report your concerns directly to the Child Protection Team at the NSW State Office on 02 9735 9000 or via ChildProtection@nsw.scouts.com.au or your parents.

Payment & Refund Policy

All applications with a status of Submitted, Received or Accepted as of the closing date is considered as attending and must be paid for.  No refunds will be offered for withdrawn applications after the closing date unless there are exceptional circumstances that will be considered by the Region Commissioner (Scouts).

Event Cancellation Policy

While we are confident that we can and will deliver Waratah 2022, we are subject to the restrictions placed on us by outside influences. In the event of having to cancel Waratah 2022, we will refund all payments to participants, except for a $5 administration fee to cover costs incurred in planning the event.

COVID-19 Considerations

We are excited to be running Waratah again and hope that you will join us for this weekend. However as with all activities currently being planned for 2022 and into the future, we need to take into account the evolving situation with the COVID-19 Pandemic. This means that there will be changes to how we run Waratah this year, up to and including having to cancel this event at short notice. Please regularly check back to this page where we will provide any updates on how COVID will affect our ability to run Waratah.

Please do not attend Waratah 2022:

• If you are unwell, or are showing symptoms of COVID-19 we ask that you stay home, self-isolate and get tested. For more information on COVID-19 and testing, please visit https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/symptoms-and-testing. Our refund policy allows that any person who stays home and provides medical evidence (Including a COVID-19 test) will receive a refund for this event.
• If you have visited a COVID-19 hotspot as identified by the NSW Government within the 14 days prior to this event. Information on COVID-19 Hotspots, both within NSW and Interstate can be found at https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19
• If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or otherwise and have been directed to Quarantine or Self-Isolate by the NSW Government or a Medical or Healthcare Professional.