Waratah has a rich history of activities and events that made it the challenge it is today.
Location: Bent's Basin State Recreation Area.
Pre-Waratah: Teams had to bring thier boat made of whatever they want and also crack a coded message about a quaint zebra.
Challenge: Spend Saturday navigating the local area to find pieces of the puzzle map to lead you to the treasure of Dunn, whilst evading the dredded Dunns Curse. Sunday take to the waters to find Dunns gold and evade the other pirates in on the chase.
Notable For:
- Being moved from Dunns Swamp to Camp Ku-Ring-Gai to Bents Basin all within one week of the activity.
- The first appearence of the dreaded curse. One of the most significant curses earlier in the day saw one member from each team turned into a sheep. Later in the day, the sheep got caught up a tree and needed rescuing, unfortunatly the teams decided to go swimming instead.
Location: Windsor
Challenge: Construct a raft and paddle down the Hawkesbury River.
Location: Danelaw
Challenge: Survive the weekend without being voted off the camp!
Location: Glenrock Scout Camp
Challenge: Shiprecked on Giligan's Island.
Location: Cataract Scout Park
Challenge: A spy thriller!
Location: Vulcan State Forest
Challenge: The first team past the finish line after zero hour with the least number of lives lost.
Location: Camp Coutts, Waterfall
Challenge: Activities based on the Knights of Camelot.
Location: Cocakatoo Island and Nurragingy Reserve
Challenge: Starting at The Scout Compass at Circular Quay, participants had to follow clues across Sydney and the Blue Mountains finishing at the Parramatta Town Hall.
Location: Bangalee Scout Camp
Challenge: A Doctor Who extravaganza!
Location: Vulcan State Forest
Challenge: The first team past the finish line after zero hour with the least number of lives lost.
Location: Glenfield Scout Camp
Challenge: The 2016 Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favour!
Location: Deerubbin Oval and Bundilla Scout Camp
Challenge: Starting in Windsor, participants had to search QR codes and decript clues across Sydney finishing at Jubilee Park Parramatta.
Location: Ingleside Scout Camp
Challenge: Teams had to work out what was wrong in the Wizarding World, Save Harry Pottah and defeat the evil Headmaster Dumbledore.
Location: Scheyville National Park
Challenge: Teams faced their fears in order to complete the designated challenges, but if things got too tough they could shout "I'm a Venturer, Get Me Out of Here!"
Location: From Parramatta to Penrith
Challenge: Despite the challenges 2020 has thrown our way, Waratah still endeavours to challenge GWS Venturers!