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101 106 Reasons to be a Guide

One of our leaders made up a poster of 100 reasons to be a Guide and put it on the Unit cupboard door a few years ago. The Guides rediscovered the list recently, and wanted to work their way down the list. Here it is. We've since added another one, and no doubt will add more.

1	Abseiling
2	Achieving personal goals
3	Apple bobbing
4	Archery
5	Baths under the stars
6	Being a part of campfires
7	Becoming closer to nature
8	Becoming more socially active
9	Becoming skilled in a variety of different areas
10	Being able to light fires with only two matches
11	Being part of a Patrol
12	Belonging to a big community of people
13	Bushwalking
14	Camel rides
15	Canoeing
16	Carrying flags in processions
17	Character building
18	Conquering Mount Everest
19	Crossing the Amazon
20	Earning badges
21	Eating foil pizzas
22	First Aid
23	Fun leaders
24	Gaining Peak Achievement Awards
25	Gang Show
26	Going to new places
27	Guides are adventurous
28	Guides can do anything
29	Guides' Own
30	Guides share interests
31	Helping charities
32	Horse riding
33	Hosting unit mascots from around the world
34	Human knots
35	Ice blocking
36	International Guide camps
37	Interstate Guide camps
38	Kayaking
39	Knotting
40	Laughing at games and skits
41	Learning about other countries and cultures
42	Learning how to make a ballgown out of paper
43	Learning how to make rockets
44	Learning how to throw a lifeline
45	Learning how to use the surroundings
46	Learning leadership skills
47	Learning listening skills
48	Learning skills you would not otherwise have learnt
49	Learning how to be a leader
50	Light aeroplane rides
51	Linking activities with other age groups
52	Microparks
53	Making new friends
54	Making your own camp furniture
55	Making your Promise
56	Making chocolates for Meals on Wheels
57	Making leaves dance
58	Making mistakes in Colours
59	Meeting new people
60	Movies
61	Obstacle courses
62	Patrol camps
63	Poached eggs - yummy!
64	Proving girls can read maps
65	Riding on a balloon hovercraft
66	Rindercella
67	Rock Climbing
68	Rope bridge building and crossing
69	Sailing
70	Scavenger Hunts
71	Scroggin
72	Selling daffodils
73	Sense of belonging
74	Shooing cows off campsites
75	Singing Christmas Carols in hospitals
76	Skinning the Snake
77	Sleeping in tents
78	Sleeping under the stars
79	Sleeping overnight on a Navy destroyer
80	Slug races
81	Special dinners
82	Spider webs
83	Sponsorship
84	Stalking ... especially Guide Leaders!
85	Star gazing
86	Survival skills
87	Swimming carnivals
88	Teamwork
89	Thinking Day
90	To be a Patrol Leader or a Patrol Second
91	To climb Glengarry hill on crutches
92	To make and eat chocolate fondue on buddy burners
93	To hear The Ghoul
94	Toasting marshmallows
95	Tracking
96	Training camps
97	Travelling interstate
98	Trying to carry Guide Leaders
99	Unsupported circles
100	Winter sleepout at the zoo
101	Learning swordfighting like they did in the Lord of the Rings movies
102	Playing Be Kind to Little People Week
103	Group juggling
104	Travelling to overseas events
105	Getting to know people from other places, countries and cultures through penpals
106	Gliding and other air activities

	If you'd like to add to our list, please email me!

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101 106 Reasons to be a Guide