For Patrol Leaders

  1. Rally will commence ay 6.00pm on Friday and will finish with the presentation of winners on Sunday at 2.00pm.
  2. No Patrol or individual will be permitted on site prior to 6.00pm on Friday night
  3. All Patrols must report to Rally HQ located on Site 8 before they go to their camp site for the night. The PL only is to enter the Admin building area to register the Patrol.
  4. Transport to and from the site will be organised by each Region for their Patrols.
  5. All Patrols must come self sufficient with adequate:
    • packs, clothing, footwear
    • tentage
    • compasses, pens, torches
    • food, cooking utensils, mess kit
  6. Hot water will be available at lunchtime, but no cooking is permitted.
  7. Cooking fires will be provided at each RAC for breakfast and dinner.
  8. Only the cooking fires provided can be used or lightweight stoves (liquid, gas or solid fuel types provided by Patrols) - no other form of cooking will be permitted. Menus must take this into account.
  9. Under no circumstances is any Scout to bring a suitcase as their 'pack', and all gear is to be packed inside their pack - ie, no hand luggage, or tightly strapped to the outside - ie, no swinging billies etc
    • Some Regions have a small number of packs and hike tents available for hire to assist Scouts who can not obtain satisfactory packs or tents either personally or via their own Troop resources

Composition of a State Scout Rally Patrol

  1. A State Scout Rally Patrol can have up to eight members, but no less than four
  2. Patrol members can be a composite Patrol from members within the Troop
  3. Only one member of the State Scout Rally Patrol can be a PL (in their normal Troop role)
  4. Only one member of the State Scout Rally Patrol can be an APL (in their normal Troop role)
  5. If the Patrol has more than one PL and/or APL (in their normal Troop role) then this Patrol will be marked as such and can attend and participate, but will not be eligible for the Rally Award.

Scoring Guidelines and Rules for Scouts

The following points need to be read in their entirety as they all apply:

  1. Up to a total of 20 Activity Bases will count towards the Patrol's score
  2. There are five RAC's to attend over the course of the weekend
  3. Up to a total of four Activity Bases per RAC will count towards the Patrol's score. If a Patrol attends more than four Activity Bases in any one RAC, the top four scores will be included in the Patrols overall score.
  4. Overnight camping is scored in the following areas - judged on Saturday and Sunday the morning (before departure):
    • Tentage
    • Menu
    • Hygiene
    • Tidiness
    • Behaviour

Menu Expectations for Scouts

It is expected that 'proper' menus will be prepared by all Scouts attending State Scout Rally, and Scouts are to follow these guidelines:

  1. Noodles packages which require 'add boiling water' are not to form the basis of an evening or breakfast meal. There is insufficient nutrition in these noddles packages for an activity of this type.
  2. The Saturday evening meal will be a substantial meal. Noodles are not a substantial meal.
  3. The use of dried products is actively encouraged - on the other side, the use of canned products is actively discouraged as canned products contribute unnecessary weight to be carried, and have a disposal issue.
  4. If Scouts are hungry at the end of State Rally it's more likely because they have not eaten sufficiently or effectively during Rally.
  5. Junk food - chips/sweets etc - to be at an absolute minimum.

Preparation for State Scout Rally

In the lead up to State Scout Rally, the Troop's nightly program should include the following components to prepare the Scouts for this event:

  1. Food nutritional values
  2. Lightweight menu preparation
  3. Water and Food requirements (in a hike situation)
  4. Selecting and buying food
  5. Cooking meals over a fire
  6. First Aid - burn treatment, blister prevention and treatment,
  7. Pack selection
  8. Packing a pack
  9. Hike clothing
  10. Pack weight management
  11. Camp/hike hygiene
  12. Lightweight tent maintenance
  13. Erecting lightweight tents
  14. Suitable load limits (with respect to body weight)

All of these elements are covered within the Scout Section Award Scheme and should be a normal part of the Troop programming.