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Elmore Prepares |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Jan 04 2007 at 2:37 PM |
Dated 1st January 2007 - Source
THE scout invasion begins in Elmore today with an estimated 4000 children and 2000 adults descending on the small country town.
They are the first of almost 1200 people, including more than 8000 scouts and 3000 adult volunteers, to arrive for the 21st Australian National Scout Jamboree.
"We have got about 150 buses coming in," Jamboree marketing manager and leader of the 1st Balwyn scout troop Andrew Taylor said.
About 300 scouts from countries including the UK, United States, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Mauritius, will join Australian scouts at the event, held on the Elmore Field Days site.
It is predicted over 12 days of the jamboree those attending will consume: 18,500 loaves of bread; 58,514 litres of milk; 7.5 tonnes of cereal; 3.5 kilometres of sausages; 6.3 tonnes of sliced meat (310,000 slices); four tonnes of frozen vegetables; 12,000 bags of ice; 400 litres of dishwasher liquid.
Organisers are also catering for 54 diabetics, 129 low fat diets, 127 lactose free diets, 105 vegetarians, 23 people with peanut allergies, seven vegans and 836 dietary requests.
A further 49 kosher and seven halal dietary requests will also be catered for.
Where possible, left-over food will be given to local charities.
The Scouts Victoria commissioner for international, Julie Gunn said scouts from places, such as Belgium, East Timor, Finland, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Singapore would also be attending.
Scouts who will be in patrols with children from East Timor have been busy learning some of their language.
The strongest overseas contingent is New Zealand, which will have 47 representatives.
Fiji has 44 and the UK has 39.
Ms Gunn said the trip for the seven-strong contingent from the Maldives was made possible through sponsorship by Ken Briggs and South Bendigo Rotary Club.