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The Rotary Club of Alexandra Headland recently hosted 300 scouts and their leaders for breakfast when they stopped off at the Sunshine Coast on their way to Maryborough for the for the 26th Australian Jamboree (AJ2025). The three yearly event was held at the Maryborough Showgrounds and Equestrian Park January 6–15, 2025.
Six buses left Canberra at midday on Sunday January 5 and travelled through the night, planning to arrive at the Sunshine Coast at 6:00am. You can imagine the surprise for the Rotary Club of Alexandra Headland members who arrived just before 5:00am to start setting up and found two buses already in the carpark! A better run than expected partly explained the early arrival but the main reason? – they hadn’t taken daylight savings into account, or the lack of it, in Queensland!
As more buses arrived, the scout group patiently waited as the Rotary Club of Alexandra Headland volunteers feverishly set up for breakfast. No doubt the scouts were just grateful to be out of a cramped bus and able to walk around in the pleasant Queensland morning air – and go to the toilet!
Breakfast was served and the Scouts enjoyed a hearty meal of pancakes and spreads, a choice of cereals and milk, juice, and fresh fruit.
They then settled in for what initially appeared to be a longer than anticipated wait to depart as they were not required to be at the jamboree site until their allotted time, due to many buses arriving that morning. However, an earlier time slot was arranged and scouts were quickly assembled to express their heartfelt thanks for the breakfast that had been provided. They promptly boarded the buses for departure and set off for Maryborough.
All that was left for the Rotary Club of Alexandra Headland crew to do was clean up. This took no time at all and was made much easier due to the negligible amount of rubbish left behind. All of our volunteers commented on the spirit, politeness, and helpfulness of the scouts group.
Special thanks to our hard-working volunteers and our long-standing partner IFYS Inclusive Kids, who very kindly assisted us with sourcing the breakfast foods required for this event.
Monique Kelsey, RC of Alexandra Headland