We ALL have a duty:  ”Leave this world a little better then you found it.” (Baden Powell) Pass on the “green sparks” and take part in the Wurzl ’14-Challenge: “Green spark” . We offer you the chance to start your own challenge on Wurzl’14. For the purposes of the camp ‘s motto is your challenge should deal with sustainability. Here we would like for you offer some suggestions in advance. Tests such as your ecological footprint or considering how much food you throw away a year.

• http://www.footprintrechner.at/
• http://www.salzburg.gv.at/themen/nuw/umwelt/abfall/lebensmittel_abfall-2/wirfkeinessenweg_teil3.htm

If you like then at the camp itself just look around , you will discover many more inputs ! More detailed informations: http://www.wurzl14.at/en/teilnehmer/programm/caex-13-16-jahre

On June 13th and 14th 2014 we will arrange a preparation camp for all leaders of the “GuSp” (10-13 year old camp participants). Please save the date already.

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On Novembre 19th five groups won a free bearing participation. We congratulate!!!

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Pre-register till November 20th and win one of five free-bearing participations – totaling € 1.650, -

Each group who pre-registers till Nov. 20th, 5pm will be part of the competition. Fotos and the winners will be presented next week!

We – the members of the programme-team – are awaiting you at Wurzl’14!

At the moment we are fixing the last workshops. especially nature based workshops like cooking with wild herbs, nature cosmetics, making butter and cheese and a special workshop in the woods with a forest warden will be available. Additionally we will offer workshops like building floats, a sweat lodge or a clay stove. Creativity will also have its place in the programm. In the appendant workshops you can produce your own soap or make your own chocolate. You will ge taught how to felt wool or try to play drama. Adventure and orientating is as well part of the programme (for sure ;-)): Test your skills on a survival-hike, have a guided look on the stars, search some geo-caches or visit the City of Salzburg. As there are lots of rare minerals round the Gastein valley, we will offer as well guided tours through caves and mines.

One day of the camp will be “group’s-day”. Ther you have the possibility to visit more sights with your whole group. We help you to find something awesome for you!

Our team consists of the programme-team of the so called GuSp (Guides and Scouts, 10-13 years), CaEx (Caravelles and Explorers, 13-16 years) and RaRo (Rangers and Rovers, 16-20 years) and additionally we have a specialised “outdoor-team” (they already did all the hikes at least once this summer) and a sports-team (they will be contact persons for all leisure aktivities in the camp.

All the main focus points of the scouts are rooted in the camp. We want to offer you a perfect time with lots of souvenirs.
As you can see we have lots of ideas. Now it is up to you! Sign in – we are awaiting you!

Your programme-team

Till the end of October 2013, we offer the opportunity to pre-regististration for the Wurzl’14 on the website.

An accurate pre-registration is very important to us as it allows us to plan and prepare better. Pre-registration is easy: Just follow the link below and register your group. You’ll get an email instantly to activate your account. From there on you can enter your group data and the estimated members.

A small incentive to offer you to help us, we will be giving away under all pre-registered groups of 5 free-bearing participations – totaling € 1.650, -

Directly to the Registration: http://www.wurzl14.at/anmeldung/index.php?id=42

38°C and more? No promblem for the austrian scouts! Despite of the burning heat in Salzburg, 20 scouts spent their weekend in Bad Hofgastein for planning. The planning team consisted of members of the camp-chiefs, the sub-camp-managers, program-managers and the communication team. The aim of the 27th and 28th of July was the planning of the “mutual activities of all age divisions Day” and the “Visitor’s Day”.

First the team made a short visit on the camp side, so that everybody had an imagination of it. Afterwards they started to work and had to realize quickly that the logistic was not that easy as thought. After plenty hours of work it was done: the “mutual activities of all age divisions Day” was completely planed!!

The planning session on Sunday was started with the answering of some general questions. Afterwards the planning for the “Visitor’s Day” started.  It is not completely finished yet because of a lack of time but there are many great ideas and a extra planning day will follow.

All together, it was a very productive weekend!!

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We are proud to announce: We have translated all available information s for you. Please forgive us if translation could be better …. So long, kind regards, yours in scouting – we are awaiting you!

On 26 May it finally happened: “1 official Wurzl-campsite-viewing “of the sub-camp-, program-managers and members of the communications team! After the organization management and the camp chiefs have already done much preliminary work and also on 24 may still an information meeting for residents of the part of Bad Gastein where the camp actually takes place. Now finally the “masses” were let loose on the camp. Nearly twenty scouts rode together in the big bus to Bad Hofgastein, where in addition to host, campsite-owner and “Schmaranz-Bauer” Mark Viehauser also the mayor of Bad Hofgastein, Fritz Zettenig, were awaiting the scouts. The Mayor expressed in just a few words, that he is already looking forward to the camp and the associated opportunities for the region before everybody had a closer look on the campsite. After the tour (up to Gastein Ache) the master of the house – with beer brewed by himself – answered all questions that have been incurred to date. Finally the “trippers” have a look at the local pond and inspected the – under reconstruction outstanding – home of the Gastein scouts.

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