RaRo-programme overall view

Updated: January 2014

Back to the root!

Within the bounds of the jamboree, the RaRo also want to focus on traditional values and revive perhaps forgotten skills, technics and ideals. Beyond that, we want to use our natural resources and energy as appropriate as possible. We – the RaRo-programme-team – will offer you a varied programme. In the 4 age-based program-days you can choose from a great varieties of workshops and other activities, which will take place on the camp side and the surrounding area. You will spend 2 days in a mixed group and sleep off the camp side, where you can explore and enjoy the great and beautiful landscape, the mountains and the nature itself. Meet many new scouts from near and far and establish valuable new ties!

More highlights of our RaRo-programme:

RaRo-Waste-Contest

After the wish of our founder, Baden Powell, to leave the world a bit better then we found it, we thought of something very special: the RaRo-Waste-Contest! All the hiking RaRo will get together in groups of 3 and will be given a trash bag for their way. The goal is to gather as much waste, as you can find on your way! Back on the camp side the waste will be weighed and we will nominate one winner per day. At the moment we are thinking of a big central container, where we can collect all the waste. At the end of the Jamboree we will weigh and sort the waste. We are very excited how much we can reach together!

Unplugged Evening

An evening full of fun, music and spontaneity. Together with your group, prepare contributions in form of music, theatre, comedy or anything else that makes fun and can be performed on stage. There is no limit to your creativity! The more contributions we have, the more fun we will have on this evening. The stage is yours!

Renewable and Sustained

Together with your group, build and invent a renewable source of energy or develop a sustaining gadget and bring it to the Jamboree! E.g.: an ecological cell phone charging station which can be powered with wing, sun, water or a bicycle; a little gadget for the daily life, which needs no electricity; etc…! Do not forget that the the most important thing is the careful use of resources à the best inventions will be awarded!

Clubbing of Cultures and Traditional Costumes

An evening to see and be seen! Present the personal culture and traditional costumes of your group, country or religion. Get in touch with the others and discover new and interesting things. We will provide an interesting and entertaining supporting programme.

Half day and day workshops:

• Rhythm in the blood / Drums & Percussion
  Different types of drumming will be introduced and practiced (for beginners and advanced). Experience snare drums, cajons, shakers and much more! Experience different techniques of playing: hand, fingers, sticks and more. Drumming in a group with a concert in the ending. The attendees have to bring a drum or another rhythm device.

• Splitting/connecting
  Every attendee has the chance to learn different techniques of splitting. As a conclusion work, you can make a work out of hemp rope, which you can keep as a memory

• Searching and Hiding / Geocaching
  Geocaching is a kind of high-tech treasure hunting, which is practiced worldwide from people with GPS-devices. The idea is to search and find little hidden containers outdoors, the “geocaches”, with the help of a GPS-device and to share the experiences online. The goal is to find and hide scout caches in the surrounding area of the camp side.
  Requested: GPS-device or a smartphone with GPS-function

• Rope Party / Climbing
  Train your body control, agility and stamina and defeat routes with different degrees of difficulty in the climbing course, surrounded by the impressive rock faces of the “Gasteiner Klamm”. Everything under introduction of your personal climbing trainer!
  Requested: personal fitness, have a good head for heights, reliability and hiking shoes

• Scout-cooking
  Cook a typical Austrian dish on a campfire without electricity or a kitchen. New and interesting tricks and hints will be given and you will learn new dishes for your next camp. There are no culinary borders!

• Radiofabrik / “Apropos”
  Talk and discuss the topic “poverty” with the sellers of the street magazine “Apropos”. What leads to poverty, you can you get out? It will be recorded and used as a contribution for a local radio station, the “Radiofabrik”.

• Sweat you fit / Sauna-tent and Sweat-shack
  Together with the group you will build the Sauna-tent and/or the Sweat-shack and heat it up! Infusions on hot stones with different aromas and following cooling and relaxing time will smoothen the experience. Spoil the others with a little wellness programme from massages to face packs.

• Hot Iron / Forging
  Use your power and your strength and forge an unforgettable memory piece with your bare hands, fire and different tools. You have a wide range from necker-chief-knot to a knife or a poker. Are you strong enough?
  If you want to forge a knife please bring 15€ in addition for the materials

• Master Builder / Camp site constructions
  Are you a Master Builder or do you want to become one? Then join us and build known and new constructions. Brighten up the camp side with your work and learn new tips and tricks. The more we are, the more we can build!

• Ship ahoy! / raft building
  Build your own raft and test it in the wild waters!
  Requested: You have to be a good swimmer

• Games&Fun
  Do you enjoy playing in a group? Then we have the right workshop for you! Experience new funny and exciting games and test them with pros on and around the camp side.
  Are YOU motivated?

• More than just shooting / Digital Photography
  Are you creative? Learn how to use a digital reflex camera and find the perfect motive. What is de difference between manual and auto focus? Create an online gallery with your own pics and much more!

• And shot! / Arching
  Arching is a great thing and easy to learn for everybody. 3D-targets and normal targets enough possibilities. In the free nature you have the chance to experience interesting shots, according to the landscape.
  Requested: personal fitness

• Please come! / Amateur radio
  Alpha, Bravo, Charlie! Does that say something to you? After this workshop you will know more. Global closeness in another way: with the way of amateur radio!
  What possibilities does it offer? Use of modern technology and nearly everything that is related to radio.

• Please hold the line! / Escape and asylum
  Why do people escape from their homes and why do they come to Austria? How does such an asylum proceeding work and how does their live in Austria look like? We will bust the myths and answer all your questions!

• Hush! / Take breath and feel the silence
  An encounter with yourself! First experiences with meditation. In simple experiences we will perceive our self’s and our bodies, feel the silence and see what the silence will set off. A fantastic journey and talking about meditation.

• Sound room / Drumming
  Try yourself at Djemben, Bass drums and much more! Open your ears and enjoy the sound.
  Requested: striking mechanism

 Trips and Hikes

• Fight for your survival! / Survival training
  A hike where the food (except for a minimum of water) has be gathered by yourself. Survival hike and an overnight stay only with your sleeping bag, an insulting underlay and poncho or Biwak. Water treatment, the search for water sources, orientation, building of a shelter, making fire under difficult circumstances.
  Requested: personal fitness

• Into the deep / “Entrische Kirche” (“the eerie cave”)
  A hike of approx. 2,5 hours to “Klammstein” and then another 40 minute walk to the cave (or a bus ride of 35 min.). The cave is, due to its natural positive lines of energy, a special “place of power”. Experience a fascinating world under the surface, which was formed by nature for millions of years. The size of the cave and its special rock formation will make you astonished.

• Forgotten days / Castle “Klammstein”
  A Hike of 2,5 hours (or a bus ride of 35 min.). Tour through the castle complex.

• Historical Centre / Bad Gastein
• Stubnerkogel
• Schloßalm-flatly
  A very easy hike of about 2,5 hours and 450 meters difference in height.

• Lackenbauer – Bärstein – Kitzstein – Pyrkerhöhe
  Tour data: 6,5 km, 2,25 hours, climb of 261 m, descent of 605 m, highest point 1.305 m, lowest point 849 m.

• Outdoor team hikes
  This list is not complete now! We will add the hikes of the outdoor team and other trips!

• Bathing trip
  A 1 hour hike to the near bathing lake, where you can swim, relax and enjoy the sun!

We try very hard to organise trips to the national park “Hohe Tauern”, to the “Krimmler” waterfalls and to the city of Salzburg (with a city tour, if wished). On the fifth day of programme the kids will, together in small groups with the CaEx and GuSp, solve different tasks and play a variety of games. At the end of the day, we have a special culinary surprise for you!