WHAT? What is the Australian Jamboree? Well, it’s only the biggest and best event in the Australian Scouting calendar… so big in fact, that it only runs every three years! The 2016 Australian Jamboree (or AJ2016) is the 24th Australian Jamboree, where over 12,000 Scouts will converge on a location somewhere around Australia to camp for 2 glorious weeks of fun, fantastic adventure and friendship. WHEN? While the rest of us will be spending the first few weeks of January recovering from over-eating at Christmas time, or trying to keep our New Year’s resolutions, for those Scouting-minded, that is the time for AJ2016! The Australian Jamboree 2016 will be start on Sunday, 3rd January 2016 and finish on Wednesday, 13th January 2016 (excluding move in and out dates). WHERE? AJ2016 will be held at the Cataract Scout Park located on the edge of Cataract Lake (or Dam… depends how you look at it!), in New South Wales, Australia. While a great deal of activities will be held onsite, such as Abseiling, BMX bike riding, and a High Ropes course, there will also be a range of offsite activities. These offsite activities range from taking the kids on tours of Sydney, to a visit to a Theme Park, and much, much more!