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The 19th New Zealand Scout Jamboree (known as Adventure Jam 2011) was held at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand between 29 December 2010 and 6 January 2011. Mystery Creek Events Centre , near Hamilton , was the main venue for the Jamboree.
Mystery Creek has been the venue for previous New Zealand Scout Jamborees, including those held in 2019–2020 [2] and 2023–2024. [3] References
Between 1985 and 1998 the Fieldays Society operated a short-term radio station for Fieldays visitors. Ag Week Radio, later known as Fieldays Radio, operated from the Mystery Creek site. It broadcast on 1XR 855 AM in 1985 and 1988, 1296 AM in 1993, 792 AM in 1994, 94.6 FM in 1997 and 97.0 FM in 1998. [2] Fieldays was suspended in 2020.
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5th Malaysian Scout Jamboree [13] [14] [15] 8 South Korea: Muju, Jeollabuk-do: 1982: 6th Korean National Jamboree [16] 9 Thailand: Vajiravudh National Scout Camp, Chonburi: November 1985: 11th Thailand Jamboree [17] 10 India: Hyderabad: 1987: 11th Indian National Jamboree [18] 11 New Zealand: Mystery Creek, Hamilton: 3 January 1990 – 11 ...
The 2005 National Scout Jamboree had 20 subcamps, identified by number and named after famous explorers (e.g. Robert Ballard, Steve Fossett, Joe Kittinger, and Will Steger.) Effective with the 2013 Jamboree, subcamps are not operated by the regions, but by sub camps that contain contingents from different parts of the country.
In the Boy Scouts of America, districts or councils may hold a camporee once or twice a year. [5] Typically, the camporee involves patrol-based competitions, with events such as: hiking preparedness, fire building, knot tying, first aid, emergency preparedness, pioneering, citizenship, patrol mystery event (team building), outdoor cooking, camping or orienteering.
The 25th World Scout Jamboree was held in South Korea in 2023. In lexicography, "Jamboree" is considered an Americanism that traces back to 1860–65 and refers to a joyful, noisy gathering. [1] The term is believed to originate from the words jabber (rapid, indistinct talk) and shivaree (noisy celebration), with "m" from jam (crowd). [2]