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Everything you need to earn your badges. Guides, tools and quizzes organised by the Australian Scout program.

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Badge Pathway Guide
Not sure where to start? See how Milestones, Outdoor Adventure Skills and every resource on this site connect to your badges. Essential reading for Scouts and Leaders.
Milestones 1, 2, 3 OAS Streams For Leaders
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Scout Essentials
Promise, Law and the core skills every Scout must know
Milestone 1
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Promise and Law
Learn the Scout Promise and all 6 points of the Scout Law word for word. Flip cards, a quiz, and a recite-it trainer to help you nail Milestone 1.
Milestone 1 Quiz
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First Aid Flash Cards
Flip cards for DRSABCD, the Australian emergency action steps every Scout must know. Covers burns, blisters, snake bites and how to call 000.
First Aid Quiz
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SPICES Sorter
Sort 45 Scout activities into the right SPICES category. Social, Physical, Intellectual, Character, Emotional, Spiritual. 90 seconds on the clock.
SPICES Timed
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Bush Safety
The STOP method when lost, how to signal for help, heat stroke vs heat exhaustion, lightning safety and the 10 essentials every Scout carries outdoors.
Safety Quiz
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Camp Skills
Knots, lashings, packing and camp setup
Camping OAS
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Knot Tying Guide
Step-by-step guide to the 6 essential Scout knots. Reef, Bowline, Clove Hitch, Sheet Bend, Figure Eight and Round Turn. With a quiz to test yourself.
Skills Quiz
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Lashing Guide
Square, diagonal, tripod and sheer lashing for building camp gadgets. Use these with your knots to build wash stands, tripods and pioneering structures.
Skills Quiz
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Fire Safety and Campfire Skills
The fire triangle, three fire lay types (teepee, log cabin, star), how to safely extinguish a fire, and Australian Total Fire Ban rules.
Bushcraft OAS Quiz
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Camp Cooking
5 classic patrol recipes with a scaling calculator. Enter how many Scouts and get the right quantities. Damper, camp stew, pancakes, billy tea and more.
Camping OAS Tool
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Packing List Builder
Build the perfect pack for a day hike, weekend camp or Jamboree. Tick items off as you go, add your own gear, and print your list before you leave.
Camp Tool
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Shelter Building
How to build a tarp lean-to, A-frame, debris hut and rock shelter. Site selection, ground insulation and Australian-specific hazards like snakes and flash rain.
Bushcraft OAS Quiz
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Pioneering Projects
6 classic builds using your lashings: tripod, wash stand, A-frame gateway, camp kitchen table, monkey bridge and flagpole. Step-by-step with SVG diagrams.
Camping OAS Builds
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Pack Your Pack
5 Scout adventures, each with different gear needs. Pack the right stuff for a day hike, camp, water activity and more before time runs out.
Timed Strategy
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Navigation
Compass, maps and finding your way in the bush
Bushwalking OAS
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Compass and Navigation
Interactive compass rose, how to take a bearing, reading grid references and a map symbols quiz. Covers everything for Bushwalking OAS Stage 2.
Navigation Quiz
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Map Reading
Contour lines, terrain features (hills, valleys, ridges, saddles), map scale and distance calculator, and how to orient a map. Bushwalking OAS Stage 2+.
Navigation Quiz
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Weather Reading
8 cloud types as flip cards, nature-based weather signs, Australian weather hazards (storms, flash flooding, heatwaves) and a 10-question quiz.
Bushwalking OAS Quiz
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Night Sky Navigation
Interactive Brisbane star map, constellation guide and the Southern Cross "Find South" tutorial. Built for the Southern Hemisphere. Includes a star quiz.
Navigation Quiz
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Environment
Leave No Trace and caring for Australia's bush
All OAS Streams
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Leave No Trace
The 7 LNT principles every Scout follows in the Australian bush. Flip cards with Australian-specific examples, plus a scenario quiz to test yourself.
Environment Quiz
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Communications
Semaphore flags and the phonetic alphabet
Milestone 2
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Semaphore Flag Trainer
All 26 letters of the semaphore alphabet with SVG arm-position diagrams, a letter lookup tool, and a 10-question quiz where you identify letters from the flag positions.
Communications Quiz
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Phonetic Alphabet
The NATO phonetic alphabet used by Scouts and Australian emergency services. Full reference grid, a live name encoder, radio protocol tips and a quiz.
Communications Tool
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Patrol Tools
Practical tools for your patrol
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Patrol Cost Splitter
Split camp costs, activity fees and food between patrol members. Works out who owes who and lets you mark debts as paid. Perfect for every camp and Jamboree.
Patrol Tool Camp
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Games and Quizzes
Practice your Scout knowledge the fun way
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Scout Badge Blitz
60 seconds, 40 questions about Australian Scouts. Badges, SPICES, first aid, camp skills and more. How many can you get right?
Timed Quiz
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Knot Rush
Race against the clock to identify knots. Quick-fire rounds that test how fast you know your reef from your bowline.
Timed Knots
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Survival Challenge
Make the right decisions in a series of bush survival scenarios. What would you do if you were lost, or caught in a storm?
Scenarios Strategy
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Scout History and Facts
Scouting timeline from 1907 to today, key people including B-P, Australian Scout fast facts, and a 15-question history quiz. Great Badge Blitz prep.
History Quiz