NONT - Night Observational and Navigation TrialTeam Starting Draw 2012
NONT? what NONTsense is this anyway?NONT is an South Australian Branch Rover activity open to Rovers, Venturers, Guides and Leaders. This year it is being run by the Flash Rover Crew. NONT is a themed event where teams in vehicles must complete a navigation course during the night. Along the course route, there are various theme oriented check points, where teams must compete in activities for points, identify observational markers along the route and complete navigational puzzles to determine the route to the next check points. All teams meet at the 'start point' where they register and show off their theme clothing, while a bbq will be available. Before leaving cars are scrutinized for safety gear as well as bonus theme items and costumes. Cars then leave according to a randomly predetermined starting order. A short autokahna is completed before starting the course. The course is broken up by a compulsory halfway point where participants are fed and rested before continuing. The half way point will be the finishing location for all under 18 team cars. The event finishes in the early hours of the morning and depends on when you start the course and how well you've navigated. Room will be provided at the finishing point for teams to stay the remainder of the night. So what's the catch? The winning Rover team has the pleasure of running the event the following year! Results from past NONTs can be found at the South Australia Branch Rover website. Who can participate?NONT is open to Rovers, Venturers and Leaders along with any prospective members.
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And Now for something NONTsense.... The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs,They all took a drive in the Park; And they each sang a song, ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong! Before they went back in the dark. Mr. Poker he sate quite upright in the coach; Mr. Tongs made a clatter and clash; Miss Shovel was dressed all in black (with a brooch); Mrs. Broom was in blue (with a sash). Ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong! And they all sang a song. O Shovely so lovely!" the Poker he sang, "You have perfectly conquered my heart. Ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong! If you're pleased with my song, I will feed you with cold apple-tart. When you scrape up the coals with a delicate sound, You enrapture my life with delight, Your nose is so shiny, your head is so round, And your shape is so slender and bright! Ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong! Ain't you pleased with my song? "Alas! Mrs. Broom," sighed the Tongs in his song, "Oh! is it because I'm so thin, And my legs are so long,—ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong!— That you don't care about me a pin? Ah! fairest of creatures, when sweeping the room, Ah! why don't you heed my complaint? Must you needs be so cruel, you beautiful Broom, Because you are covered with paint? Ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong! You are certainly wrong." Mrs. Broom and Miss Shovel together they sang, "What nonsense you're singing to-day!" Said the Shovel, "I'll certainly hit you a bang!" Said the Broom, "And I'll sweep you away!" So the coachman drove homeward as fast as he could, Perceiving their anger with pain; But they put on the kettle, and little by little They all became happy again. Ding-a-dong, ding-a-dong! There's an end of my song. see more |
