Delta scout park,

So I have gone completely off track but  I have now finally got my grove back, I have discovered a mystery I record local parks for YouTube so support workers can see what they have and judge the suitability of them as well, however, I did a video that I will link below about a park called Delta scout park and it's on Hume st Toowoomba but we assumed that there would be a plaque or something to say that there was a scout hut, but we couldn’t see anything.

So my care team and I are now working towards finding out if there was a scout hut there, we think there may have been something, it was the area the 4^th Scouts met.

I am in Guiding, so I know where to look for Scout history, but I am going to start doing a deep dive into this park. I don’t know what has got me researching this story, but I finally have something other than disability to talk about.

 

2nd Toowoomba Scouts: History

 

So I have been able to get hold of a book about scouting on the downs,  “ scouting yarn of the Darling Downs, a history, by Jim Madden and I think I have some answers but at the same time some more questions, as they refer to locations that don’t exist anymore, due to a variety of reasons, one being development of the area, the units being in recess or folding due to lack of community and parent support, a lack of understanding of what scouting is, and what skills it provides ( as well as guides).

But this is a recap of what we know for sure.

The park is a concealed park on Hume St with entrances from Side St as most scout dens were located in walking distance,

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VXK6qs7EQv8XQWrf8

We know it was 4^th Toowoomba and that unit is not Rangeville Scouts,

We know that Scouts has a rich history on the Darling Downs.

It was known as the Delta Group and met in the manse of the Presbyterian Church, on Hume and James St. I will keep you all updated as I find out more.