Scouts & Guides

Scouting arrived in NSW around 1908.

Swimming was just one of the outdoor activities that involved Scouts and Guides. Both movements saw swimming as a survival skill, as well as a competitive sport.

There was strong support for the Scouts and Guides in the Illawarra. In the days of segregated bathing, Wollongong Council allowed Guides to stage swimming carnivals at the Men's Baths. District swimming carnivals were a memorable part of scouting in the Illawarra into the 1930s.

At Dee Why in the 1930s, the scouts held their meetings in the clubhouse of the Ladies Amateur Swimming Club.

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