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Off to Australia Derek Amos, left, and Kirk Hastings were smiling away last week as they prepared for the World Scouting Jamboree in Australia. Both local Scouters "2 able to will spend 11 days in a city of tents with 23,000 Scouts from around the planet. For World Jamboree scouts going Down Under Two Boy Scouts from Huronia will wake up down under at the end of the year, as they head to Australia for the 16th World Scouting Jamboree. Kirk Hastings, 16, of Wyevale and Derek Amos, 22, of Elmvale are the only two locals from the South Georgian Bay District to head off to the southern continent for the event. Between Dec. 30 and Jan. 9, a city of tents and 23,000 Scouts from all over the world will pop up on a parcel of parkland near Sydney, Australia. "I'm getting pretty ex- cited about it," said Hastings last Wednesday night. "It's a once in a lifetime chance." Both Scouts will leave Canada some time this week, and both are scheduled to arrive in dif- ferent places down under at least a week before the world jamboree. They'll stay with Australian Scouting families. But they're hoping to meet up somewhere amidst tents containing Scouts from literally hun- dreds of nations. "It's basically a city of tents," Amos said. "You get to meet people from all over the world," said Amos, "'and try cook- ing different meals. You can go to different coun- A child's Christmas A Child's Christmas is a Christmas of sleighrides and songs, taffy-pulling and puppet-making, play- acting and tree-trimming. All this plus an exhibit of antique toys are waiting for you a A Child's Christmas at the Historic Establish- ments in Penetanguishene, Dec. 19 and 20 between 1 and 4:30 p.m. Tall people pay $1 for ad- mission; smaller people are admitted free of charge. Don't miss this annual Christmas event at the Penetanguishene Estab- lishments. 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