The 40th annual Dragon Skin will be at Penrose State Forest to the south of Sydney near Mittagong from 18th April to 21st April 2025.
The theme for 2025 will be "The Best of the Best", each Venturer Overnight Camp (VOC) will be revisiting the Best of the Best themes from the past 40 years of Dragon Skin.
We're looking behind us now, across the count of time, down the long haul, into history back, I sees 1984 when it all began….Venturers from all over competing, battling for the coveted Dragon Skin. We're ready for our 40th Skin now, we've been into Space, seen the apocalypse, staged movies, broken down frontiers and waged revolution! And here we stand, with you, the Best of the Best.
Join us this Easter and be a part of it, the greatest of Venturer Events,
Dragon Skin 2025 BEST OF THE BEST!
All staff members must be at least 18 years old and be a
Have completed a valid Working with Children Check and National Police Clearance.
All staff must be allocated to a VOC or HQ
If you have not been allocated to a VOC or HQ and would like to come to Dragon Skin contact the Registrar who can direct you otherwise contact your VOC Commander or the Administration Director.
* Non Members: Adults who are not currently members of Scouts or Guides Australia can join Scouts Australian NSW Branch at no cost by completing an A2 Adult Helper form and submitting it online. The checks involved can take up to 6 weeks so please allow this time for confirmation.
If you have not been allocated to a VOC or HQ and would like to come to Dragon Skin contact the Registrar who can direct you, otherwise contact your VOC commander or the Administration Director to make sure they know you are coming and so you can be allocated a task.
BOOTS (Buckets of On Track Support)
The BOOTS team are our On Track welfare team, they walk the forest during the day engaging with teams and helping resolve any issues they may be having; BOOTS team members may also provide additional support the VOC welfare teams in the evening and assist at Check-in and the Closing Ceremony.
Youth under 15 years: Attendance by children under the age of 15 is not preferred and must have the specific approval of the VOC Commander and Chairman. They must be supervised by their parent/s or primary caregiver throughout the event.
Visitors: Visitors to Dragon Skin must register at HQ on their way into the forest. Overnight visitors are discouraged and must have the Chairman’s written approval prior to the event.
It is not possible to register at the event and anyone arriving at the event without pre-registering online will be turned away.
WE NEED YOU! What will I do at Dragon Skin?
Most staff at Dragon Skin work on Activities, The Activities are spread out through the forest, we generally have around forty-eight activities (each VOC provides twelve activities). Each activity from the VOC is to be of a different type (first aid, cooking, etc). The activities are an incident meant to challenge the team to show planning, teamwork, and ingenuity as well as being a bit of fun. Teams get points based on these as well as attitude and their completion of the activity.
There are also many tasks on VOC to do with Entertainment, Site Services, catering, Venturer welfare, first aid contact your VOC Commander for details
Registrar – Registrar@Dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
Admin Director - Admindirector@Dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
VOC 1 Commander VOC1@Dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
Information for Rovers & Leaders
VOC 2 Commander VOC2@Dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
Information for Rovers & Leaders
VOC 3 Commander VOC3@Dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
Information for Rovers & Leaders
VOC 4 Commander VOC4@Dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
Information for Rovers & Leaders
HQ Registrar admindirector@dragonskin.nswscouts.com.au
HQ Information for Rovers & Leaders
One of the conditions of Dragon Skin being held in the State Forest is that there is a complete ban on smoking and fires inside the pine plantations as these trees will not regenerate like a native bush in a wildfire. Leaders and Rovers who smoke must ensure that their cigarettes are fully extinguished and that all butts are collected. Smoking and fires are also prohibited around tents in the VOCs.
Dragon Skin is a Alcohol Free from the commencement of the event at 1201 Hrs Friday until the end of the event.
Rovers and Leaders are not permitted to consume alcoholic drinks at Dragon Skin. Rovers and Leaders should not consume alcoholic drinks immediately before the official start of Dragon Skin.
Each VOC & HQ has their own fee, which includes food and all the services you will need for Dragon Skin.
Part of your VOC fee includes a $30.00 Dragon Skin leader application fee.
There is an early bird fee for each VOC, which offers a discount of $20 for payments made on or before 23 March 2025.
