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As the picture above illustrates, no more delightful or more suitable spot could have been chosen for the camp. Scouts are assembled on the banks of the Waimata to see Takitimu (Gisborne)win their heat in the senior roving event.

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Boys are seen at their morning chores in the camp.

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The start of one of the senior rowing events, with West Shore (Napier) nearest the camera. Note how the oars bend as the rowers take the strain.

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Inevitable and interesting part of camp life is preparing meals. Here two members of a North Island troop try their culinary skill on a tasty breakfast

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But after the meal comes the cleaning-up. At home Junior might be difficult if asked to scrub out the pots and pans, but in camp it is all in the day's work.

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A local scout shows that even when "roughing it", the cutlery can be kept tidy.

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Boys at the Anzac Park jetty clean their pots and pans against a backdrop of weeping willow and mirror-like Waimata River water. General consensus of opinion among top scout brass and among the boys themselves was that the location was ideal and the arrangements par excellence.

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Grand finale to camp vas parade through town of 500 Sea Scouts Destination was Army Hall, where presentations were made. Takitimu, for fifth year in succession, won the Jellicoe trident.