Saturday 14th November the Scouts Australia National Executive Council agreed that Scouts Queensland will host the 2013 Australian Jamboree in Maryborough.

Chief Commissioner of Scouting in Queensland Mr Maurice Law AM put forward a proposal to the Executive stating that the Maryborough Park International Equestrian & Exhibition Centre will be home to the 2013 Australian Scout Jamboree.

Scouts Queensland and Fraser Coast Regional Council are very excited about holding a Jamboree in Maryborough city as it brings close to 12,000 participants and more than 10,000 visitors to Maryborough over 12 days of the Jamboree. Jamboree’s are not only fun for the Scouting participants but are also very rewarding for their host cities. 

On average a Jamboree will consume more than 80 tonnes of food, hire more than 120 buses a day to take close to 4000 youth and leaders off-site to the local attractions. The 2013 Australian Jamboree will be a mini city in Maryborough as it will have its own Shopping Mall, Radio Station, Newspaper, Hospital, Fire Station and it’s very own police and security centre.  

Camp Chief of the 2013 Australian Jamboree and Chief Commissioner of Scouts Queensland Mr Maurice Law AM said “that January 2013 will be a jam packed month for the city of Maryborough; we would expect that the Jamboree will give a boost to businesses in Maryborough and surrounding districts.  The District will also receive a high amount of publicity throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific Region as we actively promote Maryborough as the 2013 Australian Jamboree site.

Mr Law as well as Fraser Coast Deputy Mayor Cr Belinda McNeven and Wide Bay Region Commissioner Mrs Carole Howlett launched the start of the 2013 Australian Jamboree preparations at a special afternoon tea at the Maryborough Park Equestrian & Exhibition Centre.

During the festivities Mr Law invested Deputy Mayor McNeven as an honorary Scout and displayed the proposed layout of the jamboree site.