If you start Cubs when you're aged 7 or 8, you may start on the Bronze Boomerang and then continue on to Silver and Gold. If you're older when you start, you might start off on Silver or Gold. Each Boomerang takes around a year to complete and is done with the Cub Pack as part of our program.

	Bronze Boomerang	Silver Boomerang	Gold Boomerang
Tests 1-7 are mandatory
Test 1 - Health and First Aid (Responsibility for self)
Personal Health	Explain how to keep your hands and nails clean and why. Explain when you should wash your hands. Demonstrate how to look after your teeth.	Explain how to keep your feet in good condition and why. Discuss why sleep is important. Discuss the importance of a balanced diet. Prepare a healthy lunch for an outing.	Discuss personal hygiene such as showering and bathing regularly, changing clothes and using deodorants. Show you understand the different types of foods that will build a healthy body by preparing a menu for one day at a camp.
Basic First Aid	Put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you. Show how to treat a graze or small cut.	Check and replenish or put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you. Show how to treat a bleeding nose. Show how to treat stings and insect bites common to your region.	Check and replenish or put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you. Tie a sling with a reef knot. Show how to treat burns and scalds. Show how to treat bleeding. Explain what to do in the case of fainting.
Infections	Show an understanding of how colds are spread and how to prevent them.	Show an understanding of how germs and head lice can pass to people by contact, and how to prevent this.	Show an understanding of what can happen if you eat food that has not been stored correctly. Discuss the ways to store food appropriately.
Adult Help	Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents. Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another. Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.	Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents. Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another. Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.	Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents. Pass a message, including an address, numbers and details of an accident, from one adult to another. Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.

  This Boomerang test can also be found on pages 17 (Bronze), 32 (Silver) and 47 (Gold)
of your yellow Australian Cub Scout Record Book.