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 3 - Ropes (Outdoor Scouting)
Tying knots	Tie a reef knot. Tie your shoelaces	Tie a sheet bend. Tie a clove hitch. Tie a reef knot.	Tie a bowline. Tie a sheet bend. Tie a clove hitch. Tie a reef knot. Make a gadget using at least one type of appropriate lashing. Teach another Cub Scout how to tie a reef knot.
Use of knots	Discuss how and when to use a reef knot.	Discuss how and when to use these knots.	Discuss how and when to use these knots.
Care of ropes	Show you know how to look after ropes correctly.	Name the parts of a rope.	Show how to hank or chain a rope correctly.

* More info on ropes can be found on our ropes page.

  This Boomerang test can also be found on pages 19 (Bronze), 34 (Silver) and 49 (Gold)
of your yellow Australian Cub Scout Record Book.