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 4 - Outdoor Scouting (Outdoor Scouting)
Compass and Navigation	Discuss how a compass works and show you know the four principal points. Make a simple compass.	Demonstrate an understanding of how many degrees there are in a compass and the eight principal points. Use a compass to follow a trail, which includes at least six compass points.	Use a compass to plan a bushwalk route on a map. Use a compass to set a simple trail, including six compass points, for the rest of your Pack to follow. Discuss the eight principal points and the associated degrees.
Maps and Hiking	Attend at least two outdoor outings with your Pack. Dress correctly and pack your own daypack for the outings.	Use a road map to work out the distances between two towns named by a Leader. Demonstrate five trail signs.	Explain scale and contour lines Explain at least eight map symbols and be able to find them on the map. Using at least five different trail signs, make a track for the rest of your Pack to follow.
Fire Lighting	Demonstrate the correct way to strike a match.	Discuss ways that fires can start in the home and the bush.	Explain about different types of cooking fires and demonstrate at least one.
Outdoor Cooking	Prepare and cook for yourself a damper/twist.	On a fire you prepare and light, cook a meal such as sausages or food in a foil pouch.	Using your cooking fire, prepare a meal for yourself and an adult, including meat, vegetable and a hot drink.

  This Boomerang test can also be found on pages 20 (Bronze), 35 (Silver) and 50 (Gold)
of your yellow Australian Cub Scout Record Book.