The 40th annual Dragon Skin will be at Penrose State Forest to the south of Sydney near Mittagong from the 18th April to the 21st of April 2025.

The theme for 2025 will be "The Best of the Best", each Venturer Overnight Camp (VOC) will be revisiting the Best of the Best themes from the past 40 years of Dragon Skin.

Are you not the Greatest? Are you not the best of the best?  We think you can be, your team might win the coveted Skin, or maybe you will just do you best, you will at the very least have the BEST TIME at the most fantastic Venturer Scout event of all time, join us as we go all out and show the world WE ARE THE GREATEST, at Dragon Skin 2025 Best of the Best!

Who Can Join a Team and Compete at Dragon Skin?

•       Registered Venturers aged 14 to 18 Years

•       Registered Guides aged 14 to 18 Years

•       Invited School Teams undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award as a part of a school program.

At least one member of each team must hold a current first aid qualification.

All team members must have their Introduction to Scouting, Introduction to Section, Stage 3 in Camping, Stage 3 Bushcraft and Stage 4 Bushwalking. or have the equivalent skills (non-Venturers)

Teams should have at least four (4) and may have up to seven (7) members