This document is a guide to help you choose your activities and check that you are using each activity in the right section. Before you get started on your Award, you should discuss your planned activities with your Award Leader, to ensure they meet the Award requirements. If you want to do an activity that is not listed, and you’re not sure if it’s suitable, please contact the Queensland Award Operating Authority (AOA) on qld.award.office@qed.qld.gov.au to check. 
	
Please note: all activities need to be pre-approved by your Award Leader on the Online Record Book (ORB) before you can start logging hours. Read the ORB user guides (https://dukeofed.com.au/online-record-book-next-generation/) for more information on this process. 

Award plan templates are available from the AOA for all levels of the Award. Gold Participants should discuss their Gold Award Plan with their Award Leader who will submit this to the AOA before starting any activities. The AOA will confirm in writing that the activities are suitable, or advise if alternatives need to be chosen. 

Changing Section activities 
There are many reasons why a participant might change an Award activity in a Section or add an additional activity (up to 3 activities are permitted per Section in the ORB). Award Leaders should always discuss the appropriateness of changing activities with their participants.

For more information, please refer to the Award Handbook, available from http://www.dukeofed.com.au/resource/handbook/ or the Queensland website http://www.dukesaward.qld.gov.au 

Physical Recreation
The Physical Recreation section of the Award encourages you to improve your health and fitness, whatever your starting point. You could choose to do a team sport, solo sport or any healthy activity. It could be something you already do regularly, have tried before or something completely new to you. The Physical Recreation section should make you feel healthy and happy, and may help you build valuable team skills, self-esteem and confidence. It’s also great fun!

Here’s a list of some Physical Recreation ideas. If your planned activity is not here, please contact the Award Operating Authority (AOA) to ensure suitability.

Abseiling
Acrobalance
Acrobatics
Aerobics
Aikido
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Ballet
Ballroom Dancing
Baseball
Basketball
Belly dancing
Bhangra dancing
Biathlon
Bocce
Body boarding
Body building
Bowling
Bowls
Boxing
Breakdancing
Calisthenics
Camogie
Canoeing
Capoeira
Caving / potholing
Ceroc dancing
Cheerleading
Chinese lion or dragon dancing
Climbing
Cricket
Croquet
Cross country running
Curling
Cycling
Dancing (all types)
Discus throwing
Diving
Dodgeball
Dragon Boat Racing
Endurance training
Equestrian
Fencing
Fitness training
Flamenco dancing
Folk dancing
Football (all codes)
Free running
Free-diving
Frisbee
Futsal
Gaelic football
Golf
Gridiron
Group fitness
Gym work
Gymnastics
Hacky sack
Handball
Handstands
High jump
Hiking
Hip hop dancing
Hockey
Horse riding
Hula hooping
Hurling
Ice skating
Indoor soccer
Irish dancing
Javelin
Jazz
Jogging
Ju Jitsu
Judo
Jugger
Kabaddi
Karate
Kayaking
Kendo
Kickboxing
Kite surfing
Kneeboarding
Korfball
Kung Fu
Lacrosse
Line dancing
Long jump
Marching
Martial Arts 
Medau movement
Modern pentathlon
Motorcycle racing
Motor sports
Mountain biking
Netball
Obstacle course racing
Orienteering
Parachuting
Pentathlon
Personal Training
Pétanque
Pilates
Polo
Power lifting
Power walking
Quidditch
Quoits
Riding
Rock climbing
Rogaining
Roller blading
Roller skating
Rowing & sculling
Rugby league
Rugby union
Running
Sailing
Scuba diving
Self-defence
Shot put
Skateboarding
Skiing
Skipping
Skydiving 
Slacklining
Snorkelling
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Speed skating
Squash
Stilt walking
Street luge
Sumo wrestling
Surfing 
Swimming
Swing dancing
Synchronised swimming
Table tennis
Tae Kwon Do
Tai Chi
Tap dancing
Ten pin bowling
Tennis
Tightrope walking
Tissu / Silks
Touch football
Trampolining
Trapeze
Triathlon
Ultimate frisbee
Underwater hockey
Underwater rugby
Unicycling
Vigoro
Volleyball
Walking
Water polo
Water skiing
Weightlifting
Wheelchair rugby
Windsurfing
Wrestling
Yoga
Zumba

Does it fit under the Physical Recreation or Skills section? 
The aim for Physical Recreation is to improve physical fitness and wellbeing and get active through engaging in regular physical activity. The aim for Skills is to broaden personal interests and skills in a non-physical manner. If you’re not sure which section it goes in, please check with the AOA.

Skills
Through the Skills section you can develop your personal interests, and practical and social skills. You could choose to improve on an existing skill or try something new. It’s all about having a go, learning something and getting better at it. The Skill section may give you a sense of achievement and well-being. Colleges, universities and employers like to see that you have life skills too!

Here’s a list of some Skills section ideas. If your planned activity is not here, please contact the Award Operating Authority (AOA) to ensure suitability.

Acting 
Aerodynamics
Aeronautics
Agriculture/farming 
Aircraft recognition
Amateur radio
Anatomy
Animal handling and care
Anthropology
App design and coding
Aquarium keeping
Archaeology
Art history 
Astronautics
Astronomy 
Audio production 
Backgammon 
Basket making
Baton twirling 
Beekeeping
Billiards 
Biology
Bird watching 
Boat work 
Bookbinding 
Botany
Braille 
Brass rubbing
Building catapults 
Cake decoration
Calligraphy 
Campanology
Candle making 
Canoe building
Canvas work
Card games (no gambling)
Card making 
Caring for reptiles
Ceramics
Chemistry
Chess 
Choreography 
Clay modelling 
Clay target shooting
Coin collecting 
Composing
Conjuring and magic
Conservation 
Contact juggling
Cooking
Costume making
Criminology
Crochet
Cross stitch
Cycle maintenance
Dance appreciation 
Dance theory 
Darts 
Debating 
Democracy and political studies 
Dominoes
Dowsing and divining
Drama and theatre skills
Draughts 
Drawing
Dressmaking
Driving
Drone flying
Ecology
Electronics
Embroidery
Enamelling
Engineering 
Entomology
Fabric printing
Fashion design
Film and video making
Film studies 
First Aid course
Fishing/fly fishing
Flower arranging 
Flying
Foreign languages 
Forestry
Furniture making 
Gardening 
Gemstones
Genealogy
Glass blowing
Glass painting 
Glasswork 
Gliding 
Go-karting
Graphic Design 
Hair & beauty
Historical re-enactments
History of art
Home science 
Horticulture 
Information technology 
Interior design
Jewellery making 
Journalism
Kite construction
Knitting
Lace making 
Languages
Leatherwork 
Lettering and calligraphy
Life skills
Lino block printing
Macramé
Marine biology
Marksmanship 
Massage
Metal work 
Model building/racing
Mosaic
Musical instruments
Music appreciation
Navigation
Needle tatting
Newsletter production
Oceanography
Origami 
Painting 
Palaeontology
Patchwork
Peer education 
Photography 
Physics
Pool/Snooker/Billiards
Pottery
Power boating
Public speaking 
Puppetry
Quilting
Radio presenting/DJ
Reading 
Religious studies
Robotics
Rocket making
Role playing games 
Rope work
Rug making
Scrap booking
Screen printing 
Sculpture 
Sewing 
Sign language 
Singing  
Soft toy making
Speech and drama
Sports officiating
Stamp collecting 
Table games
Tailoring 
Taxidermy
Taxonomy
Textile/fashion design
Theatre appreciation
T-shirt painting 
Upholstery
Vehicle restoration 
Ventriloquism
Weather/meteorology
Weaving and spinning
Website and digital communications production
Wine making
Woodwork
Writing

Does it fit under the Skills or Physical Recreation section? 
The aim for Physical Recreation is to improve physical fitness and wellbeing and get active through engaging in regular physical activity. The aim for Skills is to broaden personal interests and skills in a non-physical manner. If you’re not sure which section it goes in, please check with the AOA.

Voluntary Service
Through the Voluntary Service section you can volunteer in your community, meet people and see how your service benefits those around you. Volunteering over a period of time enables you to meet people within the community whom you might not otherwise engage with and realise the positive difference you can make to your community. It can also help improve skills such as team work, communication and self-confidence.

Here’s a list of some Voluntary Service ideas. If your planned activity is not here, please contact the Award Operating Authority (AOA) to ensure suitability.

Environmental service
•	Participating in a conservation project, e.g. clearing weeds, cleaning a river, or caring for threatened wildlife or trees.
•	Caring for a public/school garden.
•	Providing, maintaining, and encouraging the use of public wastepaper bins.
•	Working in a clean-up campaign.
•	Bush and natural environment regeneration.

Emergency services
•	Helping an emergency service team, e.g. SES, RFS, CFS, St John’s Ambulance, Royal Lifesaving.
•	Assisting with local or national disaster operations.
•	Note: Completing training alone does not fully meet the requirements for this Section, e.g. a first aid course or emergency skill (e.g. an SES Communications Course). Practical service must also be given such as attending events as a First Aider.

Animal welfare
•	Caring for animals under threat.
•	Assisting with organisations who care for neglected and 
abandoned animals, such as the RSCPA or WIRES.
•	Walking the dog of an elderly or disabled person.
•	Wildlife rescue.

Charity work
•	Fundraising for a charity – this could be through fundraising events such as organising a school fundraising drive.
•	Producing a newsletter for a charity.
•	Creating or maintaining a charity website.
•	Helping out at a charity clothing store.

Youth work
•	Acting in a leadership role in a youth club, school or uniformed youth organisation.
•	Helping other young people participate in the Duke of Ed by acting as a leader for Bronze or Silver Participants 
•	Community education and health education.
•	Teaching/assisting a person to read or write.
•	Assisting in the teaching of primary school children.
•	Note: Undertaking school based activities such as Student Representative Council or Peer/Buddy Programs must comply with the requirement that a substantial amount of the activity is to be undertaken in the Participant’s own time, e.g. lunch breaks, before or after school academic hours.
People in the community
•	Visiting people in need, such as elderly or disabled people, on a regular basis to provide assistance with shopping, gardening or other domestic tasks, or simply to keep them company.
•	Voluntary work in hospitals, libraries and care centres.
•	Visiting prisons or detention centres (under the auspices of the proper authorities).
•	Helping with a local community radio or newspaper.
•	Note: unpaid baby-sitting would not normally meet the requirements of this Section. However, if the baby-sitting was assisting at a local clinic or playgroup or providing respite baby-sitting / child care including in a private home, this would meet the requirements. There are important safety and carer requirements associated with this type of Service that need to be carefully considered.

Sports and leadership
•	First aid – doing a course and then making their skills available to the benefit of the local community i.e. being a first-aider at football matches or dance competitions etc.
•	Coach your local junior sporting team.
•	Referee/umpire at sporting games for junior teams.

Adventurous Journey
For the Adventurous Journey section you’ll need a sense of adventure and discovery as you go on a team journey, expedition or exploration.
You’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the wider environment, develop self-confidence and team work skills and improve your health. It can be a tough challenge and you might be taken out of your comfort zone but you will be safe with suitable training and supervision, and you won’t regret it!

Satisfactory completion of the Adventurous Journey section includes undertaking preparation and training appropriate for the journeys, and at least one practice journey of a similar nature and duration to the qualifying journey. See chapter 6 of the National Award Handbook for more details.

If completing both these components of the Adventurous Journey on the same expedition/exploration, the Practice and Qualifying Journeys must be separated by a suitable period of time in order for Participants, Assessors and Supervisors to reflect on the Practice Journey period and incorporate any new learning into the preparation for the Qualifying Journey. This suitable period includes the opportunity for one or more Participants to opt out (exit) of continuing on from the Practice Journey to Qualifying Journey.

Please refer to the Queensland Adventurous Journey policy document for further information on specific requirements for Queensland Participants: https://www.qld.gov.au/youth/documents/be-involved-have-your-say/adventurous-journey-policy.pdf 

Here’s a list of some Adventurous Journey ideas. If your planned activity is not here, please contact the Award Operating Authority (AOA) to ensure suitability.

Expedition Ideas
A journey with a purpose

•	Bushwalking
•	Canoeing
•	Cycling
•	Horse riding
•	Rafting
•	Sailing
•	Cross country skiing
•	Motorised vehicles (e.g. off-road)

Exploration Ideas
A purpose with a journey

•	Scientific/Geographic explorations
•	Historical/Cultural trips
•	Flora/Fauna studies
•	Mapping shipwrecks
•	Exploration of old cemeteries in a region
•	Experience and understand other languages/cultures

Adventurous Project Ideas
This is ONLY for Gold Participants, who are over 18, and requires pre-approval from the Queensland Award Operating Authority (via the Gold Plan)

•	Climbing an Andean, Himalayan or other high mountainous peak
•	Researching Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural history in a specific location
•	Retracing the path of an early explorer
•	Geological survey in Central Australia
•	Archaeological dig in remote areas
•	Studying ecosystems in a remote area for human impact	

Gold Residential Project
This section is for GOLD Participants only. The Gold Residential Project offers Participants unique experiences that truly broaden horizons, challenges your outlook and/or extends your comfort zone. At the heart of the Gold Residential Project is the undertaking of a purposeful experience with people who are not your usual companions, working towards a common goal. Adding to this, you will be outside of your usual place of residence, often in an unfamiliar environment with unfamiliar people. It is hoped that the Gold Residential Project rewards Gold Award Participants with a sense of personal achievement, enhanced social connection with new and interesting people, and a truly life changing experience. It’s a big, exciting and very fulfilling experience that will leave you with a great sense of achievement.

Please note, your Gold Residential Project should not be just another Adventurous Journey – this is your chance to branch out, meet new people, and take on a new challenge!

Here’s a list of some Gold Residential Project ideas. If your planned activity is not here, please contact the Award Operating Authority (AOA) to ensure suitability.

Personal and skills training courses
•	Residential language courses
•	Leadership training
•	Skills development (e.g. music, art, craft)
•	Ecology study course
•	Youth camps
•	Youth parliaments

Environment and conservation projects
•	Environmental clean up
•	Habitat restoration
•	Volunteer work with national parks
•	Research on habitats and ecosystems
•	Restoration projects e.g. buildings

Service to other people and communities
•	Provision of facilities
•	Construction projects
•	Assisting as a leader at a camp for young people
•	Working with a local or an overseas aid charity
•	Working in a care home or hospital

Activity based
•	Outdoor adventure courses
•	Sports coaching course
•	Sport skills development and sport representative tours
•	Crew member on board a Tall Ship