Motto
Earth Scorpions are formidable and strong, DEADLY, passionate and fierce competitors.
Scorpions House Leader
Helen Bradford - hbrad5@eq.edu.au
Scorpion Ambassadors
Respect
Kurt Fearnley, AO is an Australian wheelchair racer, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and ‘crawled’ the Kokoda Track to raise awareness of men’s health, taking 2 weeks to complete the 96km trail. He has a congenital disorder which prevented development of certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum, but this has never held him back.
In 2012 he was an active member of the winning Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race crew. He is a three time Paralympic gold medallist and two time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, who has won over 40 marathons. In 2018 he was awarded The Don as the Australian sports person most likely to inspire the nation.
For these reasons, Kurt Fearnley has earned our RESPECT.
Courage
Turia Pitt is an Australian mining engineer, athlete, motivational speaker and author. In 2011, while competing in a 100km ultra-marathon, she was caught in a grassfire from which it was thought she would never recover. She suffered full thickness burns to 65% of her body. She lost 7 fingers and had over 200 medical procedures during her 2 gruelling year in recovery.
Since then, Turia has competed in the Ironman World Championships, sailed a boat around French Polynesia and walked the Kokoda Trek. She is a powerful motivational speaker helping others to overcome self-doubt and to live their best lives.
For this reason, Turia Pitt is the epitome of COURAGE.
Excellence
Jonathon Thurston, AM is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the NRL. Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All Stars representative. 2017 helped launch NRL Cowboys House, a home for 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote north Queensland. 2018 Queensland State Recipient Australian of the Year. He was the first four-time Dally M Medallist awarded to the NRL Season’s best player, and the first ever three-time winner of the Golden Boot Award for the world’s best player. He is an ambassador for the Queensland Reconciliation Awards, making him an inspiring role model for Indigenous people.
For this reason, Jonathon Thurston is a fine example of EXCELLENCE.