OUR COURSES

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If you've never overnight hiked before, this activity is just for you.

We'll provide ALL the gear - your own tent / sleeping bag / sleeping mat, crockery and cutlery- even raingear if you don't have it. You just bring clothes and food. We'll provide easy meal guidance, as well.

We'll take you on your very first overnight hike and camp. (An small equipment list will be provided on sign-up).

The hike-in and out to our campsite is on moderate trails with one short but steep section (for about 300 metres), and around 6 klms in distance (one way). A moderate fitness level is required. 

You'll learn: Camp etiquette, how to pick a camp site,  campfire lighting 101*, camp cooking, camp hygiene, how to sleep soundly in the bush, how to properly pack a backpack, as well as hiking safety and hiking basics. 

If time permits, we'll also cover basic compass use and an introduction to maps.

Our site has a historic hut, tank water and a long-drop toilet. While we won't be sleeping in the hut, we can use it in the evening for a campfire, marshmallows and cooking under cover.

This is an overnight course starting at 09:00 am and finishing at 14:00 on the following day. Run on weekends and during the week. We need a minimum of two participants to go ahead.

Course fee: $210 per person. All gear is provided (our gear is modern, lighweight and high quality) 

*where permitted by law - please note we practice sustainable and environmentally friendly camping, along with Leave No Trace

A six hour course covering the basics of wilderness navigation, using a topographical map and compass.

We'll cover:  

• How to use a compass
• How to read and understand a topographical map
• Orienting the map
• Taking a bearing 
• Calculating distance and walking time                             
• Interpreting reality vs the map
• You'll then apply this knowledge by navigating your way around a small 5 klm sectional walk, using the map and compass
• How to set-up safety features when navigating
• Basic re-orienting skills, if you get lost or disoriented

 This course is suitable for complete beginner navigators, those who do social and recreational bushwalking on formed tracks, and want the comfort of being able to re-orient themselves, if they need to.

Course fee: $75 per person, includes use of map and compass. Compasses available to purchase.

A comprehensive introduction to bush safety for all outdoors women. Beginner and experienced alike, this course will help give you greater confidence and skills to safely get outdoors.

You'll learn:

• what critical pre-planning actions to take
• the ten critical things to always take with you (our own amended list, not the standard 'internet list), and options available
• Emergency communications
• self-rescue techniques if you are geographically challenged (and some secret tips on how not to be!
• how to prioritise your actions if you are lost
• how to maximise your rescue chances
• basic introduction to map and compass

Course fee: $65 / 4 hour course 

Are you about to set off on a grey nomad (or other) amazing caravan adventure tour around Australia? 

Do you head out on 4WD adventures?

Do you know what to do if you break down in the middle of nowhere?  Or how to get drinkable water from your car's airconditioning? Or how to start a fire using your car battery? 

This course teaches critical survival skill fundamentalss and crucial pre-trip planning lessons for any road travellers, including 4WDers and those towing caravans.

3 hour course - $55 per person

Our full-day survival course is a summary and consolidation of our hands-on, multi-day survival skills course.

We'll cover: 

1. Introduction to Survival 
2. Survival psychology, mindset and search and rescue insights
3. Survival priorities 
4. Medical
5. Shelter
6. Fire 
7. Water  
8. Signalling for rescue
9. Intro to map and compass
10. How people get lost, and how to get 'unlost'
11. Emergency survival kits

Full-day course (6 hours + break) - $159 per person

Want to try camping or overnight hiking, but are overwhelmed or confused by gear choices, costs and technical talk?  

Ever bought hiking gear and ended up disappointed in it's performance and cost?

We know that trying to pick the right gear can be confusing AND expensive. 

We've consolidated over 30 years of outdoor experience, thousands of dollars of gear choices, and hundreds of nights of sleeping outdoors and leading others, into a three hour summary of what works and what doesn't - to bring you this hands-on intro to hiking gear experience.

We'll cover:

• Everything you'll ever need to know about how to buy a backpack, sleeping bag (down vs sythentic, quilts, shapes, features), sleeping mat (what's an R value), hiking stoves, safety communication, first-aid kits, rainjacket fabric demystified, and much much more
• How to choose between weight, price and quality
• Simplifying gear technical terms
• Understanding different features and options 
• How to simplify gear choices 
• Hands-on look at hundreds of pieces of gear ranging from top quality brands,  ultra-light and ultra-expensive cuben fibre to cheap and cheery gear that also works, if you're looking for budget choices 
• We'll do some tent assembling so you can see how to put up different types of tents, sizing, features and space

All our gear is modern and includes brands such as Mont, Sea 2 Summit, MACPAC, Nemo, Tarptent, Zpacks, Naturehike, Lanshan, Osprey, Deuter, Exped, Marmot, Thermorest, MSR, Optimuse, Jetboil, Trangia, Garmin, Sunto, Silva and much more.

3 hour course - $55 per person