Bushcraft Survival Australia offers courses to suit all levels of experience, from the novice to the advanced, from those new to the bush and the outdoors to the seasoned outdoorsman.
From fundamental through to advanced, our courses equip you with practical outdoor self reliance skills that can be used and adapted to suit a range of different environments.
Our courses are conducted entirely in natural surroundings from an outdoor expedition style base camp, providing an empowering re-connection with nature.
Our courses are both rewarding and demanding and introduce you to the world of bushcraft and wilderness survival in a comprehensive way, starting with the fundamentals and learning to use modern skills and equipment. Gradually we wean you off that modern equipment and progressively introduce traditional skills and natural resources into your repertoire until finally in the advanced stages, you are left with nothing but the knowledge in your head and what you find around you.
Our curriculum and syllabus has been carefully designed to introduce you to a wide range of knowledge and applicable modern and traditional survival and bushcraft skills.
Learn this essential knowledge and these valuable skills in the friendly atmosphere of our outdoor campfire classroom where each skill is carefully explained and then demonstrated by our highly trained instructors and teachers before you practice and hone the technique for yourself.
As each new skill is acquired, we will help you to apply it and gradually build upon what you have already learned, providing you with improved self-confidence in the outdoors and your becoming more self-reliant.
Our Course Structure:
Fundamental Module 1 Bushcraft Survival Course (3 Days)
Fundamental Module 2 Bushcraft Survival Course (4 Days)
Intermediate Module 3 Bushcraft Survival Course (4 Days)
Intermediate Module 4 Bushcraft Survival Course (4 Days) Coming Soon
Advanced Module 5 Bushcraft Survival Course (7 Days) Coming Soon
Survival and Emergency Preparedness Course (1 Day)
Junior/Family Bushcraft Survival Course (2 Days)
Course Overviews
This 3 day course is an introduction to the fundamental bushcraft and survival skills necessary for wilderness living, providing a firm foundation upon which to begin your journey into the outdoors. Core wilderness skills covered in this basic course will concentrate mainly on modern skills and equipment, these skills include; survival priorities, cutting tools, emergency shelter and insulation, knots and cordage, finding water and making it safe to drink, modern fire lighting methods, plants of the local area, signalling, introduction to natural navigation, camp cooking and kit mentality.
This 4 day course expands on the fundamental skills you learnt on the 3 day basic course. You will refine and extend your skill base as you are gradually weaned off modern skills and equipment. Over the four days you are introduced to natural resources and traditional skills, which include: natural and traditional shelters, natural cordage, traditional fire lighting methods, improvised water filters, containers and tools from natural materials, edible plants of the local area, traditional cooking techniques, natural navigation and improvised traps and weapons.
This 4 day Mod 3 course further expands on the skills you learnt on the Fundamental Mod 2 course. You will continue to expand your skill base as you are introduced to still more traditional skills and resources. These skills include: constructing group natural shelters, advanced natural cordage, friction fire lighting using the hand drill, improvised water filters, natural containers and hot rock boiling, foraging for edible and medicinal plants of the local area, more traditional cooking techniques, more natural navigation and improvised traps and weapons.
This fundamental course is tailored to suit families and juniors aged between the ages of 10 and 16. It is similar to our 3 day adult fundamental Bushcraft Survival course however the teaching style, structure and lesson duration is adapted to favour families and the younger generation. Our aim is for you to have fun and learn as a family some valuable life skills so you can enjoy the outdoors and nature with confidence. It's also a great way for parents and their children to bond in an outdoor environment.
Core wilderness skills covered in this course include; survival priorities, safe use of cutting tools, emergency shelters and insulation, simple knots and cordage, making water safe to drink, simple, safe and effective fire lighting methods, how to stay found and signaling for help if lost in the bush, finding your way in the bush and camp cooking.
Our one day Survival Essentials course is designed to teach you the key survival techniques in case of emergency, be it a wilderness or urban environment and is a great introduction into the core skills of bushcraft and our other courses.
Carefully chosen fundamental skills are taken from our more in depth 3 Day Basic Course and condensed into one full action packed day of hands on survival skills training held in the bush around our outdoor campfire classroom, beginning at 8:30am and finishing at 5:00pm. You will learn skills gleaned from both military survival concepts and up to date civilian search and rescue concepts.
Core wilderness skills covered in this course include; survival priorities, safe use of cutting tools, emergency shelters and insulation, simple knots and cordage, making water safe to drink, simple, safe and effective fire lighting methods, how to stay found and signaling for help if lost in the bush, finding your way in the bush and camp cooking.
This 7 day course combines both our 3 day Fundamental Mod 1 and 4 day Fundamental Mod 2 courses together and is for those that have the time to complete them both back to back. The two courses within this 7 day combined course are modularised so they can also both be done separately.
Proposed Future Courses
This 7 day course takes all the skills that have been taught in the basic and intermediate courses and puts them to the test in a realistic yet safe scenario. Students will receive revision and instruction on more advanced skills for the first two days then they are left to fend for themselves in a challenging yet rewarding scenario, completing a number of assessable tasks along the way.
This course is similar to our regular basic bushcraft survival course but with an emphasis on the coastal environment and its resources.
You will learn about: tides and understanding the coastal environment, survival priorities, emergency shelters and insulation, knots and cordage, water procurement including how to desalinate salt water, fire lighting methods, introduction to plants of the coastal environment, signaling, natural navigation, fishing techniques, coastal foraging and cooking techniques.
Private Training and Customised Courses
We can also offer customised courses and training for private individuals and/or groups, corporate teams, scout groups, school groups, Duke Of Edinburgh award training and SAR personnel. Call or email us to discuss a package to suit your needs.