Four seasons of bushcraft

This is your chance to step away from the busyness of modern life and technology and come in to deeper connection and slowing down with ancestral skills. Join us one weekend a season for this wonderfully connective journey.

SPRING - is about bird language, listening to the concentric rings of nature.
SUMMER - takes us bush with natural shelters.
AUTUMN - brings alive a whole new world of tracking. Reading the stories left on the earth.
WINTER - build a relationship with fire skills and the way they can support us.

Tracking

Autumn is our time in the four seasons of things to get eyes to the ground and start reading the stories that the animals have left.

More than just the physical ‘what we see’, tracking takes in a greater understanding of the animals themselves and of their surroundings. We may even need our understanding of birds and plants to help us fill in more pieces of the puzzles we will try to unravel.

We will look into animal movement, identifying who left a print even if the print is not clear. We’ll cover forward motion, turning, sign tracking, and we’ll get intimate with a few tracks until our eyes hurt, in a good way.

We may touch on sensing and we will look at the tracks the non-animals leave and bring the idea of tracking alive in an everyday way.

This will add another dimension to your daily life and if you did the bird language season then this will often move side-by-side with those skills. If you didn't, we'll be running one again next spring.

Logistics

When: Arriving from 5.30pm Friday

Where: Human Bushcraft and Wild Living, 57 Parenga Road, Otaki Gorge

Price: $320 (all food included). $100 deposit payable now, remainder payable on the weekend.

What to bring:

A note pad and pen,
A torch/headlamp
A tent and sleeping bag & mat
Appropriate clothing (that can get dirty). Warm gears for this time of year.
A drink bottle and a few snacks
Rain jacket, togs and towel (the river is right there and great swimming)
Any personal medication

We provide all organic food but you may want to bring your favourite snacks.

Tell us as soon as you can if you have any dietary requirements so we can try to meet them.

We have a few extra basic sleeping mats if anyone needs one. Please call us with any questions. We look forward to sharing with you.

We keep this land free of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, vaping, and cell phones. You are welcome to use your phone as a camera but we ask that you have turned off the rest of the time. We do have coffee and tea.

Health and Happiness,

Steve and Jenny

06 364 3337

Note: We need a minimum of 6 attendees in order to go ahead. If we have not reached the minimum number by 11th March the event will be cancelled and a full refund will be provide