Bush Skills Campout

Join us for a Weekend Campout of hands-on bushcraft skills, rewilding practices and nature connection ways. 

A small gathering and program aimed to bring folks together on the land by fireside, sharing in empowering skills and like-minded connection.
Nestled in a simple bushcamp on private property among bushlands and tranquil lake 1.5hrs north west of Melbourne CBD.
With option of extended 3 days for those who want to immerse deeper!

Workshops and Knowledge shared in
Primitive Fire Making
Shelter Building 
Navigation Skills
Cordage/Natural Rope Making
Wild Foods and Foraging Plants Talk
Salve Making
Ecology and being 'Bush Wise'
Embodied Nature Connection Practices
Wild Awareness / Inhabiting Landscape 
Bird Watching and Wildlife Encounters
Whittling

We have our bush chef cooking up hearty dinners over the fire, consisting of quality sourced meats and produce. Veg and dietary options will be available.
We'll also have my father Dave with us again, a true bushman elder, with his life time wealth of knowledge and experience exploring deep wild country, living basic in the bush without modern technology and his many skills and stories to share.
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Our relationship with wild place is part of who we are – by embracing it, we can cultivate an inner wellspring of personal resilience and resource, that gives a guiding ember into life’s pathway with nature as ally.
This weekend is not only skill based, but a deeper immersion into re-patterning our sensory awareness in tune with nature and the wider web of life around us.

In today's ways, we've lost touch with our natural state of being that is primarily wired to the outdoors, with primitive skills being the original survival skills that all humans once used to live in harmony with the earth. This weekend gathering intends to help share those skills and keep their power alive in the modern day. While as well, invoking our own remembrance, innate intelligence and sense of belonging to the natural world.
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This program is 15yrs+ created for adults and suitable for all levels of experience. All genders welcome.

What's included - 
2 nights camping and accommodation on private bushland sanctuary abundant with wildlife
Over 6 Workshops - A range of take home earth skills and practices that will forever alter your connection to nature and self
2 Dinners cooked with passion using locally sourced, mostly organic produce
Communal warm drinks station all weekend
All program materials self harvested and hand prepared from the land

Byo - 
Camping/sleeping gear 
Breakfasts/lunch/snacks
Appropriate all weather clothing 


Option for 3 nights
By the end we always find that nobody wants to leave!
So we're excited to offer an optional extra night's campout for those who can and want to hang around until Monday afternoon.
We understand some folks will have work and home commitments, however this is a chance to continue marinating in the connections cultivated over the weekend, stay longer outdoors around the campfire, continue practicing some crafts/skills and leisurely soak it all up together a little longer.
This add on includes another nights camping, cooked dinner and extra day of shared unstructured activities like whittling wood and more learning, deepening in the environment.

Facilities on site -
Composting Toilets
Large flat camping area to fit cars, tents, swags etc
We encourage you to bring your own little camp kitchen set up to make breakfast and lunch more easeful for you, however there will be access to stoves in our kitchen if needed.

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Testimonials -
"I couldn't wipe the smile off my face the entire time. Sitting around the fire with the billy boiling and a beautiful hearty stew surrounded by the real world (nature) and wildlife and beautiful people felt like coming home. To be able to get a taste of all the new bush skills and crafts was brilliant and I'm so excited to delve further into each of them." - Sienna

"If you feel the nudge to connect more deeply with your wild self, or re-member your relationship to nature, I cannot recommend Sally’s rewilding offerings highly enough. The Bush Skills Weekend was the perfect blend of practical skill exploration, quiet time to connect to the land, and a beautiful mix of like-minded people to create connection with. Feeling super recharged, and a regenerated sense of self after spending time on the land. I was totally in awe of the genuine connections I made from just a 2-night camp out, and the conversations & quality banter ‘round the fires." - Karinda


We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land Dja Dja Wurrung on which our gathering takes place. We give our respects to the Djaara people and their on going connection to the land, waters and cultural ways. May we continue to give back with presence and reciprocity.

Payment plans are available, just click the 'pay over time' option during the checkout process after entering your details.
Please note this is a drug and alcohol free event.

Look forward to seeing you out bush!
Sally and the crew
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Video Link
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