The Women's overnight hiking skills weekend is an immersive and holistic introduction into overnight hiking.

Are you excited about the idea of overnight hiking, but feel nervous about taking the leap from day hiking? Not sure what to pack? Not sure that you'll feel safe?

Join a group of likeminded women for a full weekend immersion into the beautiful Sunshine Coast hinterland. Gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to get yourself out into our beautiful natural spaces on your own adventures.

Taking place over 2 full days, you'll learn a broad range of skills that assist with ensuring your time in nature is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

In a supportive environment, you will learn all about the necessary gear, how to stay safe, look after your body, and have a blast whilst overnight hiking. You'll also learn about hiking nutrition and how to dehydrate your own healthy meals, so that you're not depending on processed junk food to fuel your adventures.

The Women's Overnight Hiking Skills weekend is hosted by Rewild's Scott Poad and Stephanie Watts.

Scott loves sharing his experience and passion for the outdoors, he thrives on encouraging others to seek out their own adventures in wild spaces.

Steph is a Brisbane based Naturopath, Nutritionist and Adventurer who is an accomplished solo female hiker. She also brings her love for nutrition, health and wellbeing and is passionate about encouraging women to explore the outdoors.

To ensure a truly holistic and complete experience, we'll be incorporating throughout the weekend a range of hiking related skills, bush craft, foraging, mindfulness activities and a optional sunrise yoga session.

What we'll cover over the weekend

Day 1 - Saturday

The morning is all about getting you ready and geared up with all the right equipment and knowledge to make your journey outdoors safe and enjoyable. It will include;

Meet and great
Route planning and research
Equipment essentials, what you need and how to pack it.
Risk management in the outdoors, 1st aid kits, emergency communications
How to deal with and treat all the bitey things - Snakes, leeches and ticks etc

After lunch (BYO) we'll get all packed up and head out from our base to our beautiful overnight campsite situated amongst a creek side Bunya tree grove. The hike to camp is relatively short approx 2.km but will take a couple of hrs as on route we'll be learning about;

Fitting your pack correctly
Basic navigation skills
Water collection and filtration
Foraging for wild food

Once we arrive at camp we'll cover;

Campsite selection
Tents and Sleeping, bags, mats
Setting up camp
Stretching and guided meditation
Lighting and maintaining a fire (including using a flint and steel and traditional fire lighting techniques)
Hiking Nutrition, meal preparation, including dehydrating your own meals and cooking options. We then see how this unfolds in a real world scenario as we prepare our own dehydrated meal.
Fire side bushcraft - making cordage

Day 2 - Sunday

The emphasis of the 2nd day is building on the skills and deepening our knowledge of all the the topics covered on the previous day.

Upon awakening you'll be greeted with the smell of freshly brewed coffee or tea, you'll then have the opportunity to join Steph on a guided Yoga and breathwork session. After breakfast we'll continue upskilling, you will learn;

Tips and tricks to make your journey easier and more enjoyable
Managing Risk in the outdoors, safety, 1st aid and emergency communications.
Practical Snake bite management activity
How to manage personal hygiene on the trail
Revise and expand our navigation skills for the return hike
We'll have a creek side lunch midway through the return hike

Hikers

When, Where and How Much?

When: Saturday 13/14th March 2027

Where: Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Qld

255 Amamoor Creek Rd, Amamoor, Qld

2 hrs - Brisbane City

45 mins - Noosa

50 mins - Maroochydore

How Much:

Price $550 + booking fee

Zippay and Afterpay available

*Limited positions available. Bookings are essential.

Refunds - refunds are available up to 30 days prior to the event as stated in the Terms and Conditions. No refunds or Transfers available within 30 days of the event. Humanitix fees are non refundable.

Additional Information;

Camp - Our beautiful campsite is located on a 400 acre private property, it features a large shady area alongside a beautiful meandering creek. The site also features a toilet, fire pit and we'll have an undercover area we can utilise if needed. Please note there is no power on site.

Food - We all love quality food, and just because you're out hiking doesn't mean you need to skimp on quality and taste.

All meals are provided (with the exception of lunch on the Saturday). Food provided will be nutritious, delicious, fresh and dehydrated meals, these will be tailored to meet any dietary requirements.

Snacks and tea and coffee are also provided.

The Hike - The focus of the weekend is around gaining the skills and confidence to take your hiking journey to the next level. Based on this we've kept the distances hiked quite short, this frees up more time for skill sharing and really focusing on what's important, gaining skills, knowledge and confidence.

You will be carrying all your own equipment needed for the duration of the hike. Any equipment that you hire from us will be at our campsite upon arrival.

The hike is gently undulating and 2km each way, meandering alongside the beautiful Amamoor creek where we'll be pausing regularly along the way to discuss and demonstrate certain skills like water filtering and wild bushfoods.

Equipment - We understand that it can be pretty overwhelming (and expensive) when it comes to selecting suitable gear for overnight hikes. We will send out a packing list once you've registered and are able to assist with any questions.

We also have a limited quantity of quality gear available for hire if you are yet to purchase your own. These can be added to your booking at checkout. ie; tents, sleeping pads, sleeping mats and backpacks.

Camping on-site Friday night available

Independent Friday night camping is available at the Bunya Grove campsite, our meeting point on Saturday)

It features a large grassy area with Amamoor ck access, rubbish bins and toilet.

Cost is $10 cash on the day

Check in from 9.00am Friday

Ph Sarah on 0458 021 601 to book and for directions (mention you're here for the hiking skills weekend and she'll take care of you)

About Us:

Scott - Owner Rewild

Somewhat obsessed with all things adventure and the outdoors. Enthusiastic peak bagger, adventure racer, mountain biker and hiker, a self diagnosed gear freak with a knack of being prepared for all eventualities.

Scott has over 25 years experience as a professional and qualified outdoor educator, survival instructor and adventure guide. He is also a Trainer and Assessor for Klepper training academy delivering accreditation to future generations of outdoor Industry leaders in Bushwalking and Wilderness First Aid.

Steph - Naturopath, Nutritionist and Adventurer

Steph is a Brisbane based naturopath and nutritionist with a great love for the outdoors, and connecting with nature through immersive activities such as overnight hiking. With a strong history of solo hiking in diverse landscapes, Steph has a passion for supporting and empowering others to feel confident and at home in the bush.

In her day-to-day life, Steph works as a Naturopathic Educator and is also trained in Wilderness First Aid

Scott & Steph, Larapinta Trail, Northern Territory

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