Discover the Path to resilience

Discover the Pathway: From First Steps to Full-Blown Bush Confidence

At Everyday Bushcraft we believe that learning to thrive outdoors also helps you thrive in life. Our courses are designed to take you (or you and your family) on a progressive journey: from foundational bush-skills, through deeper

practice, to an advanced challenge that honours the spirit of early settlers. Each stage adds new skills, builds confidence, deepens connection—to nature, to self, and to community.

1. 1-Day “5 Skills” Course – A Big Step in a Single Day

Start here. The one-day course is perfect for beginners, families, or anyone wanting to reconnect with the outdoors. Over the day you learn the five core skills:

• Self Aid – basic first-aid and caring for yourself and others.

• Knots – tying the right knot for the right job, and using metaphor: connection, strength, responsibility.

• Shelter – how to build protection, and how it links to community and belonging.

• Fire – making fire safely, and understanding fire as transformer, energy, passion.

• Water – safe water for survival, and the metaphor of flow, purification and clarity.

This day is hands-on, engaging, and accessible—even children as young as 4 (with an adult) can participate.

It’s an ideal “first step” course: no heavy gear needed, and you walk away with a sense of achievement and a foundation of the five key skills.

2. Fundamentals Course – Deepening the Basics

Once you’ve got a taste, the next step is our Fundamentals course. This takes the same core skills and gives you more time, more practice, and more confidence.

Here you begin to see how the skills apply in everyday life: how self-aid becomes resilience under pressure; how shelter becomes more than just cover—it becomes your safe space; how water purification becomes a mindset of clarity and flow.

3. Adventurers Course – Expanding Your Skill-Set

From there we move into a more advanced territory: the Adventurers course. According to our “Our Story” page, this is where we “advance skills, more adventurous activities” beyond the basics.

Here you’ll likely explore navigation, longer outings, maybe learning to carry gear, travel further, and apply your skills under more challenging conditions. The result: not just “I know how” but “I can do”.

4. Explorer Course – The Ultimate Challenge

And then we have the pinnacle: the Explorer Course. This is described as “the ultimate opportunity … to master the skills of early settlers in Australia” and “with a focus on survival in the bush with minimal resources”.

Why this is special:

• Minimal gear: You rely more on improvisation, natural materials, your wits.

• Full immersion: Real-world bush context, likely longer, deeper, more demanding.

• Historical connection: You step into the mindset of those who travelled and settled with few tools, making do.

• Life-skills crossover: It’s not just about sheltering and survival – it’s about resourcefulness, self-reliance, adaptation—and translating that back into everyday life.

When you complete this level you don’t just have skills—you are confident in the bush, and you bring that confidence into your home, family, work, and personal life.

5. Specialised Tracks & Tailored Programs

Beyond the main pathway, Everyday Bushcraft offers specialised courses:

• The Hunters Field-craft course (for safe hunting, navigation, emergency response)

• Cadet Field Skills (for young people in cadet programs)

• Corporate programs (for teams, leadership, resilience)

These offer excellent add-ons or alternate routes, depending on your goals.

Why This Pathway Works

• Progressive learning: You don’t overload yourself with everything on day one. You build layer by layer.

• Skill to confidence: Each step reinforces the last, so you move from “I can try” to “I can do” to “I own it”.

• Life-lessons embedded: The five core skills are always tied back to the “Everyday Way” mindset—resilience, problem-solving, connection, growth.

• Flexible for all: Whether you’re a family weekend trip, a veteran reconnecting with nature, a school group, or a corporate team—they all fit into the framework.

• Authentic experience: From the fundamentals to the settler-style Explorer experience, the progression honours the bushcraft tradition while making it relevant for modern life.

How to Get Started

1. Choose the 1-Day 5 Skills course—great for families or first-timers.

2. Once finished, look at scheduling the Fundamentals course to deepen your skills.

3. If you’re keen for more, move into Adventurers, then aim for Explorer for the full immersion.

4. If you have specific goals (hunting, cadets, teams), consider the specialised tracks.

5. After each course, reflect: what did you learn, how will it apply in everyday life? The real value happens when you take the skills off the bush and into the home, workplace, and community.

Final Word

At Everyday Bushcraft we don’t just teach outdoor skills. We teach a mindset of confidence, adaptability, resourcefulness, connection. Our course pathway is designed so that if you start small, you finish strong—capable of handling what the bush throws your way, and better equipped for life’s challenges too.

So whether you’re just curious for a day, or you’re ready to go deep and live like the early Australians did—there’s a spot for you. Step out of the usual. Step into the bush. Let the skills, mindset and community of Everyday Bushcraft carry you into something bigger.