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Australian Bush Comfort and Confidence (2.5 hr day sessions)
The Australian outdoors is a place full of wonder, beauty and adventure and comes with many physical and mental health benefits. However not everyone feels comfortable stepping out of the city and into the bush, especially if they’ve never had anyone show them how to.
Our ABCC is a fun, interactive and hands-on workshop where we give multicultural communities (and others with low confidence) the skills, knowledge and confidence to be able step out into the Australian bush. We blend a mix of practical exercises such as safe campsite selection, campfire skills (building, maintaining and safely extinguishing a fire), setting up a tent, snake and spider awareness and first aid and bush navigation with other sessions on bushfire awareness, swimming safety and planning including what to take (and not take!), weather, equipment, information access and even some Aussie slang!
PLUS at each session we have a $50 prize of outdoor equipment and discount vouchers from Aussie Disposals along with toasted marshmallows on the fire and surprise treats for the kids.
The sessions have been extremely popular and book out quickly. Check the "Book an event" button on the top right for our next session!
“The ABCC session with Rob and Emma was just what I needed to give me and the children the confidence and skills so that we can get out and explore the wild places around" (ABCC participant March 2025)
ABCC Under the Stars (Overnight camp)
In response to your feedback we are now running our ABCC as an extended version overnight! In additional to all your favourite activities we include camp cooking, animal tracking, wildlife spotlighting, fireside story telling, camp fire music and night time navigation. In our first two sessions in September and October 2025, we had over 100 participants to camp Warringal. The camps were a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all! We will commence the camps again out of fire season in April/May 2026.
"This weekend was fabulous. It highlighted the need and the desire of community to have a safe, high content event to introduce camping basics. Very impressed and well done to the team and the City of Whittlesea" (ABCC participant September 2025)
"Amazing well organised brilliant idea just like school camps. Great activities. Please do more!" (ABCC participant September 2025)
"Being outside with my kids and everyone together in one tent connected all of us together under the stars in the night sky" (ABCC participant October 2025)
"I loved the help, support of the crew, they really go above and beyond to make you feel confidence in camping" (ABCC participant October 2025)
