Women's Overnight Hiking Skills
New Sunshine Coast, Qld Location
Weekend Workshop
New SUNSHINE COAST, QLD location
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?
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Join us and a group of likeminded women for a weekend of immersion into the beautiful Sunshine Coast hinterland, and learn everything you need to know to get started, and get out into our beautiful natural spaces on your own.
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.
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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
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The Women's Overnight Hiking Skills weekend is hosted by Rewild's Scott Poad and Stephanie Watts.
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Scott loves sharing his experience and passion for the outdoors, he thrives on encouraging others to seek out their own adventures in wild spaces.
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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.
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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 during the weekend
Day 1 - Saturday
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Upon arrival enjoy a complementary coffee or tea from the Bunya Grove Farm and produce shop.
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;
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Meet and great
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Route planning and research
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Equipment essentials, what you need and how to pack it.
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Risk management in the outdoors
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How to deal with and treat all the bitey things - Snakes, leeches and ticks etc
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Fitting your pack correctly
After lunch (BYO) we'll get all packed up and head out from our base to our beautiful creek side campsite.
The hike to camp is a relatively short 2km walk meandering alongside Amamoor creek.
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On route we'll be learning about;
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Basic navigation
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Water collection and filtration
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Foraging for wild food
Once we arrive at camp we'll cover;
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Campsite selection
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Tent's, Sleeping bags and mat's
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Setting up camp
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Stretching and guided meditation
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Lighting and maintaining a fire (including using a flint and steel and traditional fire lighting techniques)
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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.
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Fire side bush craft - making a bracelet from plant fibre.
Additional Information;
Camp - Our beautiful creekside camping area is located on a 400 acre holistically managed farm. The campsite features an open grassy area situated amongst a grove of Bunya nut trees. The campsite also features a composting toilet, fire pit and anundercover area we can utilise if needed. Please note there is no power on site.
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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). All food provided will be nutritious and delicious home prepared and dehydrated meals, these will be tailored to meet any dietary requirements. Snacks and tea and coffee are also provided.
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The Hike - The focus of the weekend is around gaining the skills, knowledge 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.
The walk out to the campsite is a undulating 2km hike that follows the delightful Amamoor creek through open farmland and bushland areas. We return back the following day via the same route
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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.
Day 2 - Sunday
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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.
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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.
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After breakfast we'll continue upskilling, you will learn;
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Tips and tricks to make your journey easier and more enjoyable
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Managing risk in the outdoors, 1st aid kits and emergency communications
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Practical Snake bite management activity
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How to manage personal hygiene on the trail
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Revise and expand our navigation skills
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Route planning for the return hike
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We'll stop for a creek side lunch on the return hike
When, Where and How Much?
When:
Sunshine Coast
March 28/29th
June 6/7th
September 19/20th
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Northern NSW
May 9/10th
August 29/30th
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Where:
Bunya Grove
255 Amamoor Creek Rd
Amamoor, QLD
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​2 hrs - Brisbane City
45mins - Noosa
50 mins - Maroochydore
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How Much:
$550 + booking fee
Includes all tuition, food, snacks, drinks, camping fees, insurance and complementary drink from the farm shop on arrival.
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Zippay and Afterpay available
*Limited positions available. Bookings are essential.
IAbout 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 nack of being prepared for all eventualities.
Scott has 19 years experience as a professional and qualified outdoor educator, survival instructor and adventure guide. He is also qualified in Wilderness First Aid.
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Steph - Naturopath, Nutritionist & Adventurer
​Steph is a 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.
