The course taught us how to survive in the wild and build shelters.
We learned the four basic needs of survival, how to start a fire with flint and steel, different ways to start a fire without matches, the things you need in a small and big survival kit, how to build a weatherproof shelter, the different types of snake venom, how the venoms affect us, what snakes they belong to, how black wattle helps us when building shelters, and different ways to find north in the day and night.
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[…] term. More significant activities have been a day hike across Table Mountain for juniors, the District Survival Scoutcraft Badge Course and an annual camp – something that we have not had for the last 24 months. Annual camps are […]