Australian Bush Survival Skills
Nonfiction, Sports, Outdoors, Outdoor Skills, Reference & Language, Reference, Guides & Handbooks
| Author: | Kevin Casey | ISBN: | 9781386776864 |
| Publisher: | Kimberley Publications | Publication: | March 29, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kevin Casey |
| ISBN: | 9781386776864 |
| Publisher: | Kimberley Publications |
| Publication: | March 29, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Australian Bush Survival Skills (172 pages) is the most comprehensive survival manual ever produced for Australian conditions. It outlines proven techniques for dealing with outdoor emergencies and challenging environments, and is an absolute must for all who venture into our wild places - 4WD enthusiasts, bushwalkers, kayakers, boat owners and anyone who works or travels in the bush. It contains hundreds of field-tested survival methods that have saved countless lives, and could save yours.
Survival topics include:
Water procurement
Food gathering
Fire-making
Improvised shelters
Bush medicine
Survival kits
Rescue preparation
Signalling
Remote-area first aid
4WD vehicle safety
Protection from the elements
Survival at sea
Direction finding
Survival equipment
Clothing
Handling difficult terrain
Survival on isolated coasts
Hazardous creatures
Survival physiology
Reading the weather
Natural disasters
Survival fishing methods
Outback communications
This is the new, updated eBook version of a classic Australian survival reference, originally published in print form in 2000.
This digital version has been revised and updated where applicable (for example, more people use sat phones than HF radios in the outback now) but is essentially the same book as the old print edition (now out of print - this eBook is the only version currently available). It been revamped and re-published as a much more affordable eBook.
Australian Bush Survival Skills (172 pages) is the most comprehensive survival manual ever produced for Australian conditions. It outlines proven techniques for dealing with outdoor emergencies and challenging environments, and is an absolute must for all who venture into our wild places - 4WD enthusiasts, bushwalkers, kayakers, boat owners and anyone who works or travels in the bush. It contains hundreds of field-tested survival methods that have saved countless lives, and could save yours.
Survival topics include:
Water procurement
Food gathering
Fire-making
Improvised shelters
Bush medicine
Survival kits
Rescue preparation
Signalling
Remote-area first aid
4WD vehicle safety
Protection from the elements
Survival at sea
Direction finding
Survival equipment
Clothing
Handling difficult terrain
Survival on isolated coasts
Hazardous creatures
Survival physiology
Reading the weather
Natural disasters
Survival fishing methods
Outback communications
This is the new, updated eBook version of a classic Australian survival reference, originally published in print form in 2000.
This digital version has been revised and updated where applicable (for example, more people use sat phones than HF radios in the outback now) but is essentially the same book as the old print edition (now out of print - this eBook is the only version currently available). It been revamped and re-published as a much more affordable eBook.
