The Ultimate Book of Camping & Bushwalking

Many people are learning that there is more to life than watching videos, playing with PCs and living on the lounge - couch potatos are out in the 1990s. The bush offers a different kind of challenge to daily experiences and high-tech, city lives. While neither camping nor bushwalking are new to Australia, this book is up-to-date, and explains many of the new inventions and technological breakthroughs which have been developed in the recent past.

Global positioning systems, super-lightweight cooking and clothing gear and first-aid practices, to name but a few, are all explained. This comprehensive guide to everything readers need to know on the subject of camping and bushwalking includes - bush basics, preparing to go bush, surviving in the bush, cooking in the bush, bush gear, bushwalking and bush tips. The book is suitable for the experienced and inexperienced bush person.