Elementary Wilderness Bushcraft Course

Paul Kirtley heads the instructional team at Frontier Bushcraft. The stated philosophy is realistic, pragmatic and practical, without romantic embellishment.

The Elementary Wilderness Bushcraft is Frontier's six-day immersion in the cornerstone skills of bushcraft. It's the serious starting block for anyone who already knows they want depth rather than a sample.

Six days is enough to move from separate skill drills to keeping a working camp. Fire from friction, shelter appropriate to the season, water, cordage, cutting-tool work, all applied in situ rather than practised as isolated exercises. It's the course Frontier's Intermediate Wilderness Bushcraft assumes as a prerequisite; the two together form the spine of the syllabus. Groups are kept low, though a specific cap is not published on the site.