Outdoors SA

Nature Play Symposium 2017
2017-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Queensland Outdoor Recreation Centre, 1525 Gold Coast Highway, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
Unstructured outdoor play – nature play – is FUN-damental to a full and healthy childhood.
Join us on a journey into why unstructured outdoor play is so vital for children.
At ‘Just for the FUN of it’, we will explore the degree of fun and freedom in our children’s lives and the importance of developing an intrinsic love for outdoor play in our children, in order to achieve a well-balanced, healthy outdoor childhood.
Get active and inspired with hands-on nature play workshops, information, presentations and lots of opportunities for you to play both indoors and out.
We have the collective ability to create exceptional and lifelong positive impacts by simply encouraging outdoor play.
What practical steps can or should we take to ensure a happy, healthy and well-balanced future for our children?

BLSA Advanced Bushwalking Leader Course
2016-10-08 - 2016-10-14 | SA
Become an accredited Walk Leader with this nationally recognised course.
This involves training in the more advanced skills which are relevant to longer walks in more rugged and isolated areas.

– Maximum time for completion, 18 months.
– This programme aims at developing a high degree of skill and experience in leadership suitable for longer bushwalks, including prolonged expeditions in remote and difficult mountain areas.

This course trains outdoor enthusiasts with experience and skills in bushwalking to a standard appropriate to lead groups of less experienced adults or dependent groups (including students) on bushwalking trips.
On completion, the successful candidate is endorsed to lead walks:

– Of extended journeys of a more demanding nature
– In Remote & Mountainous Areas of South Eastern Australia
– That can be off track in difficult conditions
– Beyond a half day walk of emergency assistance
– You will also require specific units that will need to be completed to enable Alpine leading.

No experience is implied in such specialised skills as mountaineering, rockclimbing, skiing, etc. The certificate DOES NOT imply competence and capability in these specialised areas.
Each candidate is allocated an Advisor, an experienced bushwalker who assists in developing the candidate’s leadership skills.
The Advisor may also recommend that the candidate undertakes additional bushwalking experience before being assessed.
Assessment includes:
General Mountain Training
The candidate participates in a peer-oriented advanced and difficult trip of at least five days duration in a remote arid mountainous area (or alpine), led by an Advanced Instructor. The trip could involve arid or alpine environments.
Interim Training
A Minimum of 14 Days Bushwalking Experience. To include at least:

– 1 x 4-day walk in Central to Northern Flinders (north of Hawker)*
– 1 x 4-day walk I the highland areas of the Eastern States or Tasmania.*
* The trainee must fulfil a leadership role in at least one of these.
– 2 x 3-day walks as leader

– The log of walks listed above must contain at least
– one walk in hot and dry conditions within the total program of experience

Written Assessment Papers
Written assessment papers consist of navigation, incident response and route planning.
Please make an independent arrangement with your adviser to complete this or contact the office to arrange for another adviser to supervise your exam.

Great Aussie Camp Out
2016-10-08 | SA
Great Aussie Camp Out

The Great Aussie Camp Out encourages individuals, friends, families and clubs to come together on one big night (8th of October) and enjoy the great outdoors by experiencing the fun and adventure of camping out.
Register for free and receive access to creative ideas, simple recipes, fun activities, and go into the draw to win some great prizes.
Find out more here.
