In a time of increasing disconnection from land, community, and self, this immersive 5-week journey invites you to slow down, re-tune your senses, and remember an older way of being. We hope to help people remember what it means to be human not by escaping from today's culture or society but by providing practices and tools for living within it more intentionally and by weaving the human and natural worlds back together.
From this perspective ancestral skills and crafts are not only a pathway to deepening one's connection to the nature but also an opportunity to caretake, tend and give back to the land that nourishes and provides for you.
Held in a secluded valley near the lush old-growth forests of Mt Field, you'll live close to the land, surrounded by silver wattles, pademelons, flowing water, and a small village of others who are choosing to remember what it means to be human.
This program is an intentional weaving of earth-living skills and land tending practices, delivered within the structure of the four elements and deep diving into skills/crafts associated with each one. Some classes may need to be switched around to accommodate weather influences and energy levels of the group. But the hope is that the immersion will flow as follows:
Week 1: Meeting the Land
- Intro to the land and living systems
- Sacred order of survival through an elemental lens
- Land tending principles
- Intro to sit spotting
- Plant/tree ID walk on land and at Mt Field
- Community living skills
- Knife safety and spoon carving class
Week 2: Fire
- Intro to traditional tanning methods
- Bark Tanning fish skins
- Fire by friction
- Brain tanning sheepskins
Week 3: Earth
- Shelter building
- Basket weaving
- Primitive pottery
- Animal processing
Week 4: Air
- Wild awareness skills
- Plant fibre processing
- Cordage
- Traditional wool spinning
- Loom weaving
Week 5: Water
- Water purification
- Felting
- Intro to leather craft
- Fish leather wallet project
- Debrief/ pack down / integration
What's Included:
- Daily workshops and mentoring during weekdays (weekends off)
- Food supplied for all main meals (wholesome, nourishing - bulk staples, fruit, veg and wild meat)
- Camping space (BYO tent or minimal shelter)
- Tools and materials for skills and crafts
- Guidance from experienced facilitators
- Access to fresh water, bush kitchen, and compost toilets
Why 5 weeks?
This isn't just a weekend workshop. Its a full immersion, long enough to drop into bush time and allow the land to teach you. Five weeks gives enough time to:
Decompress from modern life, returning your nervous system to a more relaxed baseline state
Experience a wide variety to skills and practices to integrate back into your life
Organically develop authentic rapport, safety and connection with others in the group
Let yourself attune more deeply with the natural rhythms and senses of your wild body
Feel a sense of belonging to yourself and to the land
Who is this for?
This immersion is for anyone ready to step outside the modern bubble and into something real.
You might be:
- Seeking reconnection to the natural world
- Curious about ancestral life-ways and primitive skills
- Longing for a deeper sense of community and belonging
- A student of ecology, bushcraft, or personal transformation
No prior experience is necessary—just an willingness to learn and grow
What you'll walk away with:
Hand carved spoons
Fish leather pouch/wallet
Friction fire kit
A tanned sheep skin
A drop spindle
A small loom for future projects
Hand made pottery (cup/bowl)
Woven basket(s)
Plant fibre and woollen weavings
A felted garment (booties/hat/mittens)
The knowledge of how to pursue all the crafts and skills taught
A deeper connection to self, community, and land
The Land
This experience is held on privately stewarded bushland just outside Mt Field National Park in southern Tasmania, on the unceded lands of the Big River people. The land features:
- A pristine flowing creek - for drinking
- Temperate rainforest and open bushland
- Abundant native flora and fauna
- Stargazing, birdsong, and true stillness
- Access to the Tyenna river for trout fishing and swimming
This is a totally back to basics experience: limited phone use/reception, no WiFi, no modern distractions—just firelight, river songs, and the quiet of the forest.
*This immersion is designed for adults over the age of 18 only (no kids unfortunately) and also no dogs are allowed on the property due to the abundance of wildlife*
Investment:
Sliding Scale: $2,800-$4,000
Deposit of $1000 required by end of January and remainder of investment to be paid before the immersion begins.
(payment via direct bank transfer, email us at
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