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Wilderness Experience
The Trust conducts it's own challenging Wilderness
Experience at Saddlers Springs, a remote 20,000 acre property adjoining
Carnarvon Gorge and Mt. Moffat National Parks in Central Queensland.
Each course is single sex, with a maximum of 10 participants. The
experience is either 9 or 10 days duration in three stages:
The First Stage:
The Walk-In
A demanding three day trek, through beautiful
and ancient country on the ridges overlooking Carnarvon Gorge...
setting up bush camp each night and taking solitary 'night
watch' to ensure the pack horse does not stray... learning
about the local natural environment throughout the trek...
upon arrival into Junjuddie Flat participants feel an incredible
sense of achievement.
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The Second Stage:
The Work Phase
Living and working as a community, as early
European settlers of the area lived on remote pioneer stations...
living in pine slab huts with no electricity, chopping wood
to fuel stoves, clearing fire breaks, pumping water... participants
can see and feel the results of their physical work, knowing
they are making a real contribution to themselves, the group
and the immediate country.
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The Third Stage:
Mt Moffat National Park
An exploration of traditional local Aboriginal
culture in Mt. Moffat National Park; a reflective and crucial
stage: through learning the meaning behind the ancient rock
art and burial sites in which they sit, and the ritual of
initiation practiced there years ago, participants can enhance
perspective on their own transition to adulthood and the practical
changes they want to and need to make in their own lives.
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