SCENARIO - SOMETHING FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT

In order to assist your understanding of what survival is we've developed the following scenario to help you understand what it's all about. This scenario is totally fictitious but provides a perspective into a plausible survival situation that could and does actually happen in real life.

Groups of 4 are better than 3. If someone gets hurt 2 members of the group can go for help in support of each other whilst the remaining member can stay with the injured person to assist with first aid, water, food, shelter and emotional support (very important when facing this type of situation).

What is survival? This scenario should help explain what it is

Say for instance you are going for walk in the bush with 3 friends. You arrive at your destination at 10.00 am in the morning and park the car. The four of you grab your stuff out of the car boot and start walking along a dense bush trail that is totally unfamiliar.

The group takes a few turns to left and a couple of turns to the right, nice and simple. You spend the day walking with your friends and taking a few photo's of the good old Aussie Bush. The time is now 1.00 PM and the group has been walking for about 3 hours. Everyone is starting to get tired so, the group decides to stop and eat some lunch. Your break out the sandwiches you made the night before and a some water. Now that all the food has been eaten your group decides to call it a day and head back to the car.