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SURVIVAL HOW TO BASICS

SURVIVAL • BUSHCRAFT • PREPAREDNESS • FIELD SKILLS

Practical, step-by-step survival education built around the skills that matter when things don't go to plan.

Built from more than 20 years of frontline search and rescue experience.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Practical, step-by-step survival content covering the five pillars of survival — from basic skills and bushcraft through to more advanced field techniques.

SHELTER

Building and improvising shelter using materials and resources available in the environment.

WATER

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Finding, collecting, treating and safely using water in the field.

FIRE

 

Creating and maintaining fire for warmth, cooking, signalling and survival.

FOOD

 

Finding, sourcing and managing food when normal supplies aren't available.

RESCUE

 

Navigation, signalling, communication and making yourself easier to find.

WATCH • LEARN • APPLY

Step-by-step survival tutorials covering practical skills you can actually use in the field.

Survival How To

Survival How To

Survival How To
I wrote a book... Read a chapter with me based on a real missing person search

I wrote a book... Read a chapter with me based on a real missing person search

12:21
PrepPro Australia Knife Review | Bushcraft & Wilderness Survival Gear Tested

PrepPro Australia Knife Review | Bushcraft & Wilderness Survival Gear Tested

06:35
Stuck 4X4 Emergency Shelters: Quick Improvised Survival Hacks

Stuck 4X4 Emergency Shelters: Quick Improvised Survival Hacks

22:50

FROM THE FIELD

Real skills. Real environments. No studio shortcuts.

Survival How To Basics is built around practical, step-by-step demonstrations of survival, bushcraft and field skills — filmed in the environments where those skills actually matter.

WHY SURVIVAL HOW TO BASICS?

Survival skills are easier to understand when you can see them demonstrated. The channel breaks down practical techniques into clear, step-by-step tutorials designed to help you understand not just what to do, but why it works.

PRACTICAL

Skills demonstrated in real outdoor environments.

 

STEP-BY-STEP

Clear instruction without unnecessary complication.

 

REAL-WORLD

Techniques tested against the realities of the Australian bush.

FOLLOW THE JOURNEY

New survival, bushcraft and preparedness tutorials covering practical skills, field techniques and the realities of getting things done when conditions aren't ideal.

GOT A SURVIVAL QUESTION?

Have a skill you'd like to see demonstrated?Send it through — your question might become the next Survival How To Basics tutorial.

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