Surviving Australia: A Practical Guide to Staying Alive

Visiting the Australian outback can be a wonderful experience but it isnt all about boomerangs and koalas kangaroos and didgeridoos. It can be a wild and dangerous place if youre not prepared. Here is the essential travel companion for enduring the toughest stuff this rugged continent can offer -- a veritable survivors guide to managing the unexpected when youre Down Under. Renowned Australian adventurer and bestselling author Sorrel Wilby provides you with the basic lessons on negotiating your way through the bush across the outback over the top end and into the surf and sea. Youll get important lifesaving information on: where you should and shouldnt be driving your Range Rover dealing with natural hazards like river crossings bush fires storms and rips warding off snakes scorpions crocs and sharks encountering Aboriginal people Bushies Eccentrics and Surfers finding food and water treating heatstroke hypothermia and tropical infections identifying proper emergency radio frequencies and much more!