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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rafqa Touma

‘This is not a wellness retreat’: four days on an Australian wilderness survival course

Gordon Dedman teaches a group of campers bush skills in Camden, New South Wales.
Gordon Dedman teaches a group of campers bush skills in Camden, New South Wales. Photograph: Rafqa Touma

On our very first night in the bush, Gordon Dedman issued a warning: “Fussy people die.”

Dedman, a man with an apt name for a military survival instructor, is all muscle and green khaki. Sat by the fire, he addresses his students.

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