DRIVING SKILLS+RECOVERY
Steve did Toyota Landcruiser Club of Australia (TLCC) Basic training - a compulsory driving and recovery course at the Club property near Goulburn in country NSW. This fantastic course covers a wide range of obstacles and bush driving, and includes a full day of recovery. More in the diary and in the gallery.
Mark did his training in the sand and the dunes outside Cape Town with local 4WD guru, Trevor. Contact us for his details.
FIRST AID
Both Mark and Steve obtained 1st Aid Certificates as part of Surf Live Saving training over a decade ago. Steve did an Emergency First Responder certificate again in 2006 for his SCUBA Rescue Diver certification. Most of this training was aquatically focused; we knew very little about cuts, breaks, burns or abrasions. Accordingly, we both re-sat the 2-day St John Ambulance Senior First Aid course.
SELF DEFENCE
Steve used this trip as an excuse to indulge his long-standing ambition to study a martial art, and commenced training 3-4 times per week in a Ju Jitsu-based system called Shinbudo at Northstar Martial Arts in about July 2009. Mark just wants to buy a taser.