Our Program Leaders will meet you upon arrival at Gladstone today. After a warm welcome, settle into your hotel and get to know your Program Leaders. Then learn more about what to expect over the next 8 days on this adventurous outdoor education course.

This is the real deal. Get ready to dive deep into your island survival experience!

We will travel by a cargo barge to Infuse Island, a deserted island 70 km off the coast in the outer Great Barrier Reef. The barge trip will take 5 hours and we’ll arrive at the island in the early evening.

As the mainland disappears beyond the horizon, a sense of isolation and excitement will build. When the barge pulls up in the dark, we’ll unload our gear onto the beach and then wave farewell to the barge. Finally, we’ll set up a basic camp for tonight and get some sleep while we await daylight!

Wake up to discover the island is a coral cay fringed by coral reefs and turquoise lagoons where the only inhabitants are thousands of birds. The pure white sands of the island encircle pristine vegetated forest. The island is an important habitat for birds and nesting turtles (seasonal) and the tropical waters are abundant in marine life. Walking around the island takes about 2 hours.

First, you’ll have an orientation to the island and go through some important ground rules. The island is a national park, so we need to minimise our impact while living out here. Each small team will establish its own base camp around the island, with a central base for Program Leaders. Using the equipment that you have brought, you will create a base camp for yourself which will be your home for the next 5 days during your island survival experience.

Finally, you’ll be given a ration pack of food to help you survive on the island during this outdoor education course.

These 6 days and 6 nights are completely unscripted. You will compete in teams for a series of survival challenges that have been carefully designed and overseen by our Program Leaders.

Our survival specialist will teach you the essentials of survival: you will be required to create shelters, cook your own food, snorkel and spearfish, fish with hand lines and collect and distil water. You can also trade and barter supplies and food with the other teams. You’ll also learn valuable wilderness first aid skills.

During the days, time will also be allocated to environmental service work. We will contribute to ongoing marine monitoring projects by collecting data on marine life for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and also assist in the preservation of this ecologically important environment by collecting and removing rubbish from the beaches and lagoons.

Each evening, watch the sun slip down behind the ocean. As night sets in, the starry night sky will be absolutely phenomenal. You’ll fall asleep with the sounds of the ocean lapping on the coral reef lagoon.

Please note: The island is a national park and there are some restrictions on activities. We cannot have campfires and we can’t move/remove vegetation to build shelters. The magnificence of the island makes this a worthwhile compromise and we’ve never had a student complain!

Today our island adventure will come to an end. The barge will come to collect us in the morning and we’ll depart our island home.

Reflect on your experience in this outdoor education course during the 5-hour barge ride back to the mainland. This evening you’ll appreciate hot showers and real beds to rest and recuperate before returning home tomorrow.

Check in to your flight, then your Infuse Program Leaders will farewell you as you begin the journey home. We do hope you have enjoyed the survival challenge on this outdoor education course!