Northern Territory · Anno MMXXVI
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A Field Handbook · No. I
Mick Dawson A Field Handbook

Know the North before it knows you.

Three field volumes that turn saltwater-crocodile and king-brown country from a place that catches people out into country you can read. Set camp so the danger never arrives. Spot the warning signs — the croc's slide marks, the buffalo's last calm second, the snake you've misread — long before they become an encounter. And know exactly what to do when help is still hours away. Decades of hard-won Top End knowledge, in PDFs you can read tonight. Boring, cheap, and it works.

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Mick Dawson — Australia's Northern Territory
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Not for conquering the bush. For coming home from it — every single time.

The Archive

Three Volumes. One Complete Almanac.

Volumes I and II are available on their own — or get all three, including the vault-exclusive Volume III, in the Top End Survival Bible.

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One purchase = all three volumes — including the vault-exclusive Volume III.

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This one purchase includes all 3 books:
Vol I — Keep It Off Your Swag$48
Vol II — Already Decided to Take You$78
Vol III — What the Bush Doesn't ForgiveBundle Exclusive

You do not need to buy the volumes separately — all three are delivered together, instantly.

  • All three volumes — prevention, avoidance & emergency response, as one archive.
  • Vol III — What the Bush Doesn't Forgive, only in this bundle: the snakebite first aid that works (and the bush remedies that kill), stopping catastrophic bleeding, reading heat stroke, the remote kit, and the emergency action plan for when help is hours away.
  • Prevention, avoidance and response — the whole of staying alive in the north, in one place.
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Volume II

Already Decided to Take You

Spot the danger — and the warning signs — long before it becomes an encounter.

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  • Read the slide marks, not the water — spot the signs a crocodile is using a bank before you ever see the animal.
  • The warning ladder a buffalo climbs before it charges — the body language that gives you time to back off, step by step.
  • Why the snake "coming at you" is really running away — the chase myth that gets people bitten, and what's actually happening.
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Volume I

Keep It Off Your Swag

Set and run a camp so snakes, crocs and the rest never have a reason to come.

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  • You can't out-build a king brown — why no "snake-proof" swag saves you, and the free habit that actually does.
  • The 50-metre line that keeps a saltie off your camp — where to pitch in croc country, and the water's-edge mistakes that get people taken.
  • The clean-camp rule most good bushies break — how a tidy-looking camp still feeds the rodents that bring the snakes.
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From the Field

The Mistake Is Almost Never the One People Picture

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It's not the charge you never saw coming or the strike out of nowhere. Out here it's the quiet decision made hours earlier, in daylight — where you threw the swag down, what you left lying about, how close you camped to the water. By the time anything goes wrong in the dark, the outcome was already set.

These three volumes are built from decades in Australia's Northern Territory — the country of the saltwater crocodile, the king brown and the long dry road to the nearest help. They won't tell you to stand your ground or face anything down. They'll show you how to set camp so the danger never comes, read the signs so you see trouble early, and respond calmly and correctly on the day it all goes wrong anyway.

Boring, cheap, and it works — which is exactly why the people selling canvas and powder never mention it.

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Letters from the Track

Reader Stories

Composite illustrations from viewer feedback across the channel.

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I've camped up north for years and thought I knew it all. The chapter on where to pitch and why the snug spot is the dangerous one changed how I set up on the very next trip.

Dave R. · Katherine, NT · Camper & fisho
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Already Decided to Take You should be handed to every first-timer who heads up here. The croc slide-mark section alone is worth it — I'll never look at a riverbank the same way again.

Megan T. · Darwin, NT · Grey nomad
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Bought the vault for Volume III. The snakebite first aid is laid out so clearly it finally pushed me to book a proper course — which is exactly what the book keeps telling you to do. Can't fault it.

Col H. · Kununurra, WA · Station hand
The Fine Print

Common Questions

Everything you need to know before you order.

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Does the Top End Survival Bible ($99) really include all three books?+

Yes — the bundle is all three volumes in one purchase. You get Volume I (Keep It Off Your Swag), Volume II (Already Decided to Take You), and the vault-exclusive Volume III (What the Bush Doesn't Forgive), delivered together instantly. If you buy the bundle, you don't need the individual volumes as well — you'd be paying twice for the same books.

Can I buy Volume III on its own?+

No — What the Bush Doesn't Forgive is exclusive to the Top End Survival Bible bundle and isn't sold separately. It's the one book you can only get by getting all three.

I don't hunt — is this still for me?+

Absolutely. This is a survival and safety series, not a hunting guide. It's written for anyone who camps, fishes, travels, works or four-wheel-drives in the north — it's about avoiding dangerous animals and surviving the country, not pursuing anything. There's no weapon or hunting instruction in it.

Is the first-aid information a substitute for a real course?+

No, and Volume III says so on nearly every page. It's general information that lays out, calmly and in advance, the things that genuinely save lives in remote country — so you go in having thought it through and know what to learn. It is not a substitute for a recognised, hands-on first-aid course, and it always tells you to call 000 first. Read it, then go and get trained.

What format are the books in? How do I access them?+

All volumes are delivered as downloadable PDFs immediately after purchase. Read them on any device or print them out. No subscriptions, no app required — once you have the files, they're yours forever.

What's your refund policy?+

7-day money-back guarantee on every purchase. If the content doesn't meet your expectations within the first week, you get a full refund — no questions asked.

Set Camp. Read the Country. Come Home.

The Whole of Staying Alive in the North

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