From cooking damper on a stick, or, in a camp oven to gourmet meals, use your imagination as your inspiration.  Just because you are cooking on a fire, doesn't mean you cannot be creative, innovative or inventive with your menus and meals.

Plan your meals. Talk to the students & staff about what they'd like to cook.  Check for any allergies or dietary needs within your group.  Prepare and provide your ingredients and you're ready to go.  So get your group together, gather around your fire and cook up some delicious bush delights for everyone to enjoy.

Basic Menu Suggestions - Download PDF


Bush Cooking is a wonderful

Let's Eat!

Important Information

About this Lesson

Bush Cooking

Minimum time allocation:

1½hrs

Curriculum learning area / capability:

ELA – Speaking and Listening- Language for interaction, Expressing and developing ideas

SCSO – Social Awareness and Management- Collaboration

Fire Danger

THIS ACTIVITY CANNOT BE CONDUCTED ON DAYS OF TOTAL FIRE BAN
Click here for the Fire Danger Rating Forecast.

History of Bush Cokking at Blackwood Special Schools OEC

1970 - Bush Cooking established

*Blackwood Staff can never be considered as part of any staff : student ratio during the delivery of any lesson