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Birds are our gateway into deeper nature connection. Bird language teaches us how we can genuinely listen to the land.This 4 day retreat is situated on a stunning private property on the NSW Central Coast, where we camp amongst the tubby wombats, clear running streams and reliably abundant birdlife. The property has everything we need – shady creek-side camping, large undercover teaching space, beautiful timber amenities (with hot showers), a fire pit under the massive red cedar and so, so many birds.
And of course, we’ve already booked Jeevi, the Laughing Chef, to cook delicious, freshly made lunches and dinners for us all!
4pm Thursday 27th March – 2pm Sunday 30th March 2025
Location: Private retreat property – Palm Grove NSW
Check out the website for more info: https://andrewthebirdguy.com
Adult Tickets: https://buy.stripe.com/eVaeUX2TG7H38eI3cm
Under 16's: https://buy.stripe.com/00gbILgKw1iF52w14f
The approach of the true naturalist is always through a lens of incurable curiosity, scientific enquiry, humility and awe. Your experiences during this bird language retreat will both firmly establish these principles but also advance your nature observation and interpretation capacities for a lifetime of learning.
Through a hybrid model of outdoor presentations, story and direct personal experience of sitting in nature, the retreat promises to lift your nature observation and connection skills to a whole new level.
As with all Bird Language retreats, our lunch and dinner meals will be fully catered, with ethically sourced meals prepared onsite by local catering legend, Nectar. You only need bring breakfasts and snacks!
The group size for all bird language retreats is strictly limited to foster a close-knit experience and ensure everyone has the opportunity for profound personal learning. Make sure to book early because we sold out quickly in 2024. Hope you can make it!
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What will this workshop do for me? (Good question!)
This is a retreat is for anyone interested in going deeper in their personal relationship to birds and wild nature.
For the vast majority of the human journey as a species we have been highly attuned to the natural world around us. Every one of our bodily senses operated at their upper limit as we paid the closest attention to the weather, animal behaviour, insect hatchings, flowering and fruiting events, seasonal indicators, each other and of course, birds. Birds taught us how to avoid predators, and for some people they still do. This wasn’t a hobby. This wasn’t about keeping a personal best list of species. This was, quite literally about staying alive.
Fast forward to the present and most of us have forgotten how to pay attention to nature. We no longer hear the voices of birds, nor do we appreciate or care for their meaning. But we should, for although most of us no longer fear being torn apart by massive carnivores, our brains and sensory systems still yearn for the connections of the old ways. And over the last two decades an array of scientific evidence across multiple disciplines has demonstrated how important nature connectedness is for maintaining optimum human health and wellbeing.
Learning bird language can, quite literally, extend your life, reduce stress, improve brain functioning, aid in wound healing, extend attention span, relieve tension, mitigate eco-grief, elevate your sense of vitality and purpose, as well as bring you deep, genuine joy through deepening your connection to the land we live on. Oh, and you’ll make new (feathered and non-feathered) friends along the way!
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More info:
This retreat introduces you to a practical understanding and experience of bird language. Through engaging teaching sessions and time spent paying attention to the forest, you will develop and expand your nature-observation and sensory awareness skills. The experiences and learning offered at this retreat will reprogram your brain to an older way of being in the world. Through active listening to the many voices of birds we track the movement of predators across the landscape and notice the subtle changes in seasonal transitions.
This is a unique opportunity to dramatically expand the scope and detail of what you are capable of noticing, to truly see what is really there.
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Who even is Andrew The Bird Guy?
Andrew is a bird language specialist, wildlife naturalist and writer . After decades of doing his “dirt time” of patient watching, listening and learning, Andrew has gleaned powerful insights into how birds offer us a special opportunity for really paying attention to the world around us. His teaching approach is centred around a love for the Earth and developing a ‘curious mind’ for opening pathways of new learning. These are critical skills on our journey to moving from “nature tourist” to “nature sentinel”.
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DETAILS:
NSW Central Coast Bird Language Retreat
Thursday 27th March – Sunday 30th March 2025
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT – $645 (until January 1st, 2025)
Standard Adult – $695
Child (8 – 16yrs) – $590
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Retreat Includes:
-Daily facilitation, teaching and mentorship by Andrew Turbill
-Additional mentoring and assistance from Eva and a crew of awesome ‘flock guides’
-3 nights camping out under the stars at an amazing private retreat property, Palm Grove
-All lunch and dinner meals catered for (you just need to provide your own breaky and snacks)
-Limited to 30 participants to create a more intimate course and learning environment.
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Accommodation:
Participants bring their own camp set up, but we supply a communal, under-cover gathering area, toilets, access to water and other stuff.
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Attendance Requirements:
You should be comfortable being in nature, including sitting on your own in the forest for up to an hour at a time.
No previous birding experience required (this is not a ‘twitcher’ event)
There is no minimum age however all attendees must be able to sit quietly and pay attention for extended periods in both the teaching space and the forest. The retreat is therefore not suitable for infants or young children under 8 years.
Further info – Contact Andrew at: [email protected]
Adult Tickets: https://buy.stripe.com/eVaeUX2TG7H38eI3cm
Under 16's https://buy.stripe.com/00gbILgKw1iF52w14f
Website: https://andrewthebirdguy.com
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Palm Grove, NSW, Catalina, Australia
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