Where to find out more?

"Map Reading Handbook", Tasmap, ISBN 0 7246 3824 5

"Map Reading Guide", CMA, ISBN 0 7305 0143 4

"SAS Survival Guide", Collins, ISBN 0 0047 0167 4

"Survival in the Australian Outdoors", Griffin, ISBN 1 8757 0226 1

"Safety in the Bush", Hobart Walking Club, ISBN 0 9598 1074 9

"Bushcraft", Viking O'Neil, ISBN 0 6709 0310 8

"Guide to the Stars and Planets", Collins, ISBN 0 0021 9067 2

"Stars and Planets of the Southern Hemisphere", Angus and Robertson, ISBN 0 2071 4550 4

Your local bushwalking/hiking club, search and rescue organisation or astronomical society.