The cheeky title aims to broaden the appeal of our natural environment. It’s my attempt at creating a more Australian term for the Japanese concept of “forest bathing”, when being immersed in nature is said to benefit us in a myriad of physical and psychological ways. I think the largely unadulterated wildness and adventurous threat of the Australian bushland, however, deserves a wilder term, so what better than the thought of total submersion? Like leaping into a crashing wave at the beach, you go “full bush” in the Aussie bush.
1 part of a 3 part series