Instructors

For over 30 years Bob has honed his survival skills by learning from many traditional cultures. His experiences include living for extended periods with Aboriginal people in our Western Desert, sharing bushcraft abilities with the Bushmen of the Kalahari in Botswana also with the Lakota Sioux Indians in Dakota and jungle time with the Orang Asli people in Malaysia.

His roles have included instructing the Special Forces Units, conducting survival courses throughout Australia, lecturing with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Service on survival in the Mexican Desert and delivering wilderness lessons in the UK.

John spent much of his free time as a child roaming Victorian sub-tropical rainforests by himself.

He was President of the Adelaide University Mountain Club in the early 1990’s and led bushwalking and cross-country skiing trips for students.

John has degrees in Applied Science (Wine Science – Adelaide) and Commerce (Corporate Finance – UWA).

John started instructing for Bob Cooper Outback Survival in 2023.