Description
Bushsports Adventure Raft Building activities for groups provides quality hands on teamwork, leadership and united problem solving strategies used by staff and employees in order to survive together.
Build a Raft in response to Flooding, Tsunami, Shipwreck, Stranded, Rescues Scenarios conducted Safely.
Defence training techniques implemented and utilised in a mission to complete and build exceptional, strong reliable rafts.
Tested and paddled on the waterways, lakes, beaches of Sydney to the Gold Coast.
Dynamic team activities for corporate teams are incorporated in the process of building and paddling real rafts in Survival Scenarios
Bushsports Raft Building Can be for Fun Raft Regattas to Serious Defence Training for Communication and Outdoor Skills development.
Alternatives to build rafts into Chariots and Stretchers which can safely rescue and carry team members to safety.
Continuous and flowing activities with exceptional facilitation at all venues.
Bushsports raft building activities are immensely engaging for all team members.
Raft Build focuses teams to be more effective through increasing communication and understanding their leadership roles.
Forward planning and trial error is essential to experience of what we call HMAS success!

Staff Connection and Staff Training Exercises; Working Better Together
10-2,000 staff or participants. Large Corporate Group events catered for.
Bushsports raft building equipment to build up to 25 rafts simultaneously anywhere.
Outdoors or indoors, including sports, swimming and conference centers in Sydney and The Gold Coast.
We facilitate raft building teamwork exercises at The Sydney Olympic Park White Water Regatta Center.
Here teams build their rafts under professional instruction.
Then exchange their raft for a real white water rubber INCEPT rafts.
To race down the Sydney Olympic white water rapid course.
Bushsports designs raft team building activities to suit any location.
- Sydney Team Raft Activities
- Hunter Valley Conference Raft Building Exercises
- Central Coast Terrigal Crowne Plaza,
- Mageneta Shores, Mantra, Mingara and Koowindah Resort
- Gold Coast – Surfers Paradise
- Broadbeach, Bonogin, Burleigh outdoor adventures
- Enjoy a laugh with fun team spirited competition!
- Teams complete or compete
- Cheers and laughter erupt from the waters edge for those that brave the waters.
Raft Construction – select Fun, Serious or Team development for quality Leadership Training and Staff training
Ideal for breaking out from conferencing as an event, corporate team development, celebrations, corporate sports days. and leadership skills development.
From 10 employees to large group events with 300 participants, employees of all abilities, all ages, everywhere.
Raft Building Timing: Approx 2-4hr programs.
Rafting Team Building activities professional packaged events for groups include
- Excellent raft building activity equipment
- Planks, Poles (sanded smooth – no splinters), ropes, tape, drums, paddles, PFD’s
- Sunscreen, safety systems
- Professional staff, meeting, instructing, teaching and facilitating team work
- Raft Building Locations Can be within Sydney, Hunter Valley, Central Coast, Southern Highlands, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast.
- All throughout Australia at all Conference Venues, Resorts and Hotels – indoors or outdoor team building activities.

Sample Raft Building Construction Activities
Breaking The Ice with Fun Ice Breakers and Get To Know your Staff Games:
Teams complete their first challenge – informing teams and readying them for raft building activities.
During the build up, the raft building activities are designed to focus on the specific outcomes and staff training objectives.
Raft Builders Ready:
Raft Build is specifically designed to take your team through a series of team construction challenges. Be rewarded with materials for your raft.
The raft building materials team is sent out to search and retrieve necessary equipment – planks, poles, lashing rope, tape and drums.
Our trained raft builders demonstrate the skills and suitable problem solving techniques that have allowed people to survive island crossings.
The essential raft materials are then lashed, tied and strapped together to create a fantastic team raft ready to paddle in a fun race regatta or rescue scenario.
Raft Building Techniques:
Bushsports staff demonstrate and teach Teams the best Raft Building Techniques that can be employed to build the quality 4-6 person paddling rafts.
All Aboard:
Time to build emergency rafts – strategic planning, preparation, design and building.
Teams utilise materials provided or gained through team activities to build a fully functional raft!
Put Your Rafts To The Test:
Finished Rafts are put to the test in a series of multi-direction (two way) flip tests to ensure stability, rigidity, reliability, hydrodynamics and sturdiness.
Water Fun:
Once the raft is checked and cleared, it is time to take on the water course.
Using any water source: pools (indoor or outdoor), dams, rivers, beaches, lakes or ponds. With one team member aboard the raft
– it may be a case of sink or swim!
Still Not Enough!:
For the real thrill seekers, relays and games are then conducted to complete the program and see which raft stands up to the challenges! The final race will see team spirit shine as teams cheer on their raft. Or add a Penrith White Water rafting Session to your team building experience.
Alternate Options:
Should your team not choose to get wet, raft build can be substituted for a chariot build challenge taking built rafts around a dry obstacle course.
Extensions to Raft Team Building
Leadership Training Programs to develop your Teams Leadership skills.
Perfect for School Teams, Outdoor Education Programs, Management and Corporate Groups.
Facilitating a mix of fun with integral team roles.
Team Leader, Negotiator, Equipment Manager and more are allocated to team members.
Shaping the theme of communication, collaboration and cohesion to complete the raft build.
Combine your Staff and Team Engagement Activities with:
- SURVIVOR themed team building events – Outwit, Outsmart, Outplay your colleagues!
- Arabian Beach Nights & Beach Parties!
- Beach surf carnivals
- Raft Build Corporate and Family Picnic Days, Corporate Sport Days, Leadership and Team Training Programs
- Nominate any activity, location and we will design your companies Raft Build program.
OR combine your raft build with White Water Rafting
Design and build your own raft, then combine with a White Water Rafting Session in an inflatable raft! One step further – we can fly your team to Cairns to experience Australia’s wildest white water on real rafts on the Tully River, now that’s a great incentive and reward!






