HEIMAN HABITAT

Heiman Habitat is an Australian business that services the outdoor recreational and professional sectors. We provide niche professional consultancy services in battlefield and military historical analysis, research and project design. We offer tailored programs on bushcraft, field craft, survival craft and remote-area preparation in partnership with established outdoor service providers. We also freelance for a range of national circulation outdoor magazines with a focus on bushcraft and survival.

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Scott Heiman

Scott has served in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps for over 30 years. Starting his career as a Private soldier, he attained the rank of Major and remains a member of the Australian Army Reserve. Scott specialises in field craft, weapons handling, removal of hazardous material, biosecurity, and historical analysis. He is an Environmental Scientist and was the project manager for Australia’s first industrial sized chemical weapons remediation project since World War Two. In the Australian Federal Police, he was a senior firearms instructor and a Use of Force safety trainer. Scott has spent 15 years assisting the Australian and United States militaries to find and identify their missing war dead from the South West Pacific Theatre. He has been a battlefield tour guide in Papua New Guinea leading groups, including to Kokoda and the Northern Beachheads. Scott is the bushcraft and survival columnist and a storyteller for the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia. He has studied various forms of martial arts and has been a member of the Australian Bowhunters Association for most of his life. Scott has served Australia in six countries and has travelled to around 30 others in his personal and professional capacity. A cancer survivor, Scott is still happiest on Australia’s backtracks hunting, camping and fishing.

KATH HEIMAN

Kath was raised on a rural property and was exploring outback Australia well before such trips were a common-place activity for adventurous families. As a trained lawyer and practitioner in the fields of national security and professional military education, she has spent the majority of her professional career in Government focusing on Australia’s international defence relationships within the region and beyond. She has been seconded to the United Nations and has seen operational service in Afghanistan. Along with her sense of adventure, Kath brings to Heiman Habitat her strong strategic vision, management and communication skills.