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Swiss 8 · Veteran retreats

We're done waiting for government to come and save us.

We take veterans out in nature. Off the grid, away from the noise, for a few days that actually change something.

4 dayson the land at NinGula Homestead, with clinicians right there with us.
Swiss 8 veterans setting up camp together on red dirt country
Off the grid
Four daysNinGula HomesteadClinicians on the ground
Veterans sitting on a log in the bush, talking with a man standing in front of them, a dog at their feet
Swiss 8
What Swiss 8 does

Four days on the land. Off the grid.

Swiss 8 runs four-day, nature-based retreats for veterans at NinGula Homestead.

Clinicians who've earned our trust. They're out there with us on the walk and by the fire, not behind a desk.

Blokes and women who've carried a lot. Out here they put some of it down, together.

About Swiss 8 →
What a retreat looks like

No desks. No waiting rooms.

A small group, real country, and the right people beside you the whole way.

01

Get out there

Leave the noise behind and head out to NinGula Homestead.

02

On the walk

Days out on the land. Clinicians walk it with you.

03

By the fire

Nights with people who get it. Nobody performing, nobody judging.

04

Back home

You head home lighter, with a crew you can call on.

Veteran stories

In their own words

I haven't slept this well in ten years. I came to the retreat carrying a lot of pain from a shoulder injury. It had gotten to the point where I couldn't tie my hair up or even wash under my arm, and surgery looked like the only option left.

Since the retreat, I've been able to tie my hair up again, and I feel confident in using my shoulder again. Going to the retreat has changed my life.

Jess

Since the retreat, I feel the huge difference of not being bloated, my pain is lower and my training has been so good. And my brain clarity is better. I’ve noticed that my mood has been a lot more stable as well.

Steve
Swiss 8 x Patriot Caps

Same unit. Same mission. New uniform.

Patriot Caps is veteran-owned, and it's backing these retreats.

5% of every sale, not profit, comes back to Swiss 8.

5%of every sale. Not profit. Every sale.
Australian soldiers with a flag on an armoured vehicle in Afghanistan, including the founders of Patriot Caps and Swiss 8
Veteran owned
Raised so far
$1,813.00

From Patriot Caps sales for Swiss 8. Updated when a new figure is confirmed.

Stand with us

Get behind the veterans doing the work.

Every retreat gets veterans out on the land. Help us run the next one.

Swiss 8 · Better at Life