Star Method


1. Pick out a bright star.
2. Look along a stick.
3. Prop your elbows and rest your chin to keep your head steady.
4. After a minute or so the star will have moved.

• If the star moved to the left you are facing north;
• If it moved to the right your are facing south;
• If it moved up you are facing east; and
• If it moved down you are facing west.

Shadow Method



1. Place a stick in the ground.
2. Mark the end of the shadow.
3. During the day mark the end of the shadow.