Great Walks

DO you believe in new year’s resolutions? Those promises you make to yourself that you’ll do something different in the next 12 months, change something about your life or maybe make the decision to tick off your bucket list of wishes? These resoluti

“YEAH, yeah, yeah,” I muttered silently as my friend Luke led us further over a pathless rockfall toward his chosen picnic spot on the beach beyond. We were already at a perfectly fine beach, the waves crashing just beyond. The landslide we were cros

I recently spent the weekend in my home town of Bowen. Bowen is a coastal settlement, equidistant between Mackay and Townsville in North Queensland. The protected bays of Cape Edgecumbe on which Bowen is built are some of the most pristine beaches yo

2019 will be an exciting time for the Snowy Mountains area with the introduction of a new walk linking up with other walking tracks to create a 44km multi-day hike. Bushwalkers will be able to hike from Thredbo via Charlotte Pass, Guthega, and Perish

SOUTH Australia’s Flinders Ranges has long been a popular drawcard for people of all descriptions. Large pebbled and stoned creeks, significant geological formations, stunning gorges, ancient river redgums, abundances of flora and fauna, hike and bik

GODZILLA, Kawasaki, Tamagotchi, Sashimi… of all the things one associates with the weird and wonderful Land of the Rising Sun, hiking is not usually one of them. As a large and mountainous country you’d imagine Japan, which until 150 years ago was a

IT’S always been my desire to raise resilient, strong daughters – something I daily remind myself – and one thing I wanted to do was take my daughter on a multiday trail. It works both ways, this wanting to raise strong daughters thing and also chall

TWO days after arriving in Tasmania, I stood at the head of the Overland Track and eyed the gently winding trail that disappeared into layers of mountains. They were reassuring, those mountains, standing quietly in the distance. I gave my PLB a pat a

TASMANIA may be famous for its iconic multi-day walks like the Overland Track but as these day walks attest you don’t have to disappear into the bush for multiple days to get a taste of pure Tassie wilderness. The Hartz Mountains have been a popular

This day walk is further away from Hobart but is a must-do if you’re in north-western Tasmania. Follow the signs to Williams ford and Montezuma Falls 2km south of Rosebery on the Murchison Highway (A10). This is an easy walk, through rainforest, alon

IF you fancy heading to Tasmania to try the amazing array of walking trails, one way to do it is with a walking tour operator. Tour operators take the hassle out of trying to organise a walk – especially to off-the-beaten-track destinations. They als

IN 1822 an Australian ship’s captain named James Douglass informed the Sydney Gazette, somewhat angrily: ‘[Macquarie Island is] the most wretched place of involuntary and slavish exilium … nothing could warrant any civilised creature living on such a

IF you’re in the Northern Territory this year there’s a good chance you’ll be visiting Darwin but before you head off to exotic locations like Kakadu NP make sure you give yourself time to explore this tropical city on foot. So here are our 10 top wa

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Going camping but don’t want to take a fridge? Hosting a picnic and need ice cream for dessert? Accidentally amputated a finger and need to keep it cool until the paramedics come? Then you need Klean Kanteen’s Insulated Food Canister! Beautifully des

AS bushwalkers, we’re constantly putting our bodies, and our feet in particular, through terrain that the average city dweller can only imagine. With consistently uneven surfaces, steep ascents and descents, pack carrying and in all weather and condi

LOOKING for a new place for a bushwalking adventure? If you can afford the airfare and time there are some magnificent walking areas in overseas countries. The scenery is very different and often spectacular. You could grab your normal gear for Austr