If you’re an Aussie hiker then you probably already know and love Great Walks Magazine. If you’ve never heard of it, now is as good a time as any to head out and buy yourself a copy. Need convincing? Well read on and you might be persuaded.
Brent McKean has been editor of Great Walks for several years now and is obviously a very keen hiker. I recently asked him to participate in a brief e-mail interview, thinking it would be a good opportunity for Our Hiking Blog readers to find out a bit more about another interesting outdoors enthusiast and also about the magazine.
This is a guest post by Neil Fahey from Bushwalking Blog. Neil does a lot of hiking (mainly day-hikes around Melbourne) and shares in-depth trip reports on his blog. He has also recently written a few stories for Great Walks Magazine.
A new book ‘The Great North Walk Companion’ is the tale of a family walk along the full 250 km of New South Wales ‘The Great North Walk’ . It can be enjoyed on your couch as an armchair bushie’s adventure or taken along with you in your backpack as you hike Australia’s most accessible trail. Either way there is a new and exciting addition offered by the authors of this paperback – you are invited to try your hand (pen or keyboard) at writing a chapter.
Want to help plan a new multi-day wilderness hike?
Interested in shaping the facilities for a 2000km multi day trek?
Want to help design the next great walk being planned in Australia?
This is your chance to have some input into the newly planned Dreaming Trails in Far North Queensland, Australia
From the official website
Cape York is one of the last pristine regions in the world.
It’s rainforests, savannah plains, tropical beaches and views of the majectic Coral Sea are to be made accessible through a 2000km network of tracks and supporting infrastructure.
You can help design it!
Spectacular coastal scenery
Looking for two weeks camp hosting in Southern Tasmania?
Happy to volunteer as a campsite host at Cockle Creek?
Like the idea of free accommodation in return for working with the Parks and Wildlife Service?
The Parks and Wildlife Service in Tasmania are seeking Campground Hosts for two week stints at Cockle Creek in Southern Tasmania.
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Cockle Creek is well known by bushwalkers who are completing (or starting) the South Coast Track. This tiny “village” is 2 hours drive from Hobart and is the furthest point you can drive south in Australia.
This is a great way to have a free “holiday”…
In this post we continue with Larry Hamilton’s guest post on hiking the South Coast Track in Southern Tasmania.
The South Coast Track runs between Melaluka and Cockle Creek in the South West Heritage area in Tasmania. It combines spectacular coastal hiking with some (a lot) of slog through inland sections with mud and more mud….
Part Two commences from the Louisa Creek campsite before he heads up the Ironbound Range, a climb notorious for difficult weather conditions and a very steep exposed climb.
Day Four 22 June
I was up by 5.30 am packing up in the dark and on the track before dawn at 7.45am. It was a beautiful, clear, still morning…
