The North West Circuit – Stewart Island – New Zealand is a terrific moderate to hard hiking trip. In this post we share first hand experience of the 9- 11 day tramp in a trip report. Mud, rugged coastline, fantastic scenery, this hike has it all.
Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with various bushwalkers, hikers, backpackers and trekers from around the world.
The series is designed to introduce you to some of the characters we have met in the outdoor blogging world. There are some great people who really enjoy getting out into the bush or wilderness.
In this post we interview Neil Fahey, an Australian, who runs “Bushwalking Blog“. This is a great site that shares many of Neil’s trips both locally (near Melbourne , Australia) and when he gets the chance to travel.
How about a bit of background on yourself. Live where? Work where?
I live in inner-suburban Melbourne which is great for me because I love …
DYKT or “Do You Know Tasmania” is a slide show put on for the public and organised by members of the Launceston Walking Club showing and highlighting Tasmania and it’s natural beauty and wilderness.
It has been held since the 1950′s in Launceston and more recently has taken the the road around Tasmania and onto the mainland of Australia.
The 2009 show has been presented in Tasmania several times this year and will be in Melbourne on the 3rd of December. It is a great chance for us mainlanders to enjoy the show and catch up with other hikers in the Melbourne area.
Several members of the Bushwalk Tasmania Forum have seen the show in Tasmania and here are …
Get teased by friends and family that you are obsessed with hiking?
Can’t resist an outdoor goods sale just in case you find a new bit of gear?
Spend time at your day job dreaming of your next trip?
Don’t understand why anyone would stay in a five star hotel when they could be sleeping in a tent or tarp?
Frank recently joined the forums at Trailspace.com and he stumbled across a thread titled:
You know when you are a backpacker when:
and it got him thinking that maybe HE is obsessed with the idea of the next hike or bushwalk. On continued examination he decided that being obsessed with such thoughts is a healthy pursuit and he was particularly …
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 and the weather report for the …
