Great Walks

Great Walks is packed with gear guides, product reviews, advice on the best travel destinations, inspiring real-life accounts from seasoned walkers and practical information on specific walks and their accompanying maps. From features on the country’s best bushwalks to reviews of the latest outdoor gear, Great Walks is about discovering our amazing national parks and coastline – anywhere where there’s a walking track. Filled with lush photos, detailed walk notes and aspirational overseas destinations, Great Walks is designed to entertain and inspire.

PREPARATION SAVES LIVES

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

Great Walk Magazine

THE GREAT GIFT

THIS MONTH’S WINNING LETTER

WALK & TALK • Great Walks readers share their news & views.

THREE CAPES, THREE CHEERS • Jen Merrett hits a milestone whilst walking in southern Tasmania

BEST WALKS OF VICTORIA’S HIGH COUNTRY

GOOD NEWS WEEK • There’s plenty going on in your wonderful world of bushwalking.

BENEATH THE BLUE • A five-day taster of the Bibbulmun Track offers some of the best walking under an Aussie sky.

GUIDED BIBBULMUN WALK

THAT’S A FACT, JACK! • Tour guide Scott Roberts offers some flora and fauna facts from southern WA.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD • Experience the beauty of Kosciuszko NP on the walk to Mount Twynam.

SAND, SURF & SOLITUDE • Great Walks showcases 16 mighty mainland coastal tracks – from the Cape to Cape to the Light to Light (and plenty in-between!)

TRACKS LESS TRAVELLED • After a few days on the track, Great Walks asks, is the Hume and Hovell Australia’s most underrated multi-dayer?

DID YOU KNOW

PICTURE PERFECT • Great Walks readers send us their best bushwalking snaps.

WIN A PAIR OF LEKI KHUMBU AS SL POLES

PERFECT PANORAMAS • Great Walks discovers a canvas of desert colours on a Palm Valley day walk.

GONE GONDWANA • Great Walks explores some hiking highlights within the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.

APPY DAYS

| GONDWANA NATIONAL PARKS, NSW

NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED • Great Walks looks back at the Sea to Summit expedition where Australian Tim Macartney-Snape climbed Mount Everest starting from sea level.

THE PERFECT WOODLAND WALK • Fryers Ridge offers peacefulness and birdsong close to Melbourne.

ALONE TIME • Solo bushwalking doesn’t have to be seen as an extreme activity – just a long as you follow some rules.

HELP IS ON ITS WAY • Matthew Willis of Canberra talks about how a PLB saved his life

THE PRUSIK KNOT

HAMMOCK CAMPING 101 • Can’t sleep well in your tent? Hang your hammock by the babbling brook and let a gentle breeze rock you to sleep.

50 IS THE NEW 80 • Great Walks tests out the features and capabilities of eight mid-sized backpacks.

NZ PRICING TRIAL’S MIXED RESULTS • DOC’s differential pricing trial has seen more Kiwis and fewer overseas visitors booking the four affected Great Walks – but is this a good thing?

IF THE HAT FITS • Great Walks looks at the types of bushwalkers you’re likely to meet on the track. (Warning: you may be one of them!)

TOP GEAR • Check out these products great for your next walk.

LEGS & LENSES • Tasmania’s South Coast Track is a gem for walkers and photographers alike.

BY THE BOOK • Get inspired with these guides and travel books.

THE GOOD LIFE • Kylie Rae of Nature & Nosh reckons local cuisine and landscapes are the perfect recipe for active travellers.

INTO THE WILD • Laura Waters left behind the comforts of modern life to hike NZ’s untamed 3000km Te Araroa trail.

NEED TO KNOW

QUOTE, UNQUOTE • Great Walks has scoured the internet to find some of the...