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.

Great Walks

ONCE WERE WORRIERS

MULTI-COLOURED MARVEL

HEY CRESPO! • Deb Shand explores Peru’s Ausangate Circuit with a sore head and a curly horse.

A WALK FOR THE AGES • From the ocean to the desert, the Heysen Trail showcases everything great – and challenging – about multi-day walking in South Australia.

CHILD’S PLAY • The Wild South Coast Way is a great walk to introduce kids to multi-dayers – you just need to keep them amused and fed.

GIMME SHELTER • Even though bushfires destroyed many of our classic hiking huts, a lot have been rebuilt and are waiting for you to discover them.

PATHS LESS TRAVELLED • Great Walks escapes the tourist masses and discovers parts of Japan few travellers get to experience.

NIFTY 50 • For the year of her 50th birthday, Sally-Anne Clark set herself the challenge to do 50 bushwalks.

MOUNTAIN HIGH • The 120km Alta Via 1 is without a doubt the greatest hut-to-hut walk in the Italian Dolomites.

PARADISE FOUND • Samoa is emerging as a unique hiking destination where gorgeous tropical scenery meets heartfelt village hospitality.

WALK THE LINE • Great Walks explores the inland NSW-Vic border and finds a geographically rich area steeped in history.

TRACK TESTED TREATS • Great Walks’ resident Gear Guru Dan Slater runs us through the gear he’s used most this year.

THAT’S IN-TENTS! • Dan Slater took Hilleberg’s Saivo 3 tent to the Snowy Mountains for a thorough testing.

KILL THE CHILL • Dan Slater tackled the snow with some body-warming products.

GET COMFY • These five products will keep you happy on the trail.

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF GEAR STORAGE • If the next time you take your outdoor gear on a hike and it jams/splits/falls apart, the problem could be with how you store and maintain it.

LEARNING TO BREATHE AGAIN • One woman gives a personal account of how bushwalking helped her cope with anxiety – one step at a time.

THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN • There are many standout features of Gardens of Stone NP but Pantoneys Crown stands out the most.