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

IT’S HUMAN NATURE

HOLY HIKING!

RIPPING YARNS • Yvonne Everett considers the family tradition of climbing South Africa’s Table Mountain.

ROCK OF AGES • You’ll appreciate the rock art and rock-hopping on an eight-day Top End walking tour.

FLOWER POWER • A floral feast awaits any bushwalker wanting to explore the range of wildflowers in Victoria’s Alpine Shire.

PICTURE PERFECT • Great Walks readers share their best bushwalking snaps.

BESPOKE BUSHWALK • After creating a 120km bushwalk around Tassie’s Cradle Mountain region, Lachlan Pearce wonders if he’s bitten off more than he can chew.

IT’S SHOWTIME! • These Tassie tour operators will show you the very best of the Apple Isle – and they’ll throw in plenty of creature comforts along the way.

PEAKS, PATHS AND PASTA • Roman ruins and rustic villages, world-famous cuisine, rich culture and natural beauty everywhere - it's easy to see how Italy is one of Europe's premier walking holiday destinations.

WEDDED BLISS • Darren and Julie Edwards met on a bushwalk, became friends, fell in love and got married. It’s the perfect story!

CHASING YOUR DREAMS • Charles Thompson, managing director of Park Trek Walking Holidays, left the corporate world to pursue his passion.

GLACIER TO THE SEA • From the Austrian Alps to the shores of the Adriatic in Italy, the 750km Alpe-Adria Trail is a walk for the ages.

WALK THIS WAY • Great Walks profiles some of the best tour operators offering guided and self-guided walking holidays in Europe.

BUCKET LIST BEAUTIES • Great Walks showcases three lesser-known multi-day walks showcasing Australia’s unique flora, fauna, geography and Aboriginal history.

SUMMIT SPECIAL • Over 20 million years in the making, Mount Kaputar’s volcanic past is worth exploring.

FACING YOUR FEARS • Michelle Peters candidly talks about the cause of her agoraphobia and what it took to overcome it.

HELLO SUNSHINE! • G With Australia having one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, it pays to walk in gear that protects your skin from harmful UV rays.

ISLAND OF SURPRISES • A cross between Wilsons Prom and the Bay of Fires, Tassie's Flinders Island has something for every bushwalker.

TUNNEL VISION • With rusty rails transformed into magical trails, this scenic stretch of former train line is just the ticket for a unique hike through the NSW Northern Rivers.

BRAVE HEART • To raise funds and awareness for the Lyme Disease Association of Australia, Tanner McMillan (16) is walking the length of Victoria’s 90 Mile Beach.

WALKING WITH STRANGERS • Through his photography, Paul Walsh loves to explore the physical, psychological and historical experience of walking.

BAREFOOT ADVENTURER • Gina Chick, one of the hosts of season 2 of Great Australian Walks takes five with Great Walks.