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.

THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE

Great Walks Magazine

GREAT NOOSA TRAIL WALK, QLD

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL • Jill Sergeant experiences pure nature on the Great North Walk.

A MACPAC RAPAKI 22L PACK

RUNNING HOT & COLD • From lush valleys to alpine peaks dotted with classic huts, Victoria’s High Country delivers the perfect bushwalking experience – even in the rain!

HEYSEN HIGHLIGHTS • Heysen Trail expert Simon Cameron lists his ten favourite spots on the long distance walk.

NEED TO KNOW

ROMAN AROUND • Built 1900 years ago, Hadrian’s Wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and you can discover it all on foot.

NEED TO KNOW

THIS MONTH’S WINNING PHOTO • MATTHEW WINS A MSR POCKETROCKET DELUXE STOVE WORTH $189!

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

WIN A POCKETROCKET DELUXE STOVE

COAST WITH THE MOST • If you’re new to bushwalking, a four-day luxury guided experience on WA’s Cape to Cape Track could be the perfect introduction.

THE JOURNEY OF WRITING A GUIDEBOOK • Great Walks looks at what it takes to produce a walking guidebook.

SLICE OF HEAVEN • Great Walks experiences the new face of gourmet hiking in NZ on Nature and Nosh’s 7-day Coastal Charm tour.

NEED TO KNOW

FUNNY BUSINESS • Bill Bryson is not your average travel writer and as these book extracts show his wicked sense of humour and fierce intelligence make for entertaining reading.

COASTAL CHARM • The Southern Ocean Walk is a 4-day guided walk showcasing the extreme diversity of South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula coastline.

GLIDE TIME • Not many Australians have tried snowshoeing but professional guide and snowshoe expert Mike Edmondson reckons we should all give it a go.

BECOME A CITIZEN SCIENTIST

YELLOWSTONE’S YEARS & YARNS • America’s Yellowstone NP celebrates a milestone this year and we meet the man who was the park’s – and world’s – first forest ranger.

PEOPLE POWER • Great Walks shows you why it’s good to have people in your photos.

PASSION PROJECT • Jon Greathead talks about how his love of the outdoors lead him to working for baselayer brand Zerofit.

MAXIMUM PROTECTION • Great Walks tests out a range of outershell wear that will keep you dry in the wettest of conditions.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK • Introducing the Zerofit baselayer brand.

POLE POSITION • Hiking poles or no poles? It’s a question that many walkers will ponder at some point. Here’s our advice.

DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ROAM? • Public access to private land is accepted and respected in the UK, but what about Australia?

(NOT SO) FUN FACT

BLAST FROM THE PAST • Great Walks ventures into Antarctica to discover a piece of Australian history frozen in time.

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY YOU • When it comes to bushwalking in your golden years, it’s just mind over matter.