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

THE POWER OF WORDS

THIS IS THE WAY • Annie Smith learns plenty about herself on the long-distance Camino Frances.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT • The Murray River Walk reveals a side of Australia’s most famous waterway that few people see.

HAPPY TRAILS • Great Walks spends a few days walking in Victoria’s favourite playground, the northern High Plains.

NEED TO KNOW

PACKS, PEAKS & PINOT • Combining NZ’s two most famous walks – the Milford and Routeburn tracks – Great Walks takes on The Classic guided walk and couldn’t be happier.

HIKE OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD • Soon to be NZ’s 11th Great Walk, you’ll want to experience Fiordland’s Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track before everyone else does.

SURROUND SOUNDS • From stunning vistas and vocal fauna to forest smells and tasty meals, the Queen Charlotte Track offers something for all your senses.

WELCOME TO PARADISE! • Great Walks previews guided and independent multi-dayers showcasing NZ’s ancient rainforests and grand vistas.

JUMPING THE DITCH • Matt Butler from KEA Outdoors offers five steps to planning the ultimate New Zealand adventure.

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

TWO IN THE BUSH • Old workmates Sue Miech and Deirdre Wrightson prefer to walk together than alone.

IN THE THICK OF IT • Great Walks takes on the lesser-known Frenchmans Cap circuit and discovers it’s not as easy as it looks.

STEP BY STEP • Mark Berridge tells Great Walks how he learnt to walk again after a bike accident left him with a severe spinal chord injury.

RETAIL THERAPY • Great Walks speaks to two outdoor gear retailers to see how post-lockdown business is going.

SHOP TILL YOU DROP

WHAT’S IN MY PACK? • Hiking enthusiast Wendy Bruere shows us what she takes on her multi-day bushwalks.

TRACK TESTED TREATS • Great Walks test out a new range of outdoor gear.

IN THE CLUB • Great Walks joins the Batemans Bay Bushwalkers in southern NSW on a social and scenic day out.

THE GREAT DEBATE • Queensland’s plan to build private huts on Great Sandy NP has angered locals but the government reckons it’ll attract more visitors to an underutilised area.

TO BUILD OR NOT TO BUILD

TENDING TO THE LADY GARDEN • Caro shows you how to maintain good hygiene habits on the trail.

EYES ON THE PRIZE • Meet this year’s Wilderness Photographer of the Year judges.

WALKING THE WHITSUNDAYS • Most people explore the Whitsundays from the comfort of a sailboat but the Cairns Ramblers had other plans.

THE AGONY & THE ECSTASY • After receiving an Adventure Grant from The North Face, Milly Young decided to run Tassie’s Port Davey and South Coast tracks.

AN OVERNIGHT TO REMEMBER • Two guidebook writers showcase 10 of their favourite overnight walks in Qld.

TWO’S COMPANY • When finding a great hiking partner is there a one-size-fits-all?