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

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MYSTIC RIVER

LOST & FOUND • A missing ring adds some mystery to Kelvin Grivell’s multiday walk in the Flinders Ranges.

COAST WITH THE MOST • Despite its proximity to South Australia’s capital, the Wild South Coast Way lives up to its name with plenty of solitude and spectacular views.

PERFECT PANORAMAS • Like the food and accommodation, the views on the Southern Ocean Walk are outstanding.

NEW YEAR, NEW WALKS! • If you’re looking for a way to kickstart 2023, you’re going to love this list of independent and guided walks.

DESERT CONNECTION • Hiking the Red Centre reveals a destination of spectacular geological formations, rare flora and fauna, and exceptional natural beauty.

ROOM WITH A VIEW • Great Walks skips the classic huts and instead traverses Switzerland’s Haute Route with a tent.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE! • The Via Alpina is a challenging mountain hike through the picture-perfect landscapes of the Swiss Alps.

FAMILY TIME • After hiking together as teens, Jody Le and Amanda Lloyd are passing on their outdoor passions to the next gen.

THE TIROLEAN WAY • Austria’s most mountainous province offers a network of well-marked walking trails, each rewarding you with outstanding views.

MOUNTAIN MAGIC • Great Walks spends a week on a self-guided hike in the ‘pale mountains’ of the Italian Dolomites.

ROCK OF AGES • At Bald Rock NP, granite gardens scatter across picturesque walks, leading to awe-inspiring lookouts over boundless countryside.

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

MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND • Great Walks meets a woman who is walking 5000km in the name of mental health awareness.

WHAT’S IN MY PACK? • After years of bushwalking, Emma Griffiths knows a thing or two on what to take on a multi-dayer.

FEET FIRST • Great Walks shows you how to keep your feet bushwalk-ready.

TRICKY VISTAS • It’s good to a have a head for heights if you’re going to walk up to the The Castle in Morton National Park.

EVERYDAY HEROES • Richard Jones, CEO of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, takes five with Great Walks.

THE LONG WAY DOWN • Cutting through the centre, the Tasmanian Trail showcases many aspects of the Apple Isle.

HOME ON THE RANGE • New columnist Chris ‘Navman’ Hall tells us how herding cattle help him hone his bushwalking skills.