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.

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Great Walks

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A MEMORABLE WALK • Jill Sergeant meets some friendly locals on Sydney’s Great North Walk.

BACK TO NATURE • WA’s brand new Wiilman Bilya Trail takes you through magnificent blackbutt, marri and jarrah forest and around spectacular Wellington Reservoir.

SUMMERTIME BLISS • There’s nothing like walking across the Baw Baw Plateau under the dappled shade of an old snow gum, surrounded by vibrant wildflowers.

2022 WILDERNESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR • Great Walks announces the results of the Wilderness Photographer of the Year 2022, presented by Southern Ocean Walk.

PEOPLE • “Ask yourself, ‘Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream?’” - Ansel Adams

PLACES • "A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words."- Ansel Adams

CABIN IN THE BUSH • Great Walks discovers you don’t have to rough it during a few days in the Blue Mountains.

THAT’S THE SPIRIT • Renai McArdle and Pamela Fullgrabe love a good old night walk – even if it scares the heck out of them!

BOTHIES, BOULDERS AND BOGS • Great Walks experiences it all in the Scottish Highlands on the challenging Cape Wrath Trail.

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

A RAID ON THE BANKS • Great Walks enjoys coastal views, local wildlife and plenty of creature comforts on NZ’s Banks Track.

HIGH COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS • Mt Hotham has a range of iconic alpine walking tracks that provide access to some of Australia’s best views, unique flora and rich High Country history.

MID-LIFE MEANDERS • Think you’re having a mid-life crisis? Stuff the shrink, forget the Porsche, throw away the meds and go bushwalking!

A FISTFUL OF DAY PACKS • It’s a Mexican stand-off at 20 paces as Great Walks puts some of the best day packs on the market to the test.

KNOW YOUR PRODUCT • Two writers take on two very different walks, but both carry some of the best gear on the market.

HELP IS ON ITS WAY • Great Walks presents two bush rescue stories, one where the hiker carried a PLB and one where they didn’t.

FLOWER POWER • Lisa Murphy of Big Heart Adventures is a big believer of the rejuvenating powers of Nature Therapy.

ROCK OF AGES • 540 million years in the making, SA's Flinders Ranges offers an ancient landscape like nowhere else in the country.

WALK THIS WAY • SA’s Wild South Coast Way went from a vision to a reality thanks to people like the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s Paul Unsworth.

BE PREPARED • Chris recalls the challenges of dealing with COVID on the trail.