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Eastern Sherbrooke Forest Walk – Dandenong Ranges National Park (Victoria)
On the Eastern Sherbrooke Forest Walk you’ll traverse one of the most beautiful sections of the Dandenong Ranges, where a tangled mess of lush vegetation is towered over by Mountain Ash and some of...
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The best hikes in Blue Mountains National Park: The ultimate guide
The best Blue Mountains Walks? It’s a laughable idea that any such list could exist, really. Only an hour west of Sydney, the Blue Mountains National Park is a veritable smorgasbord of outdoor...
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Hiking Perth: An ultimate guide to the best bushwalks Perth has to offer
Three things spring to mind when I think of Perth – Quokkas, sunsets, and white sandy beaches with crystal clear turquoise waters. Fortunately for a hiking addict like me, all three of these things...
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Review: Arc’teryx Norvan LD2 Trail Running Shoes
With my COVID lockdown underway, it was time to up my exercise game. I’ve been dying to start running again but, having not done any proper running since tearing my meniscus on the Larapinta in 2015,...
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Review: Ledlenser MH8 Headlamp
Weeks into the COVID-19 lockdown and my mental health is definitely taking a hit. The disappointment of rocking up to my local MTB trails to see laminated notices from the council, cable tied to boom...
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1000 Steps Walk (Dandenong Ranges): The ultimate guide to Melbourne’s...
The 1000 Steps in Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges is a haven for nature lovers and fitness junkies alike. For the uninitiated, it’s a relatively steep, rocky staircase through some of the most...
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Conglomerate Gully Walking Track (Riddells Creek, Victoria)
With the COVID-19 restrictions starting to lift, I’m finally allowed to hike again but I only have a few hours of light to spare on a sunny Saturday afternoon. I struggle for inspiration since there’s...
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Review: Arcade Adventure Belt
Arcade Belts Company is a small enterprise based in the snow resort of Squaw Valley in Northern California, USA. Arcade Belts design and manufacture just one product: Trouser belts. The business was...
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Mt Cannibal Walk (Garfield North, Victoria)
Hidden just off the Princes Freeway, not too far from Melbourne, is the spectacular Mt Cannibal. Only 227 metres at its peak, it isn’t much of a mountain, but its popular circuit trail presents a good...
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Gold Heritage Walk: Warrandyte State Park (Victoria)
The Gold Heritage Walk is one of those little hiking surprises that you stumble across every so often. Right beside the pretty outer-suburban village of Warrandyte, a network of walking trails reveals...
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Yeddonba Aboriginal Heritage Site – Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park (Victoria)
At the foot of Mount Pilot, protected by Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, lies one of the few accessible rock art sites in North East Victoria – Yeddonba Aboriginal Heritage Site. Also known as...
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Walking Griffiths Island Reserve (Port Fairy, Victoria)
The sleepy township of Port Fairy is a charming surprise, hidden at the far western end of the Great Ocean Road. Although it’s known for its historic buildings, excellent food and wine, and most...
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Eye care for outdoor adventurers
As outdoor enthusiasts, we go to great lengths to protect ourselves from animals and insects, and to protect our skin from the sun. But not everyone puts as much thought into protecting their precious...
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Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve (Warrnambool, Victoria): The Ultimate Guide
Just beyond Warrnambool, at the western end of the Great Ocean Road, lies an under-visited nature lover’s paradise – Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve. One of the largest dormant volcano maars in the world,...
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Hiking Wilsons Promontory National Park: The best Wilsons Prom walks for all...
Image courtesy of Tony Fernandez, on flickr Jutting into Bass Strait, 225 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, lies Australia’s most spectacular (and Victoria’s largest) patch of coastal wilderness,...
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An outdoorsy Christmas gift guide for your adventurous loved ones
2020 has been a rough year and for many people (like me) it’s been a very indoors kind of year. In my part of the world, things are finally starting to open up again after many months of being stuck...
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Review: Zorali Escapade Backpack
Australia’s newest and coolest outdoor equipment supplier Zorali was forged by Surf Coast Victorians Cam and Elise Greenwood, out of the crushed remains of Cam’s fledgeling surfwear brand. After a...
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Gold Creek Reservoir Walk: A Gem in Brisbane’s West
Photo credit: Tatters, on flickr Those of us from Brisbane really are spoiled for choice when it comes to bushwalks right on our doorstep. Within an hour’s drive west of the Brisbane CBD, there are...
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Review: Ottie Men’s Merino T-shirt
Merino sheep are not clever animals. I should know. Our family has been raising thousands of them in Victoria for generations and I grew up mustering, drenching, crutching, lambing, feeding, watering...
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Review: Arc’teryx Atom LT Hoody
The Arc’teryx Atom LT is a hybrid construction that attempts to balance breathability with weather resistance. Similar to the Proton LT, it has stretchy fleece side panels on the sides to help vent...
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