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Infographic: Camping and hiking in bushfire season: Know before you go
The recent bushfires in NSW were an unfortunate reminder that bushfire season is approaching. This means that campers and hikers need to, once again, start thinking about bushfire dangers before...
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Olinda Falls via Mechanics Track: When hiking with kids doesn’t quite go as...
We can theorise all we like about how to hike with kids. The problem is, these things don't always go as planned. It's the last day of school holidays and we decide to take The Chop and The Bump out...
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Are you a nature-loving couch potato? 6 Reasons to start hiking for a...
I used to be a couch potato. A nature-loving couch potato, but a couch-potato all the same. I’ve worked in I.T. since 2000, and I didn't start hiking regularly until 2008. For those eight years,...
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Hiking nutrition: The lowdown on looking after your body from a real-life...
This post was contributed by Emma Stirling APD, who I invited to provide you some tips on hiking nutrition, after I received quite a few requests from readers. Emma is a highly experienced...
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Win stuff! – Online Competitions for Hikers – November 2013
Welcome to the monthly Bushwalking Blog competition round-up. Every month I scour the web to find any competitions that Bushwalking Blog readers might be interested in, and list them here. They can...
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Review: Yellowbrick V3 MKII GPS Tracker and Messenger: Keep in touch on your...
As nice as it is to know there are people who care enough to be worried about me when I’m out hiking, it always sucks to think that I’ve left someone with that slight, niggling anxiety, that won’t...
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On hiking gear storage and being a bit mental
I think I might be a bit mental. Only a bit, though. I've just got… Tendencies. What kind of mental? Well for starters, bad spelling, grammar, and punctuation make me twitch. Visibly twitch. I...
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What does adventure mean to me?
Hiking up a Guatemalan volcano to roast marshmallows on the radiant heat from flowing lava? I’d say that's pretty adventurous. Four-wheel driving across the Atacama Desert, sleeping in minus twenty...
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Climate change: Why ask for action when you can take it?
This is another awesome guest contribution by Sarah Day. When she's not scrambling down rainforest gullies in Goongerah and getting lost in the fog atop Mt Baw Baw, Sarah helps out online for...
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PLB Hire: Enjoy the wilderness more safely with an emergency beacon from...
Notice anything different on Bushwalking Blog? Over there in the sidebar perhaps? Yep, I’m hiring out PLB emergency beacons now – RescueMe PLB1’s, in fact. They’re a bit awesome. The world’s...
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3 Christmas gift ideas for hikers and outdoorsy-types
When I was younger, before I could just buy my old man booze for Christmas, I was always a fan of buying him cologne. I have no idea why, because I’m pretty sure he’s never been much of a cologne...
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Ghetto Hikers: Urban kids bringing the streets to the hiking trails
It’s a tried and tested formula – place characters in situations where they don’t quite fit and it tends to make for hilarious comedy. What’s even funnier though, is when it’s real. @GhettoHiker is...
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TrailRiding: Hiking for the wheelie
This is a guest contribution by David Stratton. I came across David on Twitter and I was so inspired by the YouTube video of his story (below) that I had to ask him to write something for...
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The Visit Marysville app – everything you need to plan a day or a weekend of...
The cool, lush rainforest gullies around Marysville have long been among my favourite places for a bushwalk. Trails crisscross tree fern-lined rivers and creeks, where crystal clear water tumbles...
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The man behind Bushwalking Blog is co-authoring a Great Ocean Road hiking...
One of my long-held dreams is coming true, it would seem. I’m going to be co-author of a hiking guide book. As in, a real book… One that will be on shelves in bookshops and stuff. I’m excited beyond...
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Win stuff! – Online Competitions for Hikers – January 2013
Welcome to the monthly Bushwalking Blog competition round-up. Every month I scour the web to find any competitions that Bushwalking Blog readers might be interested in, and list them here. They can...
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Caves, chasms, and crampons: Hiking Franz Josef Glacier – New Zealand
It’s 43 degrees in my kitchen, so I’m sitting under the air-conditioner in the back room and reminiscing about cooler times. I guess it’s no surprise that my July 2011 trip to New Zealand is one of...
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I got the Polyethylene Terephthalate Summertime Blues
This is another awesome contribution by Sarah Day. When she’s not scrambling down rainforest gullies in Goongerah and getting lost in the fog atop Mt Baw Baw, Sarah helps out online for community...
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How dehydrated are you? Tips for staying hydrated on the trail
I’m usually pretty good at gauging my own hydration levels (and keeping myself hydrated), but sometimes I do get a shock at the colour of my urine when I take a few steps off the trail for a...
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Review: Fill2Pure Water Filter Bottle: Water filtration doesn’t get much simpler
The image of sipping water from a cool mountain creek might be heavenly, but it loses its effect when you start thinking about what might be finding its way into the water further upstream. Call me...
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