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Win stuff! – Online Competitions for Hikers – January 2015
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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Have beacon will travel: The Bluff & Howqua River – Alpine National Park (VIC)
Since starting my PLB-hire service in November 2011, I’ve watched excitedly as my two PLB’s have travelled much further than I (unfortunately) have. They’ve been to every corner of Victoria and New...
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Win stuff! – Online Competitions for Hikers – February 2015
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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A week in the Blue Mountains – Part 1: Aboriginal Discovery
“When Europeans first arrived, they thought the Aboriginal people were shipwrecked here. They couldn’t believe people survived with so few material possessions.” Lori and I are hanging out with...
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A week in the Blue Mountains – Part 2: Valley of the Waters (and the National...
Photo credit: Tony Heyward, flickr Passing Conservation Hut, we descend slowly on timber steps through open forest scattered with tall Eucalypts, Banksias, and Xanthorrea. Black cockatoos screech and...
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A week in the Blue Mountains – Part 3: Canyoning with High n’ Wild Adventures
Photo credit: Ian Armstrong, flickr “Hey, dude, this is probably a good time to tell you that I’m absolutely freaking the f**k out right now.” I’m standing at the top of Malaita Point, near Katoomba....
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Win stuff! – Online Competitions for Hikers – March 2015
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: Pete’s Lotion – a natural solution for muscle pain and joint...
I’m booked in to hike the Larapinta Trail this August, but my body is far from ready. As I’ve mentioned before, work and life with kids have drastically decreased the amount of hiking I do these...
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A week in the Blue Mountains – Part 4: Scenic World and Ruined Castle
Lori and I are enjoying a latté on an outdoor deck perched at the edge of the Jamison Valley, 270 metres up from the lush rainforest on the valley’s floor. We’ve seen this valley and the incredible...
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A week in the Blue Mountains – Part 5: The Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel & Wolgan...
We’re chattering our way along a trail through an old railway cutting, when we’re startled by a loud squawk and a commotion in the vegetation atop the cliff beside us. We’ve already looked up to see...
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Grampians Sunrise: A dawn hike to (almost) Boronia Peak
“Turn your face to the sun and all of the shadows fall behind you.” – Charlotte Whitton You know those family camping trips where nothing goes quite as planned? Our recent trip to the Grampians had...
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Hiking with kids: Letting the imagination run wild
“Look, it’s a pterodactyl!” I yell. The Chop points his walking stick skywards at the plane that’s just taken off from the nearby airport runway and makes the shooting sound we’ve been hearing so...
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Healing hands: Balancing mind and body with treatment from Bharti Odedra
My friend Bharti is a healer. You know how sometimes when you need it most, a new friend comes along who just has so much to show you about life (and yourself)? Bharti is one of those friends. Not...
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That time I dragged my lady up a mountain and asked her to marry me
When Lori and I first got together, I warned her that I’d drag her out to Cathedral Range and make her climb Sugarloaf Peak with me one day. “You have to come with me,” I reasoned. “It’s pretty much...
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PLB hire in Australia: The ultimate guide to online and offline hire services
I had a phone call on Sunday from someone who wanted to hire one of my PLB’s. The only problem was that he was in Tassie and needed it by Monday, so there wasn’t much I could do. I hope he managed...
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5 Non-hiking outdoor adventures that are on my bucket list
I didn’t grow up in a very outdoorsy family so, unsurprisingly, I wasn’t a very outdoorsy kid. I remember doing the occasional short bushwalk with family and friends in my younger years, but then I...
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Bushwalking, hiking or tramping: Does it really matter?
For as long as I’ve been regularly walking in the bush, there’s been a debate about what word should be used to describe what I’m doing. In my early days, when I wasn’t walking much more than 4 or 5...
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I got ink: My latest ode to the mountains
I’ve wanted to get inked for a long time. I don’t know why, exactly. Something about tattoos has just always appealed. It wasn’t until I found myself single in 2010, after a long relationship, that...
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Geocache hides done right: I’ve found another new hobby
Not all geocaches are created equal. Yes, part of the fun of geocaching is just the hunt, but I much prefer when there’s something more to it than that. I do still enjoy finding nano caches that...
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The Larapinta Trail Super 6: A guided adventure in Australia’s Red Centre –...
“So I hope you’re all ready for a challenge, because that’s what you’ve signed up for.” Anne is one of our guides from Trek Larapinta. She’s hiking our first day with us while our other guide,...
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