Browsing Category Hiking
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Gear 0
Finding your way: navigation tools for the modern adventurer
Heading off track? Heading on a trail? In this article, I take a quick look at some of the navigation options (and skills) available to both the casual ...
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Hiking 0
Overnight on Barrington Tops via the Corker Trail
From temperate rainforest through to sub-alpine swamps: this three-day ramble takes in a range of ecosystems. It’s a glorious way to see out winter, provided you don’t mind ...
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Hiking 2
Great North Walk: Wondabyne to Somersby
Follow the camber and curve of this section of the Great North Walk to explore Mooney Mooney Creek, wild ridge tops and the rainforest gullies around Somersby. In ...
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Camping 6
Off-track, overnight in Sydney: Waterfall to Engadine via Kangaroo Creek
If you’re after an overnight, off-track experience right next to Sydney (and are reasonably fit), then put this walk in the Royal National Park on your list. These ...
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Books and Ideas 1
Muogamarra and the Language of Wildflowers
A short walk in the famed Muogamarra Nature Reserve leaves me in thrall to the beauty of flowers and the names used to describe them. Two things happened ...
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Hiking 0
From Heaven to Hell Hole Creek: Exploring the Jagungal Wilderness
12 months after record rainfalls had put paid to a planned Round Hut Circuit walk, Dad and I returned to the Jagungal Wilderness. With three days of walking ...
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Camping 6
Into the Hidden Valley: Walking the Budawang Range (Part 2)
After a heat-soaked ridgetop walk, my Dad and I had finally made it to the Hidden Valley, deep in the Budawang Ranges south-west of Nowra, NSW. As we ...
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Adventures 6
Jellybean Pool: the Bondi of the Blue Mountains
Don’t be put off by the huge crowds that can gather here on a hot afternoon: Jellybean Pool, near Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains National Park, is a ...
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Hiking 9
Into the Hidden Valley: Walking the Budawang Range (Part 1)
What’s special about the Hidden Valley? Well, it’s actually hidden for a start. And it just so happens to be hidden in a stunning wilderness, the Budawangs. Walking ...
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Children's Walks 1
Learning resilience at Kingfisher Pool
How do children cope with challenging situations outdoors? With a bit of imagination and encouragement, they pull through. And they definitely come out more resilient for it. Kingfisher ...
