Stories from the trail to inspire your next adventure
Reading about other peoples adventures helps to choose and plan your next hike. Check out some of the trip reports from fellow hikers here. If you have one of your own to share, I would love to include it. Submit your trip report here
Trip Report – The Buller Huts Trail 2022/23
No CommentsThe Buller Huts Trail is an excellent and challenging trail that we highly recommend. Much of the walk is classed as Grade 5 due to the challenging terrain and navigability and from our perspective bad...
Trip Report – Yurrebilla Trail: My first 50k hike
1 CommentThe Yurrebilla Trail winds its way through the Adelaide Hills from Belair National Park to Amber’s Gully in Black Hill Conservation Park, 54km along the track and one of the challenges Torsten Bunge set for...
Trip Report – Camperdown to Timboon Rail Trail – Winter 2022
No CommentsThe Camperdown to Timboon Rail Trail passes by spectacular remnants of railway trestle bridges set in beautiful rainforest. It also passes through attractive woodlands and cattle grazing country. The rail trail will eventually connect to...
Trip Report – Carnarvon Great Walk
2 CommentsThe Carnarvon Great Walk is an 87 kilometre six-day circuit around the Carnarvon Gorge section of the Carnarvon National Park. It takes in the famous gorge itself on the first day, with most of the...
Trip Report – Lake Tali Karng – Tamboritha Road and Mt Margaret
No CommentsTrip Report by Jackson Gee – I highly recommend this if you want a – for lack of a better word – truly hardcore hike. It is not a 2–3-day hike – more like a...
Trip Report – South West Cape Trek
No CommentsThe South West Cape trek in Tasmania is a walk for experienced trekkers only. It requires some navigational skills and map contour reading, and bush-bashing through dense scrub, thick forest, multiple creek crossings, and mud,...
Trip Report – Wilsons Prom Northern Circuit
No CommentsTrip Report by Peter Ryan – A 3-day hike around the Northern Circuit at Wilson Prom. This is a challenging walk with a full pack, made tougher by the constant bush bashing, and the slowness...
Trip Report – The Overland Track with a Hammock
12 CommentsHammock Camping The Overland Track Tasmania. If you want to bring a hammock just to relax after a long day of hiking to hang either inside the hut or between trees.
Trip Report – The Burchell Trail in 3 Stages
4 CommentsWhilst the Burchell Trail always appealed to me, a lack of lightweight camping equipment and experience has meant that I am limited to paths and tracks that can be completed in one day. So, in...
Trip Report – Wilson’s Promontory – South Eastern Circuit
1 CommentThis was to be my first overnight hike in 20 years AND I was going solo on the South Eastern Circuit of Wilson’s Promontory (Madness!). Check out the trip report by Mark D.
Trip Report – Cape to Cape (WA) in winter
13 CommentsCape to Cape track. This 135 km, sign-posted trail that runs north south along the Naturaliste-Leeuwin National Park is an absolute treasure of Australian hiking wonder, excitement and challenge…and I have wanted to walk its...
Trip Report – the Larapinta Trail journey
No CommentsI walked the Larapinta Trail solo over 13 days over a 4 year time frame. The trail consists of 12 sections, that start from Alice Springs and end at Mount Sonder in the Western Macdonald...
Trip Report – Lake Mountain – Keppel Hut Loop
1 CommentAfter 10 days straight of work, rostering was kind enough to allocate me a 4-day break. As usual, my first thought: where can I hike? I chose Lake Mountain and the Keppel Hut tracks for...
Trip Report – Old Mount Ned Overlook Track rediscovered
No CommentsIt’s hard to follow for a while, due to open country. GPS coordinates will be out soon. In the meantime, keep going up the steep-ish hill, staying more or less left. There will always be...
Trip Report – Harrietville Circuit
No CommentsTrack was surprisingly overgrown to what I expected. Shared the night with 2 nests of sugar ants, then hiked out the next day. Eventually met kids at car and drive the 6 hrs home. Awesome...
Trip Report – Toolangi State Forest
2 CommentsThe first weekend of Autumn provided the perfect weather for hiking and after exploring the Murrindindi Scenic Reserve last month, I returned to the Toolangi State Forest to traverse the trails along the western slopes...
Trip Report – Wilhelmina Falls and Murrindindi Cascades
11 CommentsWilhelmina Falls and Murrindindi Cascades. The Murrindindi Scenic Reserve in the Toolangi State Forest provides a number of well prepared trails accessing the park’s mains features (ie the falls and the cascades). For those with...
Trip Report – Lake Mountain to Keppel Hut – Overnight hiking with kids
4 CommentsTrip Report by Zoe Austin-Crowe – March 2017 What a great achievement for a first hike! We found finding an overnight hike that is suitable for a kid doing their first overnight hike a bit tricky....
Trip Report – 8 days on the Overland Track, Tasmania
24 CommentsFor quite some time I have had this classic trek on my bucket list as I have heard so many amazing things about it from friends and fellow hikers. This trip report covers our 8...
Trip Report – The Dreaded Viking Circuit
44 CommentsFrom a young age I have always loved exploring outdoors but it wasn’t until immersing myself in the Viking Circuit that I realised just how lucky I was to be living in a state that...
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