Great Walks

Great Walks is packed with gear guides, product reviews, advice on the best travel destinations, inspiring real-life accounts from seasoned walkers and practical information on specific walks and their accompanying maps. From features on the country’s best bushwalks to reviews of the latest outdoor gear, Great Walks is about discovering our amazing national parks and coastline – anywhere where there’s a walking track. Filled with lush photos, detailed walk notes and aspirational overseas destinations, Great Walks is designed to entertain and inspire.

Great Walks

A WALK WITH A PURPOSE

WHAT A STERLING WALK!

BIGGER THAN BEN HUR • Amanda Bull has an almost biblical adventure scaling Kings David’s peak.

BUSH BALLAD BUSHWALK • Kosciuszko National Park’s 56km Snowies Alpine Walk is like meandering through a Banjo Paterson poem.

CATCHING CLOUDS • The new Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk leads along the rim of an ancient caldera through Gondwanan rainforest and ends at the impressive Minyon Falls.

ISLAND IN THE SKY • Victoria’s Mount Buffalo NP promises sheer cliffs, dramatic waterfalls, snow gum forests and majestic granite tors.

PICTURE PERFECT • Great Walks readers share their best bushwalking snaps.

HARDSHIP, HILLS & HOPE • Great Walks reviews the film The Salt Path, about a couple walking the UK’s challenging South West Coast Path.

A WING AND A PRAYER • Walking the challenging 204km Mary MacKillop Way takes equal measures of heart, endurance and faith.

THIS IS THE WAY • Great Walks discovers on any Camino walk you’ll have good days and not-so-good days…

HAVE A LITTLE FAITH • 10 things you should know about walking the Way of St. James

“WHOSE PILGRIMAGE IS IT ANYWAY?” • Day one of the Camino de Santiago and Mike Nicolson was already questioning every life decision that led him to this cobbled path in Spain.

WALK THE TALK • Looking for the best Camino advice, Great Walks speaks to seven Aussies who have spent many weeks on multiple pilgrim paths.

OSCAR WINNING CAMINO • It’s well known that sequels rarely live up to the originals. After completing the first half of the Le Puy Camino, Great Walks returned to France for Part II…

ANY WAY YOU WANT • Great Walks showcases some of the lesser-known Caminos around the world.

LEAD THE WAY • Eight tour operators tell Great Walks about their guided and self-guided Camino walks.

WALK INTO THE LIGHT • With late morning starts each day, Great Walks finds the revamped Light to Light Walk the perfect walking holiday.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TARP • Great Walks shows you nine ways you can use a tarp.

KNOW YOUR PRODUCT • On a tour of the Shoalhaven, Great Walks tests out a fine selection of gear for day walks.

PHOTO FINISH • Last year’s Wilderness Photographer of the Year finalists offer great advice for anyone entering this year’s comp.

DO THE RIGHT THING • When hiring a porter to carry your camping gear make sure everything is fair and ethical.

BY THE BOOK • Great Walks previews a selection of guides books and travel novels.

NEW BLOOD • Meet Great Walks’ new National Ad Manager Sarah Byron who is taking over from Bobby Butler.

FAR HORIZONS • Great Walks experiences the untamed beauty, raw power and serene, sacred stillness of Pakistan’s Karakoram Range.

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE • For Ella Ballhausen, guide on The Maria Island Walk, every day’s a great day!