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.

THINK FOR YOURSELF

Great Walks Magazine

THE PATH OF PARKS, ITALY

MEG IN THE MUD • Meg Arvier learns the importance of good boots on Tassie’s Western Arthurs.

A MACPAC RAPAKI 22L PACK

ON THE TRACK • The Sunshine Coast Camino Group discovers the rich beauty of the 12-day Great Queensland Rail Trail.

GREAT QUEENSLAND RAIL TRAIL

FULL STEAM AHEAD • Opened in April this year, the Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail is a vibrant, revitalised trail for bushwalkers and cyclists.

NEED TO KNOW

SECRETS OF STRATHBOGIE • Victoria’s Strathbogie Shire features natural attractions, indigenous cultural sites, gold-rush remnants, heritage buildings and bushranger history.

STRATHBOGIE SHIRE – 11 GREAT WALKS

THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING... • The architect of Nepal’s Great Himalaya Trail talks about this mighty walk and how he wrote its only guidebook.

DEAR DIARY...

RECLAIMING WANDERLUST • Great Walks explores ‘wanderlust’ and why us bushwalkers need to bring back its true meaning.

THE WAIT IS OVER • Great Walks indulges at the inaugural five-night Spicers Scenic Rim Trail

SPICERS SCENIC RIM WALK, QLD

NEED TO KNOW

FIRE AND ICE • Anthony Sharwood’s hike along the Australian Alps Walking Track was so epic he wrote a book about it.

PICTURE PERFECT • Great Walks readers send us their best bushwalking snaps.

THIS MONTH’S WINNING PHOTO

WIN A PAIR OF LEKI KHUMBU AS SL POLES

DRESS FOR SUCCESS • Great Walks reviews some of the best collared shirts, t-shirts and pants designed for the great outdoors.

TRACK TESTED TREATS • Great Walks field tests some of the latest outdoor gear on the market.

KNOW YOUR PRODUCT • Greg Foord of outdoor gear distributor Spelean turned his passion for the bush into a life-long career.

GREAT SOUTHERN LAND • Experience the visual splendour of walking in Argentina.

FOOTSTEPS THROUGH THE FLEURIEU • Blazing boulders, salty cliffs, wildlife, wine and history… the Fleurieu Peninsula is a celebration for the senses.

WALK NOTES | FLEURIEU PENINSULA, SA

SAGE ADVICE • We asked our Facebook friends: What’s the best piece of advice you could give a first-time bushwalker? Their answers didn’t disappoint.