Great Walks

THE WEIGHTING GAME

Editor of Great Walks’ sister publication Australian Sporting Shooterand author of Bushwalking Basics, Marcus has spent much of his life in the outdoors.

will duly venture into the educational subject matter of this column, but first readers may like to know where the inspiration for my intro came from. It is a bastardisation of the chorus from a dirge-like humorous song, which was played often on Roy And HG’s radio show on

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