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As I write, the weather in Australia’s southeastern states has turned cold. Snow has returned to Tasmania and autumn is beginning to make its presence generally felt further up the eastern seaboard. Trouble is, and in what has become something of a t

We are a husband and wife team who work full time jobs and try to get outdoors as much as possible on the weekends. These photos were taken in September 2017 on our recent trip to the USA where we explored ten national parks. See more at: www.chaseth

A proposed up-market tourism venture threatens to ruin the thrilling character of Tasmania’s Federation Peak – one of the great destinations for bushwalkers in Australia. This spectacular mountain has long possessed a mystique for adventurers. It’s h

My head slams into the roof of the small motorboat as we ride eastwards into the swell. Karta, my taciturn boat driver, smiles back from behind his dark shades and walrus-like moustache. I look past him to the sculpted forms of half-a-dozen icebergs

We light a fire to guide the chopper down. Once the flames take hold, Dan adds armfuls of ironwood leaves, generating plumes of thick white smoke. We form a circle around the bush clearing to show the helicopter where to land. The pilot spots the smo

While being known as a ‘non-event’, the Hunt 1000 is not for everyone. Just going by the failure rate (50 percent) it’s for less than half of the population. But how tough is the Hunt 1000? Stale bread tough? Overcooked kangaroo steak? Or more like L

“Would you like to come on a three-day hike at Pantoneys Crown in September?” This was the message I received upon regaining cellular reception at the end of July in Peru, having spent a month off the grid. “Sure.” I had no idea where we would go or

Rising up from the crystal-blue waters of Lake Wakatipu on New Zealand’s mountainous South Island is The Remarkables Range. Arriving in the area, if you harboured any questions as to why this range was thus named, these will be quickly answered by a

The hulking mass of grey and white hovers suspended in the clear blue water, completely filling my visual field—and this one is a calf, probably only a day or two old. Just as suddenly as I spotted it, the newborn humpback whale disappears, ushered a

2:46am, Saturday morning. Junior shakes again in the violent wind waking me out of a light sleep. The rain doesn’t have that soft relaxing sound as it connects with the body of our van. It feels more like rapid applause from an excited crowd. Lying h

The rocks that form the Grampians were originally sand, mud and silt deposited on an ancient coastline 430 million years ago. They were compressed then forced upwards by collisions of continental plates, with erosion shaping the dramatic landscape we

New Zealand’s South Island is, quite rightly, regarded as one of the world’s premier adventure playgrounds. The rugged mountains and rivers contained within this wild isle’s southwest corner, bordered by Mt Cook National Park, Mount Aspiring NP and F

In the mid-19th Century, regent honeyeaters were among the most common birds in southeast Australia. Frequently seen in suburban Melbourne and Sydney, the species’ vast range extended in a broad swathe from the Adelaide hills to Brisbane. Since this

At the beginning of April this year, MP for Western Victoria Gayle Tierney visited The Friends of the Eastern Otways to congratulate them in being awarded $2,200 by the government. The group, which members describe as a collection of individuals with

There is no easy way to summit Tasmania’s Federation Peak. Its fortress-like form rises from the Eastern Arthurs, deep within the World Heritage wilderness of the Southwest National Park. The tough terrain poses challenges even for experienced bushwa

When buying a new shell jacket, as far as Swedish Fjällräven is concerned, it doesn’t get much better than their Keb Eco-Shell jacket. And to be honest, I can see why. During a recent, eight-day adventure climbing Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanja

We have previously written about the launch of Melbourne-based outdoor clothing brand Soartd into the Australian market. Here at Wild, I’m always keen to support local outdoor businesses, so I was excited when the founder of Soartd, Tim Howes, sugges

In a small village in the far north of Italy, at the base of the Dolomite mountains, cobbler Narciso Delladio began hand-craft ing wooden clogs and leather boots for farmers and lumberjacks who worked in the surrounding Fassa and Fiemme valleys. The