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“Golden hour. It’s a magical time of day, when all the pretty colours come out to play. But it’s also a tricky time to shoot landscapes, especially when your shots have people in them. Lighting changes quickly, and you’ve gotta be just as quick to ad

The outdoors is not, as you may reflexively think it is, just about the outdoors. Nor is adventure just about adventure. Yes, nature is grand and beautiful and precious. Yes, our wild places are awe-inspiring, humbling, and deserve protection from ex

You wouldn’t think so, but even the isolated, fragile landscape of the Munga-Thirri—Simpson Desert is being threatened by the fossil fuel industry. But we are close to safeguarding this globally important landscape forever. There are some parts of th

“We want to recreate a natural balance between predators and prey,” says Aaron Smith. The local Narungga Ranger, now 36, has been working in the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park (previously known as Innes National Park) since the age of 18, and kn

Like many other readers of Wild, the high country of mainland Australia and lutruwita/Tasmania is, in all seasons, my much-loved backyard. While I admire the higher mountains of other continents, these ranges feed me in a way that is hard to describe

For countless generations, takayna was home to the Tarkiner people. An ancient mossy rainforest set between the tannin-stained waters of the Arthur and Pieman Rivers, it is a remnant of supercontinent Gondwana, which broke up 180 million years ago, b

‘Adventure’ has become one of those buzzwords that gets brandished around like bright red candy at the lolly store. One can get away with calling just about anything an adventure these days. The word is used in marketing slogans of tour companies tha

I belong to the landscape as much as a pulsating blue dot belongs to the environment it hovers over in Google Earth. “See that creek over there?” I squint and strain to see water; I see only trees. “Nah, nah, look ahead, down there. See the creek?” T

Back in 2010, in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, when the Aussie dollar reached parity with the US Greenback, I took advantage of low retail prices and shelled out for my first piece of ultralight hiking kit: a tent that weighed just over a

It’s one of those perfect autumn days in the Blue Mountains, the land of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples. Endless rains have cleared, and the horizon wears a hazy eucalypt halo that melts into the flawless blue sky. The sun radiates warmth deep in

He hikes thousands of kilometers every season, carries 50kg packs on his back, fights for the wild and stars in a children’s adventure book. Wes Moule—food dropper, wilderness guide, conservationist and activist—is a legend in the Tasmanian hiking wo

Before the sun came down on 2019, when a soon-to-be crippling pandemic was still a yet-to-be discovered virus, three friends and I set out for eight days on the Great Ocean Walk. We spent a week hiking through Great Otway National Park along Victoria

Imagine setting out on a three-day walk to a remote lake in Tasmania’s Central Highlands. The lake is in a trackless area, far from the nearest roads and vehicle tracks. The walk in, which can take eight hours even by the quickest route, involves nav

I’ve got a question for you. Well, I lie. I’ve got three questions for you, but they’re all related. If you had a whack of time and no limitations, what’s the one thing you’d choose to do? In other words, what’s your favourite pastime or activity? Th

For years, a voyage around Rakiura (aka The Land of Glowing Skies, aka Stewart Island, New Zealand’s third-largest island) by sea kayak had been a dream, a goal, a committing expedition comparable to climbing one of Aotearoa’s three greatest peaks, b

Winding down twisting gullies between steep cliffs, we slog down towards Canoe Creek. Heavy packs crammed with everything needed for two days of packrafting. Paddles, constantly in the way, held awkwardly in one hand. And then we see it—our first vie

Canyoning in Victoria? But where? These are common questions we face when describing our recent adventures around the state. Victoria isn’t known for having deep slot canyons like those in the well-known Blue Mountains sandstone. Nevertheless, a surp

I am a tight arse. There, I’ve admitted it. But one thing I’ve realised with outdoors equipment over the years is that, to a large extent, you get what you pay for. Going cheap frequently means inferior gear that ends up not being worthwhile, and in

Traversing the Fitzgerald River National Park’s spectacular coastline, this adventurous and sometimes rugged six-day hike offers some of Australia’s finest coastal walking. Located in WA’s South West, and starting at Bremer Bay and ending in the quai

In the last issue of Wild, Xavier Anderson wrote a piece called ‘The DWR Problem’. In it, he talked about the PFCs used in the Durable Water Repellent coatings of most outdoors wear, and about the harm to both humans and the environment they cause. W

While Lowe Alpine’s AirZone Trek 45:55L pack is not new (the redesigned version hit Aussie shores earlier this year), I only recently got around to trying it out. Perhaps I should have sooner. The thing is, I’m not always convinced by mesh-panelled,

I think at some point, many—if not most—bushwalkers take a good hard look at their backpacks and think, Why are you so heavy?! Upon investigation, the normal culprits are tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mattresses, and food. But have you considered cu

Wild is no ordinary magazine. Since its establishment in 1981, Wild has been the inspiring voice of the Australian outdoors. It is a magazine of self-reliance and challenge and sometimes doing it tough. While it is not necessarily hard-core, what it

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