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I read with interest Megan Holbeck’s ‘To Plan or Not to Plan’ article in Wild Issue #185, and overall I agree with her thesis: “Through the sheer amount of planning, I felt they’d removed most of the adventure.” As Anthony Sharwood points out in his

Forty years ago, on 14th December 1982, the Franklin Blockade began after a seven year campaign failed to stop work on the Gordon-below-Franklin dam. Six months later, with the Hawke government elected, the High Court stopped the dam, but not before

I’m pretty sure I’ve made it through the last couple of years’ columns without mentioning the dreaded C-word, because while it’s had a large and undoubted effect on our outdoor adventures, it hasn’t really impacted the gear that we buy to take on tho

In three days of walking, we saw only a handful of people. Instead of humans, we saw nature. We watched whales splash in a sheltered bay, followed cliffs along the coast, the red rock contrasting beautifully with the blue sea. The sun was out, the we

The bitterly cold wind of yesterday was gone, and with it the cloud. But that Antarctic blast had left a snowpack hard as concrete, though far more aesthetic than any concrete could ever be. Indeed, the utterly magnificent scene surrounding me was th

Some of the most beautiful places I’ve visited on Earth required many days of hiking to uncover, places so epic and remote I wish everyone could experience them. In the past four months, I’ve walked both the Larapinta Trail (223km over 12 days) and t

Of Marsupials and Men recounts the rollicking and often hilarious history of Australia’s amateur naturalists. To the first European colonists, Australian wildlife was bewildering, but a remarkable band of enthusiastic amateurs were determined to get

WHEN GRANITE MEETS THE SEA, the results are usually spectacular, and Wilsons Promontory is no exception. The 500km2 peninsula that forms the southern tip of mainland Australia—and which is known affectionately to Victorians (and confusingly to Americ

WHETHER YOU’RE ADVENTURING in the backcountry or closer to home, being able to filter suss-looking water on the go can be a proper game changer. Enter the Katadyn BeFree 600mL water filter. Well, perhaps enter isn’t quite the right word, as the BeFre

An Xmas gear guide from our advertisers We get it; we know ads aren’t the primary reason you read Wild. But without our supporters, Wild simply wouldn’t exist*. If you love what we’re on about here at Wild, if you’re passionate about both adventure a