I HATE RAIN PANTS. I actually despise them. Even when the heavens have opened, or I’m busting through saturated vegetation, I still avoid wearing them. I sweat so much that I end up just as wet as without them, and they’re so heavy, bulky and cumbers

Recently, I hiked the Jatbula Trail in Nitmiluk NP in the Northern Territory. As I walked, the spinifex slashed my legs; beneath my feet, I felt the rocks and uneven surface. My eyes searched for buffalo, and I constantly was on the lookout for snake

MY LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY WAS BORN from my love for the Kimberley landscape. I am blessed that I have lived in my favourite place in the world since I was one year old. As a young boy growing up in Wyndham (Western Australia’s most northern town), I us

Breathing heavily, we have been struggling for hours now, trying to get up a steep, ice-covered cliff in the dark, holding tightly onto fixed ropes. Our crampons seem to be doing no more than scratching the stone, and it’s hard to get a foothold. At

PAST Outdoors offers a carefully selected range of hiking, camping and expedition equipment tailored to meet the needs of your next adventure. They also manufacture a range of ultralight shelters that can be heated with a titanium wood stove. They al

After several days and over 20 hours of solo driving, I was more than ready to be outdoors, and this meandering stretch of the Eucumbene River beside my campsite in Kosciuszko NP looked perfect for some late afternoon packrafting fun. I’d walk along

WE ALL KNOW—OK, most of us know—that light is right when it comes to gear. But space is a not insubstantial issue either, which is why is great to see that MSR has considered both when it comes to its redesigned and expanded range of Titan ultralight

Two years ago, back in 2022, Karen Davis (pronounced Car-en) was contemplating a swim. She lives in NSW’s Shoalhaven district—two-and-a-half hours south of Sydney, and roughly the same east of Canberra—a 4,567km² area of coast and hinterland with som

IT’S 4AM ON A MILD MAY MORNING at the western end of the Gibb River Road, just outside Derby, Western Australia. It’s a little earlier than most would get here, but we’re not most people. Slicing through the remote Kimberley region in the state’s nor

(RRP $39.95) 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 hardco

Let’s give thanks to everyone involved in saving Victoria’s forests. In May 2023, the Victorian Government announced an end to native forest logging in the state by January 1, 2024, coupled with a sizable transition package for industry workers. This

Australian Mountain Bike magazine is the country’s leading off-road cycling publication. You'll find a wide range of features that cover guidance for newer mountain bikers, through to reviews and discussion for even the most experienced riders. AMB s

Trail running is all about getting down and dirty, so join us on the adventure through Trail Run Mag as we showcase some of the southern hemisphere’s best photography and feature the most inspirational and incredible trail runners this side of the wo

As I sit on the inflatable pontoon of our zodiac, layered in thermal protective clothing underneath my lifejacket, I squint my eyes to tiny slits to best avoid the freezing wind and driving snow. I look at my companions doing the same, and we all bou

CROSS THE MOUNTAIN (XTM) HAS RECENTLYlaunched a new line of bushwalking kit: the Dunkeld/Cumberland long-sleeved shirts, and the Glenaire/Lara pants (listed here in order of men’s/women’s version). An Aussie company based out of Torquay in VIC, you’d

“And what’s happened to you?” The triage nurse in the Emergency section of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital looked me up and down as I presented with lots of skin off. “I’ve had,” I replied, “a bit of a fall in the mountains.” A bit of a fall i

It’s true that a lake among mountains doesn’t have to work hard to be beautiful. It’s true that hundreds of people walk the track around NZ’s Lake Waikaremoana every summer. It’s true there is usually a water taxi to get you home at the end of the wa

In 2022, for the second consecutive year, a team of scientists, activists, campaigners and volunteers from the Bob Brown Foundation (BBF) gathered to watch drill rigs from the giant resources company MMG—majority owned by the Chinese government—retre

THE WIND ROARS THROUGH THE NARROW tube in front of me, just 30cm wide. I contort my body into the impossibly tight space, but it is hopeless: I can’t fit. Then I remember the sequence: left arm first, head up, bow your back, yes that’s it. The wind t

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