Great Walks

Great Walks is packed with gear guides, product reviews, advice on the best travel destinations, inspiring real-life accounts from seasoned walkers and practical information on specific walks and their accompanying maps. From features on the country’s best bushwalks to reviews of the latest outdoor gear, Great Walks is about discovering our amazing national parks and coastline – anywhere where there’s a walking track. Filled with lush photos, detailed walk notes and aspirational overseas destinations, Great Walks is designed to entertain and inspire.

Great Walks

BE PREPARED!

NATURE'S WINDOW

THE BUDDY SYSTEM • Clem Hedemann learns the value of a trusted hiking partner.

BATTLE OF THE BUDAWANGS • Sometimes you need to push through a bushwalk and sometimes the bush pushes back, as Great Walks discovers in Morton National Park.

CAPE CRUSADERS • Hayley Rochford has quite the adventure walking the Three Capes Track with her youngest daughter.

PICTURE PERFECT • Great Walks readers send us their best bushwalking photos.

TROPICAL TREATS • If you think Fiji is just about beautiful beaches, you’ll quicky change your mind when you explore the country’s wilderness areas by foot.

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE PARK • Jane Grainger and Karen Parry met at an orchestra but bonded their friendship in the great outdoors.

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM • In an extract from our new coffee table book Great Coastal Walks Australia, Great Walks heads to the Whitsundays for some island hopping.

SALT OF THE EARTH • Great Walks explores England’s South West Coast Path, a walk that inspired a bestselling novel and now a movie.

A SHORE THING • Explore the Fleurieu Peninsula’s nooks and crannies on these five gorgeous day walks.

BUSHBASHING IN THE BALEARICS • Great Walks explores Mallorca’s Drystone Route in Spain but finds it’s no walk in the park.

EVERGREEN ENCOUNTERS • The misty rainforest, towering red cedars, breathtaking waterfalls and volcanic boulders of the Mackay Highlands Great Walk will take your breath away.

FINAL FRONTIERS • Lying at the junction of central and southeast Europe, Croatia is famed for its nature, culture, history and gastronomy, offering plenty for walkers.

MOVING FORWARD • Walk Japan may have pioneered innovative walking tours in Japan but the company’s CEO Paul Christie isn’t resting on his laurels.

THAT IS THE QUESTION! • Test out your geography knowledge with our bumper quiz!

I WALK, THEREFORE I AM • Modern philosopher Frédéric Gros has spent a long time in the wilderness trying to understand the power of a good walk.

TOP GEAR • Great Walks looks at what’s hot for 2025 in the world of outdoor gear.

ROUTE TO SUCCESS • Great Walks looks at what it takes to be a successful bushwalking group leader.

BE PREPARED! • The bush survival expert on the SBS show Alone Australia, Gordon Dedman, offers his essential outdoor gear tips.

WHAT’S IN MY PACK? • Seasoned bushwalker Rebekah Hawkins empties the contents of her backpack.

ROCKS AROUND THE CLOCK • Bungonia NP offers challenging but rewarding walks.

NEW HORIZONS • Owner of Outdoor Tasmania Paul Grigg explains why the tour operator is branching out into guided walks into China.