Bushwalk & Camp

Sunday June 19th saw 180 teams line up to start the NSW Rogaining Association 53rd Annual Paddy Pallin 6hr rogaine at the Central Coast's Catherine Hill Bay. Despite constant and significant East Coast Low...

Oh come on, seriously? how can they claim to be unbreakable... This was certainly my initial reaction to the Gloryfy eyewear range when I first saw it in June at the ORA trade-show last year. Of all the...

Since the time before history, man has used everything from prominent geographical features, and special contraptions and instruments that plot the suns path and position of stars in the sky to find their way...

The icy water was chest deep & I found myself clinging for dear life to two young blokes I'd only met the day before. We gingerly stepped into the main flow & I, being the furthermost upstream, was...

Australia’s most iconic bushwalk, the Overland Track in the Tasmanian World Heritage wilderness, will re-open to walkers on the 3rd of February, after devastating bushfires forced its temporary...

With a convenient 3 days of leave resulting in 10 days off over the Christmas/New Year period my wife & decided to head to the Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian Alps for a few days of hiking on...

My previous write up on the Suunto Traverse was one I had based on barely a couple of weeks use, using it back and forth to work, short walks with the dog and general day to day activities. It functioned as...

When I was a young boy I remember discovering an old external frame hiking pack deep in the back of a storage closet. Questioning my parents as to the use of this strange contraption, I learned that it was...

“The thing I love about it is after the plane drops you off, and it leaves,’ reflects Ash Werner, South Coast Track guide for almost a decade. “Then you know you’re out there. And you know you have...

I have recently been on a number of 2 day hikes & after I got back I had a few friends comment on the relative small pack size and what was I carrying. Below is a list of what was taken minus my Arcteryx...