Destinations

Nothing beats getting out on the trail. The fresh air, the wildlife, the sounds of gentle streams, what’s not to love. If you are looking for some inspiration and some new trails to explore around Sydney, here are some of our favourite daywalks in the Blue...

Many of us are feeling a little cooped up at the moment and missing those big days out on the trail, so what better way to combat this than a list of gripping books to keep you motivated during isolation! Just because you can't head out and explore at the...

Michael S. is a Sydney-born, Brisbane-based adventurer who enjoys hiking and camping, bushwalking in Australia and overseas, action adventure travel, trail running, mountain biking, paddling, and nearly any adventure pursuit he can round up mates for. Michael...

After a few years off of our shelves and many, many customers asking us where they have gone, we are thrilled to announce that Hoka One Ones are back at Paddy Pallin! The new hiking range has just landed in-store so we thought that we would run you...

James, a #PaddyStaffer from our Melbourne store heads off on a trekking holiday to Tanzania - and he takes us with him! Taking on the ultimate mountain adventure, James shares the ins and outs of Climbing Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho route, a world renounced...

Thank you to everyone who participated in Paddy Pallin's Wild Rivers Photo contest in any capacity - whether you entered, signed the petition, educated yourself or helped spread the word! For those of you tuning in for the first time, the "Save Our Wild...

Raising the Warragamba Dam in New South Wales by 14 metres will destroy over 4,700 hectares of Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park, inundating 48 threatened plant and animal species and 65 km of Wild Rivers. "What is a Wild River?" “A “Wild...

Heavy breathing and the crunch of loose rubble underfoot filled the empty alpine air as we made our last steps before reaching our ultimate destination, Everest Base Camp. It was here, among the rugged mess of debris and ever shifting ice of the Khumbu...

If we don’t act soon, by 2050 there’ll be more plastic in our oceans than fish.* One million marine animals die each year due to marine debris. For many reasons, marine life is fast disappearing due to unsustainable over-fishing, climate change...

The journey is more important than the destination. It’s a saying that you often find on travel blogs or as a motivational Instagram post on some fitness gurus feed. In the trail running scene, which as an athlete is a world I’m immersed in, you could...