Lonely Planet asked me for a logo today, to go in their latest book on Exploring Tasmania. Of course I had to tell them I didn’t have one and that this was unlikely to change by COB Tuesday. But it got me wondering if there were any adventurous readers out there who would find pleasure …
Mount Bertha: 18 June 2022
Well, where to start? At the beginning probably. That was less than 48 hours ago, but seems much, much longer than that. I love how bushwalking does that. You go away for a period of time, whether it be a day or a week, and when you come back it feels like the time both …
Layatinna Hill: 27 March 2022
You’d have thought that walking over 500km in 26 days might mean I’d like to give my legs a rest for a bit. But a few days of being back and doing relatively little with them and they were itching to move again. They’d become accustomed to rather long walks and I had the perfect …
The Pleiades: 14 February 2021
The Pleiades GPS route. Note the walking started in what is mapped as water, where the slight dog-legg is just above the word 'Lake'. There’s nothing like a bit of unfinished business to bump a walk up the list. Especially when you’re about to lose the kayak you’ve had access to for the last 5 …
Food and hydration for the beginner
A rather embarrassingly long time ago I was asked to put together some tips on yummy bush-tucker, aka the kind of food you might like to eat on a walk. I said I’d get onto it straight away…. I did, it’s just taken this long to complete! So my sincerest apologies to the reader who …
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