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Striding the wild isle
IT’S LUNCHTIME ON day two of Kangaroo Island’s Wilderness Trail and a scrim of grey cloud hangs overhead as we take a cliff-top seat 40m above the curve of Maupertuis Bay. It’s a formidable horizon,...
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6 of the best Tasmanian adventures
FROM TACKLING THE many walking tracks that traverse the island’s epic southwest wilderness region and climbing its remote peaks, to experiencing a world-rated whitewater river adventure and riding...
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Peruvian ice
Paron Death in the mountains comes quickly, unannounced… just boom and you’re gone. Boom! A cornice falls from above, hits you and you’re gone. That’s what we learned while climbing a new line on Caraz...
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Profile: Mark Moorhead
IT IS OCTOBER 1983: the year 76 people die in the Ash Wednesday fires, BMX Bandits launches Nicole Kidman’s fledgling career and Bob Hawke becomes prime minister. But while this story is about an...
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A day of adventure
Misty Mountain Walks Time: From 5 hours to 3 days (depending on walk selection) Grade: Intermediate–challenging We’ve cheated a bit here – this is actually a 130km network of short and long walking...
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Jungle fever: Costa Rica traverse
IT’S 8AM IN THE MORNING when I grab a cold Coca-Cola from a shanty seaside kiosk in the tiny surf village of Domical, on Costa Rica’s central Pacific Coast. Coke is not my regular breakfast beverage of...
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Single tracks and troll trails: MTB Norway
I DON’T KNOW whether it is serendipity or stupidity that causes my crash, but either way, the spot where I lose concentration long enough to fly over the handlebars of my mountain bike just happens to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Climbing Her Way
ANGIE SCARTH-JOHNSON is an Australian rock climber based in the Blue Mountains, NSW. At just 12 years old, Angie has been climbing for five years and continues to push herself and the boundaries of the...
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Walking among ghosts
STEPPING ONTO THE TARMAC in Port Moresby, I register how underprepared I am at the precise moment the humidity envelops me. Only two days prior I had been sipping café latte’s on Sydney’s northern...
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Bikepacking in Tropical North Queensland
SOMETIMES, SHIT HAPPENS. It mightn’t seem fair and it mightn’t seem right, but life does not make promises about fairness or justice. Neither does adventure. And nor does the jungle, especially not in...
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Paddling into the past: Byadbo Wilderness, NSW
RICHARD ‘SWAINY’ SWAIN PAUSES and crouches by the cool flowing water of the majestic Snowy River. He glances up at a remote and rugged Byadbo Wilderness where primeval native cypress forests cling...
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Road trip: Binns Track, NT
COVERING 2191KM OF primarily off-road tracks and roads, the Binns Track appears to be a massive undertaking. Starting as it does in the northern Simpson Desert – at the fabulous Mt Dare Hotel, to be...
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Heart of darkness: exploring the far reaches of the Jenolan Caves
I’M HUNDREDS OF METRES down into the waterlogged cave system, hours from the entrance. After squeezing myself down a tight underwater tube I’ve become stuck. The air from each exhalation is stirring up...
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10 best Australian multi-day hikes
SETTING OUT FOR THE day for a bushwalk is one thing – but committing to several days in the wilderness with everything you need to survive on your back is another experience altogether. Multi-day...
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Surviving in the desert
THESE ARE THE seven rules to remember in order to survive the desert: Community The desert extremes demanded a social order giving security. In such challenging terrain self-reliance had limits....
View ArticleThe most heroic Aussie female adventurers
Australia's adventurous female role models are more important today than ever. And while Australia is abundant in these audacious women, we've narrowed it down to a select group. The post The most...
View ArticleCircumnavigating the world in a tiny flying boat
Michael Smith discovered the delights and peril of true adventure in a solo circumnavigation of the world in a tiny amphibious flying boat. Independent cinemas across Australia are showing the...
View ArticleAG Expedition: Three Peaks in Three Weeks
During the Three Peaks in Three Weeks expedition a team of biologists scoured the cloud forests of Thornton Peak, Mt Lewis and Mt Bartle Frere to review the impact of climate change. The expedition...
View Article1987: One year in the wilderness
Apart from radio contact with the RFDS base at Derby, 240km away, Mike Cusack, a ranger, and his wife Susan, a naturopath, were left entirely alone, by Australian Geographic, to survive for a year in...
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Meet the first woman to walk around the whole of Australia solo and unassisted
BACK IN 2014 Terra Roam set out to be the first woman to walk around the whole of Australia solo and unassisted and at 6 PM last night she officially crossed the finishing line. Her commitment to this...
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