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Australia Hiking Resources
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Australian Bushwalking & Camping Reference Site - The aim
of this site is present valid and useful guides in the best
that the Australian bush has to offer. We strive to provide
stacks of handy information on where to go and what to do -
and what not to do - while you're out there. Since it's inception
in August 1996 we've grown from a single page off the back of
a personal site, to a reference manual with over 150 pages,
80 photos and half a dozen maps ... and growing by the week.
- Bushwalking
Blog - A website about hiking, focused on (but not limited
to) Victoria, Australia.
- Bureau
of Meteorology
- Bushwalkers
Wilderness Rescue - Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad
and operates as a specialist land search and rescue squad affiliated
with the
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association. (VRA). All operations
are performed under the direction of the NSW Police.
The NSW Confederation is in turn a member of the National body
Bushwalking Australia. Information about hiking, walking,
and camping in Victoria.
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Essential Skills - The aim of "The Guide" is to help people
interested in Outdoor Recreation find links to useful
resources, for the South Eastern states of Australia (Victoria
and New South Wales).
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Hiking Victoria - Message Board, many features, for anyone
interested in recreational or educational walking in Victoria.
- National
Mapping Australia - National mapping Australia (Formerly
AUSLIG)
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Parks
Victoria - Parks Victoria is the custodian of a diverse
estate of significant parks in Victoria and of the recreational
management of Port Phillip Bay, Western Port and the Yarra and
Maribyrnong rivers.
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The Great North Walk - The Great North Walk is a 250 km
path from central Sydney to downtown Newcastle in Australia.
It is fantastic for holidays, family weekends, bush exploration
and treasure hunts. This site offers information on hikes, access,
visits, accommodation and more.
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Tracks and Trails of Victoria - Hike a challenging alpine
track to a secluded waterfall. Victoria's walking and riding
trails provide the perfect getaway for everyone. You will find
many trails are close to Melbourne and most are within easy
driving distance of the city.
- Victorian
National Parks Association - VNPA is dedicated to the protection
of Victoria’s unique natural environment and its biodiversity.
A member-based, not-for-profit organisation, that run the largest
bushwalking program in Victoria.
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Victorian Orienteering Association - Orienteering offers
people the chance to learn how to navigate confidently - whether
it be through local streets and parks of Melbourne or out in
the state forests in Victoria. While there are many forms of
orienteering, the common element that applies to all of these
is a map. In most cases, the map identifies
Clubs & Federations
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Bayside Bushwalking Club - Founded in 1984, the BBC has
grown steadily and is one of the most active bushwalking Clubs
in Victoria.
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Bushwalking Queensland - A large site with very good general
advice and a useful set of brief notes to many walks in southern
Queensland.
- Brisbane
Catholic Bushwalking Club - Provides details of regular
bushwalks in South East Queensland. Includes committee member
list, meeting times, and events calendar.
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Canberra Bushwalking Club - organises walks in the Canberra
and South East New South Wales region.
- Coast and
Mountain Walkers of NSW Inc Bushwalking Club - Established
in 1934 and based in Sydney. Offering a walk programme for members,
social timetable, conservation policy, and list of equipment
suppliers.
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Confederation
of Bushwalking Clubs - Titled as 'Australian Bushwalking
Web' it is the site for the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs
in New South Wales. This represents about 60 clubs with around
10,000 members. The site contains information well worth reading
and extensive links to other bushwalking clubs in every state.
A good starting point for browsing about bushwalking and associated
outdoor recreation activities.
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Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs - The Victorian Federation
is also fairly large representing about 70 clubs with 12,000
members. The web site is still growing and contains useful links
to local clubs.
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Hobart Walking Club - Encourages bushwalking, skiing and
outdoor activities, and promotes interest in the preservation
of flora, fauna, and natural scenery.
- James
Cook University Bushwalking Club - Provides students with
access to NQs wilderness areas, and promotes an understanding
and appreciation of nature.
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Locksley
Bushwalking Club
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Macquarie University Bushwalking and Orienteering Club
- Mountain
Devils bushwalking and Social Club Inc - A Macarthur bushwalking
club dedicated to making friendships through shared outdoor
and social activities including , bushwalking, backpacking,
hiking
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Perth Bushwalkers Club - Walking guides, event outlines,
photo album, and joining information.
- Sydney Bush
Walkers - One of the oldest bushwalking clubs in Australia.
- Walking
Federation of South Australia - This website represents
33 clubs in South Australia. This site started in May 1999 and
is still small consisting mainly of club lists and information
on how to join.
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YHA Bushwalking Group - Organises day walks, weekend walks
and other activities such as climbing and social events.
YHA Quarterly Magazine
Discussion Forums on Bushwalking Australia
Walking Tracks
South Australia
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Friends
of the Heysen Trail. They are responsible for much of this
track's maintenance and should be contacted if you are contemplating
this trail. The web site does not contain a lot of information
to download but they do produce good printed information for
walkers to purchase.
Victoria
- Great Dividing
Trail - The Great Dividing Trail Association has constructed
a walking track from Castlemaine to Ballarat. This active group
is currently working on extensions to Bendigo and the side track
through Lerderderg Gorge to Bacchus Marsh.
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Short Walk in Victoria - Most walks described are located
in the general area around Melbourne, but there are many further
afield!
Western Australia
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Bibbulmun Track - An excellent overview of the Bibbulmun
Track in Western Australia by The Friends of the Bibbulmun Track.
Website includes, detailed maps, facilities, history, photo's,
track services and offers a membership.
- WalkGPS
- Bushwalks in the Perth region, Western Australia This site
provides descriptions, maps, waypoints, routes and photos for
40 one-day bushwalks most of which are less than 100km from
the city of Perth in Western Australia
Personal Pages
- Aushiker
- A small site concentrating on walks in Western Australia.
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David Noble - This site contains lots of information about
the canyons behind Sydney and has an excellent photo gallery
– well worth looking at.
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Dzung Nguyen' - Personal home page of Dzung Nguyen' . Born
in Vietnam, and lived half her life in Melbourne - Victoria
- Australia. Dzung Nguyen' has a keen interest in bushwalking,
navigation, cross-country skiing, canoeing, kayaking, snorkelling,
cycling, and tennis.
Danny Yee's - Bushwalking and Travel Pages.
- Geoff
Murray - A small site containing photographs of some of
Tasmania's walking areas. There are some nice photos here that
will give you another view of what these places look like.
- Geoff
Wise's Wilderness - Has some good trip reports, a selection
of photographs and a set of links to other sites. The Links
page is extensive and a great site to browse for other bushwalking
related sites. This site is also regularly growing and is worth
revisiting.
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John Chapman - Selected bushwalking tracks and ski-touring
in Australia, details of my guide books along with the latest
update notes for those books.
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Peter Sundstrom - A selection of photographs of the Australian
wilderness and National Parks, in New South Wales, Australian
Capital Territory, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania from a
number of Peter's bushwalking and ski touring trips, to show
just some of the diversity Australia has to offer.
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This page was last updated on
Thursday, 12 January 2012
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