Bushfire season has well and truly arrived. If you are planning on spending time off the beaten track it is critical to PLAN ahead, stay informed and adhere to warnings from the Rural Fire Service. Willingness to change plans might seem frustrating at first but when you are literally playing with fire, it’s just not […]
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How many of you have tossed the skin, core or flesh of your recently eaten fruit into the wilderness before? Perhaps an apple core out the car window on a road trip through the bush, or a banana peel into the trees on your last hike. It’s likely that we all have at some point,
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What does it take to capture the BANFF world tour poster shot: we asked Aussie photographer John Price Just how do you go from being a kid in a lecture theatre in Canberra to a professional adventure photographer living in Canada? For many it is a dream but John Price has made it his reality.
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Nothing will ever replace the reliability of the good old map and compass, and it is essential to know how to use them before headingout into the wild. Nonetheless, phones and electronic devices have become an incredibly helpful resource and a safety net for adventurers. Given the highly unpredictable nature of the outdoors and the risk it entails, it is better to be safe than sorry. In somecases, setting your phone up properly can save lives, so give yourself some peace of mind and download these 5 apps before headingout into the backcountry. 1 – Emergency + If there is just one app that you should absolutely have on your phone it’s this one. It’s free, works offline and has a low battery consumption. This app will provide you with a map of where you
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Brisbane climber Josh Worley gets vertical. It was a beautiful summer’s day in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. After spending a couple of days rock climbing I was now trying something “a little more Swiss”, ice climbing in a glacial crevasse. Attached to the vertical blue ice by the metallic points of my ice tools
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