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Rapid Descent
Chloe O'Malley
I stood at the greatest height I’d ever been. At 4700m elevation, oxygen levels are about... Read more
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An unexpected storm for the rubbish raft
Samuel Mclennan
I’m two months into the maiden voyage from Hobart to Sydney on a sailing vessel made... Read more
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Accidental Imposters
Adrianne Yzerman
My compatriot, Pamela, and I are stranded at the Tanzanian/Malawian border. Utterly fed up, filthy, famished,... Read more
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Finding Wonder in the Undergrowth
Tim Berenyi
“Mate, you sure this is the way?” I stop, chest heaving, blinded by the sweat and... Read more
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The Expedition
Mark Pawlyszyn
Everything stinks of campfire and sweat. I feel around my tent in the pre-dawn dark for... Read more
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A Big Bloody Blister
Kalang Morrison-Jones
Me and my sister, we went on a quest, She wanted a blister, I said “Give... Read more
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Remembering the Barry Way
Matthew Lord
We’d barely made it fifteen kilometers down the road when Will’s wheel blew. Cruising down a... Read more
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The other side of van life
Katrina Rast
We have all seen those beautiful Volkswagen Kombi’s, fully restored with interiors out of a design... Read more
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To the Man who Saved me at the Japanese Train Station
Jessica Lim
Is it right to still ask more of you? Although the memories are foggy, the feelings... Read more
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The rule of lore
steve palmer
There are many imaginary lines connecting the poles, but the newest and boldest tracks its way... Read more
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Kakadu Magic
Stephanie Packwood
It’s balmy. The dry season has slipped away and the Build-Pp casts a doubtful glance at... Read more
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My Journey with Mario the miner
Patrick OShea
Why do we travel? Its different for everyone, of course. Some people travel once to see... Read more
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Characters of Larapinta
Leah Sjerp
Gregory hiked with burlap hessian sacks as his packing cells, an old tarnished silver billy and... Read more
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The Race Is On!
Erchana Murray-Bartlett
For us annoyingly competitive Type-A personalities, there’s nothing quite as alluring as a challenge that sits... Read more
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Road Trippin’
Belinda Keenan
Is it EVEN a country road trip if you haven’t been flying down the bitumen surrounded... Read more
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A Taste of the European Divide trail
Kobi Wickens
Waking up sore and achey but a 6:30am alarm showed that today we meant business. After... Read more
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The Secret of the Apple Tree
Vivienne Lewis
The Secret of the Apple Tree The apple tree stood in the bush, pink-white blossoms alien... Read more
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Whales ahoy!
Jacqueline O'Donnell
On the eve of my 50th birthday, I find myself treading water with a handful of... Read more
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All aboard!!
Debra Morrow
Having sampled Scotch in Scotland and Champagne in Champagne, we were excited to soon be sipping... Read more
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The Running of the Rental Car
Ryan Siacci
The Festival of San Fermin takes place each year in Pamplona, a fairytale city in the... Read more
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How a troll tried to feed us to a vulture – and the Strava map that proves it
Simon Sharwood
When the vulture started to eye us off, my wife and I began to think we’d... Read more
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Lessons from a nomad
Emily Barlow
“Shhh,” Bachir whispered. A sly smile cracked across his lips. He looked out beyond our camp,... Read more
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Everest Misadventures
Andrea Salus
We sat on the ground outside the Kathmandu airport, duffle bags full of mountaineering gear strewn... Read more
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A Cobb & Co (mis-)Adventure
Anne McEncroe
You would have thought that after three months torture on an overland camping trip home to... Read more
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In Search of Ghosts
Amber King
The paddle dipped into the inky blackness and gracefully pulled the craft through the water. Droplets... Read more
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Leechageddon
Steven Roberts
Cairns 2022. It was a reunion of five school mates. Cairns was unseasonably cool and wet... Read more
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“The Ascent of Insight”
Mitch Walker
The mountains reveal who you are. I always focused on the ascent, the grit of climbing... Read more
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Unmoored by invisible forces
Ivy Stanton
In the serene backcountry of Ngarigo country, where weaving waves of red gums met the white horizon,... Read more
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Grundarfjörður, Iceland
Hayley Biddulph
“A quarter full cappuccino, no lid.” There’s a fuel company called N1 in Iceland, their petrol... Read more
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Misguided by the Light
Kerry Anderson
A tent zipper breaks the silence of our camp. Blinking, I turn in my sleeping bag.... Read more
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“Kangaroo Campfire Capers: Marshmallows, Mishaps, and Joey’s Roos-tastic Toasting Skills!”
sharona g
Picture this, around the campfire – chaos, giggles, and memories. Camping with my little adventurers was... Read more
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Searching for Whales and Adventure
Roger Dickeson
It’s midnight. I’ve just commenced my watch on day two of our yachting adventure aboard the... Read more
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Surrendering to the Wind
Laura Stampa
It’s 3am and I find myself hanging from the bow by my ankles, the torrential rain... Read more
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Lighthouse Kid
lisa ikin
The basket lurched and bounced off the railing as I clung to the canvas sides, while... Read more
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Amsterdam Had Other Plans
Andre Liyanage-Denney
WOUND UP like a ticking clock, he wakes at 3am. Careless Whispers plays so loud he... Read more
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Nightmare on Hinchinbrook
Leonie Doyle
So there I was, barricaded in a dunny hiding from crocodiles, an inglorious, unedifying, self-inflicted debacle.... Read more
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Wildly Clean
Laura Stampa
We emerged from the wilderness united, through our shared experience and a mutual state of what... Read more
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An unexpected adventure
Roz Glazebrook
Unexpected Adventure You expect adventure on a rafting trip during the day, but not at night.... Read more
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Lost in the remote Tasmanian Wilderness
Roz Glazebrook
Lost in the Remote Tasmanian Wilderness We were lost in a wilderness area in winter without... Read more
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Andrews & Stephenson Antarctica 2023 Expedition Story
Andrea Andrews
In a triumph of mental and physical resilience and the spirit of adventure we reached the... Read more
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Astral Traveling
Raoul Slater
Astral Traveling Just to the south of Eden is heaven. The old whaling town gives way... Read more
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Thomson and The Lilo
Sally Ingram
Thomson and The Lilo Perched around the campfire, Greg and I perused maps, our interest piqued... Read more
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Journey to the edge of the Earth
Liam Moore
FROM THE EDGE OF THE EARTH Travelling to Antarctica was never really on my bucket list,... Read more
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Apples in Kyrgyzstan
Chagi Weerasena
“You are lost,” the hobbled babushka declared. My face read like subtitles; I was indeed lost.... Read more
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Just say yes
Bernadette (aka Flea) Davis
When you are offered an opportunity, just take it. Sometimes that opportunity might be a bit... Read more
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The Opening Ceremony
Charley Jones
This story emerged from a series of loosely planned visits to the sea pools of Cronulla... Read more
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An astonishingly beautiful hike on the AAWT!
Tanya Deer
After hiking and ski touring in the mountains of the Kosciusko National Park we heard about... Read more
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How NOT to introduce your friends to backcountry skiing: a guide
Pippa Salmon
Abby screamed. Lying on the snow, pinned by a heavy hiking pack, she watched her ski... Read more
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The great pretence
Diane Harari
The great pretence I really didn’t think it through. On a whim, I booked into a... Read more
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Navigating the Celestial Abyss: The Final Push to the Murray’s Mouth
Josh West
For the first time in two months, an alarm jolted me awake. An unwelcome change from... Read more
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Our tomato girl summer of 2014
Charlotte Middleton
This is how we die, I thought, as my friend and I clung to each other... Read more
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The Outback Diff Rescue
Tom Corra
For years, I’d dreamed of conquering Chambers Gorge, a remote wonder nestled deep in the Flinders... Read more
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My Ekistica 128km Ellery Monster Ultra-Journey
Scout Stenhouse
It’s Friday, 19th May 2023. It’s been nearly 4 years to the day since our first... Read more
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She can go solo
Keryn Klein
She craves solitude, to be a lone girl, wandering the trails, unstuck from time. So, she... Read more
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A Mountain Rescue
Rory Oates
I once had the unique opportunity to spend the night in the mountains of Tasmania during... Read more
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A Solo Quest Along the Australian Alps
Amity Bliss
“I’m jumping off the track. 5km away from Baw Baw Village. I’ll make my way there... Read more
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The Inlet
Lucille Piper
“Do you want to take the walky-talky?” “Nah, it’s okay,” I replied, stepping into the speedboat... Read more
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Bumps in the night
Francesca Solloway
The darkness, the night time and the bush are the stuff of childhood nightmares as we... Read more
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King of the Jungle
Jade Raykovski
I had always believed the lion was king of the jungle – until I travelled to... Read more
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Lost in LA
Patti Dunne
I find a cab and tell the driver, take me downtown LA –where exactly he says,... Read more
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Storm’s Edge: Giant Beneath the Waves
Ben Dawson
It’s 4pm, Friday afternoon, and just like you, I have been at work all week. To... Read more
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There’s a hole in my tent
Eva Rosenbaum
About two weeks before the world was locked down back in 2021, a good mate of... Read more
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Why am I doing this?
Frankie O'Brien
Pausing for a moment to rest on my trekking poles like some kind of misshapen camel,... Read more
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A wonderful stranger
Lauren Murdoch
I had recently broken up with my boyfriend of 11 years, moved house, and booked a... Read more
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Don’t tell me how to Camino
Patrick Boxall
We called him Naked Red Calf. He fell from the top bunk and the slap of... Read more
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Where we find ourselves
Monika Vnuk
Remember 2021? I was in Adelaide, bored, with incredibly itchy feet. On a whim, I quit... Read more
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Taking a highlighter to your life
Frith Hudson Graham
Last night I got into a deep discussion with my nephew and I fessed up about... Read more
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Covid camping and fun family tales
Gina Elliott
Living in regional Victoria in 2021, in and out of Covid lockdowns, our family of six... Read more
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The Boy With The Braces
Claire McMahon
It’s weird, isn’t it? That part of travelling. The part where you cross paths with strangers... Read more
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To see the light
Patrick Boxall
The Orkney Tourist Board doesn’t recommend travelling to Orkney to see the Northern Lights. It admits... Read more
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The hokey-pokey Himalayas
Alan Jones
Once, while volunteer teaching, I taught the hokey-pokey to a couple hundred Tibetan primary school kids... Read more
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Nairobbery
Stu O'Brien
‘Police! Police!’ shouts a man from the rear of the matatu. The panicked call sets off... Read more
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