Title: Australia’s 50 Best Multi-Day Walks | Publisher: Woodslane Press | RRP: $39.99 | Available: All good bookstores & www.woodslanepress.com.au | ISBN: 9781922800619 | Release: October 2024
This new book showcasing the very best long-distance walks in Australia is perfect for anyone planning their next multi-day walk.
There is a great wealth of wonderful long-distance walks in Australia. The greatest challenge can be searching through the options to find the right trail. To help with this, editor and writer Wendy Bruere has assembled a team of experienced Australian writer-hikers, to survey and showcase the absolute best multi-day walks Australia has to offer.
Inspirational descriptions, essential planning information, maps and stunning photography will inspire trekkers to plan their next adventure. Wonder at profound mountain views or experience a living green cathedral, be awed by some of the world’s best coastal scenery or be thrilled by an unexpected wildlife encounter. An Australian great walk can be an exhilarating experience.
About the Author(s): Wendy Bruere is a Sydney-based writer and editor, specialising in outdoor adventure and climate change. She has published three anthologies, two of stories by women who climb and mountaineer, and one of personal stories by climate scientists. She is editor of Vertical Life magazine, and writes for publications including Wild, Great Walks and We Are Explorers. Prior to this, she spent more than 10 years working with NGOs, media outlets and UN agencies.
John and Monica Chapman have been writing walking guides for Australians for over 40 years and are the best-known writers and authorities on the major walks across the continent.
Other contributors are Calumn Hockey, Craig Sheather, Dan Slater, Helen McKerrel, John Souter, Jonathan Tan, Julie Gill, Julie Mundy, Katrina O’Brian, Leah Furey, Lisa Ikin, Lisa Marshall, Louise Denton, Mark Pybus, Matt McClelland, Miranda Fittock, Roz Glazebrook, Sally McPhee, Saphira Bloom-Quinn, Sarah Pendergrass, Sarah Tayler, Steph Zissis, Taylor Bell and Virginia Balfour.