Australian Walking Tours Blog

Out of all the areas in Australia to walk in, South Australia’s Flinders Ranges have gotta be my all time favourite. Having just returned from another seven day road trip to ‘The Flinders’ I feel like I have fallen in love with the region all over again. There’s something about the outback that slowly seeps [...]

by Andy Reynolds I don’t know how many first aid courses I’ve completed over the years, probably over 20. Whatever, it seems like a lot and a long time since I first practised tying triangular bandages with the school nurse back in high school. The best first aid courses for the outdoors have always been [...]

by Andy Reynolds For all you history buffs. I guess my love of walking can be traced to my dad, who took us walking and outdoor adventuring when we were kids. For some reason I took to it like a duck to water but my sister never really did, she’s more the urban city type [...]

Exposed and wind scoured, the ridgeline is oftened littered with sastrugi – sharp ridges which are havoc to ski over. In any space of 100 metres conditions can range from ice and hardpack, to sastrugi to deep pockets of windblown snow, all challenging to the skier. On the lee side the snow is often knee [...]

With so much to choose from on offer, whenever I walk into a hiking store I feel a little bit like a kid going into a candy store for the first time – so much to choose from and so little cash to spend-  and I suspect most of you are a little bit like [...]

Is there a better place to be than the Bogong High Plains on a cool sunny Easter day? Having just returned from 4 glorious days walking on the roof of Victoria I know I’m struggling to think of one. Our 4 day trip commenced with the transfer from Melbourne, highlighted by our long leisurely lunch [...]

If there’s one thing that will ruin your day on the trail, it’s the infamous blister! Blisters are caused by friction, this friction generates heat and this heat initially creates hot spots which if left untreated, pretty soon progress into blisters. The blister itself is a fluid filled sack (the fluid is plasma). Blisters occur [...]

What’s not to like about Victoria’s Bogong High Plains – I’ve just returned from our 4 day Easter walk and have fallen in love with the mountains all over again. In this post I’ll let you in on one of our secrets – giving you all the inside info on a great 15km loop walk [...]

You’ve just got to love St Mary Peak. Sitting atop the Flinders Ranges’ highest peak on a clear day you have veiws seemingly forever. Looking north the ABC range runs northwards in a never ending series of peaks, valleys  and troughs. Further north west lies the Bunker Ranges wherein lies my very favourite place in [...]

Ahh Rainbow Falls, so many memories of this wonderful location. Rainbow Falls is a spring fed cascade which flows over limestone cliffs in the vicinty of Point Flinders north of Cape Otway. In the past it was relatively litle known and infrequently visited; now Victoria’s Great Ocean Walk passes close by and Rainbow Falls is [...]

OK this is me! This is a profile of me which appeared in the Ballarat Courier yesterday, 8 April Just a quick profile of me and my 5  “favourite things”                                                   [...]

Ok, fill your pack with every latest gadget from your local camping store and pretty soon you won’t be able to lift it (your pack, not the store). So how do you keep your pack light and still have the tools needed to get you out of trouble next time you’re faced with an epic [...]

So many walks, so little time. The world is full of great places to walk, it’s just a matter of getting there and making the time. No matter how jaded your modern life may make you feel, the natural world still holds the power to inspire, enthuse and motivate … this is why we walk. [...]

Our Easter walking tour to the Victorian High Country is booking up fast. Vicoria’s High Country is marvellous at Easter and this year’s trip promises to be a beauty. Based in our lodge at Falls Creek, our 3 night 4 day tour is packed with great variety, as we explore the plains, ridges, huts and [...]

Guests often ask me what my favourite walks are so here goes – here’s a list of many of my favourite walks in Victoria. 1. Mount Feathertop (above) – so many reasons to love the Big Fella. The Razorback ridgeline traverse from Diamantina Hut to Feathertop is one of Australia’s best day walks, I used [...]

When it comes to new tourism products in Australia, walking tours are the new black. Why? Unlike the cliched tour  products of the 70s and 80s savvy tour operators today are cutting edge business people, who understand tourism and understand that it is in their business’s best interests to look after their guests and the [...]

If you walk in the Australian bush, you gotta wear gaiters. Here at AWT we are big believers in gaiters – our guides wear ‘em and we provide them and encourage all our guests to wear them. With gaiters on, you save your legs from getting scratched, you keep the sand (or snow) out of [...]

Much has been written about what ‘essential’ items one should take on a bush walk. For our money, walking poles are right up there with your first aid kit, cell or sat phone, and your sense of humour. Having outlived my first flush of youth, I understand both the limitations age’s inevitable progress brings and [...]