Walks in Nature: Australia 2nd Ed

Author: Anna Carlile
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741176490
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Walks in Nature: Australia is a celebration of being outdoors. From coastal cliffs and crescents of sand, to iconic bush landscapes and wild offshore islands, this book offers more than 100 walking trails around the country, all within an easy distance of your capital city. This second edition has been completely updated and contains new walks for every state. In every chapter you'll find a variety of walks to suit every season and fitness level, with detailed track notes and easy-to-use maps. Each trail is 6-20km in distance and includes a delicious suggested foodie stop, where you can refuel and reflect on a day walking in nature. The book features walks in and around Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart.

Wild by Nature

Author: Sarah Marquis
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1952534186
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
In 2010, Sarah Marquis embarked on a perilous journey: alone and on foot, she walked ten thousand miles across the Gobi Desert, from Siberia, through Thailand, to the Australian outback. Relying on hunting and her own wits, she traversed fever-haunted jungles and scorching deserts, braved harassment from drug dealers, the Mafia, and camp raids from thieves on horseback. Surviving dehydration, dengue fever delirium and crippling infection, Sarah experienced a raw and spiritual communion after three years of walking at the base of a tree in the plains of Australia. Through an inspirational journey, Wild by Nature explores what it is to adventure as a woman in the most dangerous of circumstances, and what it is to be truly alone in the wild.

Walks in Nature: Melbourne

Author: Viola Design
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1742739377
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 93

Book Description
Walks in Nature: Melbourne covers 32 trails for Melbourne and the surrounds, for those who want to explore stunning natural environments. Each trail is 9–19 kilometres long and includes a place to eat where you can rest and refuel. The walks are colour-coded according to season, so that you can enjoy the natural surrounds at any time of the year. With easy-to-follow maps and text describing each trail, you can discover the wonders of nature within easy reach of the city.

Top Walks in Victoria

Author: Melanie Ball
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741174397
Category : Hiking
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
Victoria offers a jaw-dropping diversity of bushwalks through areas rich in natural wonders and colourful human history. Experienced travel writer Melanie Ball has hiked every track in this book for walkers of all levels of experience. There are walks for each part of the state, including the renowned Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse loop and salt lake circuits in the Mallee region. Most of the tracks can be completed in a few hours, but there are some more difficult multi-day walks for those wanting more of a challenge. For each walk there is detailed trail information, a map, photographs and beautiful illustrations of fauna and flora that you're likely to see along the way.

Wanderlust

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101199555
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers. She profiles some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction--from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder, from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja--finding a profound relationship between walking and thinking and walking and culture. Solnit argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in our ever more car-dependent and accelerated world.

From Snow to Ash

Author: Anthony Sharwood
Publisher: Hachette Australia
ISBN: 0733645291
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
At the start of the hellish, fiery Australian summer of 2019/20, Walkley Award-winning journalist and suburban dad Anthony Sharwood set off on a journey. Abandoning his post on a busy news website to clear his mind, he solo-trekked the Australian Alps Walking Track, Australia's most gruelling and breathtakingly beautiful mainland hiking trail, which traverses the entirety of the legendary High Country from Gippsland in Victoria to the outskirts of Canberra. The journey started in a blizzard and ended in a blaze. Along the way, this lifelong lover of the mountains came to realise that nothing would ever be the same - either for him or for the imperilled Australian Alps, a landscape as fragile and sensitive to the changing climate as the Great Barrier Reef.

Day Walks Victoria

Author: John Chapman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920995102
Category : Hiking
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Day Walks Victoria describes 40 walking areas across Victoria with a total of 96 walk variations. For each area one walk is described in detail plus linking tracks along with a series of variations. Walks range from 6 to 21 kilometres in length covering a wide range of grades. There are walks ranging from easy outings for family to some longer harder walks for the experienced. The book is an all colour production with colour topographic maps for all walks. It also includes a 2 page key map of the state showing the location of all walks plus a 6 page Walk Index designed to aid walk selection. Gradient profiles that show climbs and descents are provided along with colour photographs for each walking area.

Grounded: Slow, Grow, Make, Do

Author: Anna Carlile
Publisher: Hardie Grant
ISBN: 9781741176827
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Grounded (adjective): used to describe a person who has a good understanding of what is really important in life. This book is your entry into a world that spins slowly and draws its inspiration from the earth, the ocean, the sun and the sky. Each turn of the page through projects organized into chapters for the four seasons will lead to discover a new way to practice slow living and weave nature into your everyday life. Build a garden bed and plant seeds. Watch your vegetable garden grow, and pluck a tomato or two to make a salad. Go on a walk in the woods, build a campfire and then read the moon. Rediscover a childlike joy of nature through over 20 projects to cook, make or do outside. Grounded is the ideal way to put down your devices and spend time in natural surrounds with your friends, your family and, of course, yourself.

Best Walks of Victoria's High Country

Author: Craig Sheather
Publisher: Woodslane Press
ISBN: 9781921874291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
This new guide is the perfect companion for anyone who loves walking in the High Country and its northern environs. The book features: 40 different bush, river, rail trail and village walks, varying in length from 30 minutes to two days; accurate, full colour maps and step-by-step directions; detailed walk statistics including distance, total ascent/descent, grade and estimated time; plentiful information on High Country history and its natural environment; walking ideas for families with children, including safety tips; and over 150 full colour photographs. With over 4 million Australians now regularly walking for fun and fitness, this guide book is the perfect companion for any resident or visitor looking explore the raw beauty of this incredible region.

Australia's Best 100 Walks

Author: Katrina O'Brien
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN: 9781925847697
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
A great walk can be an exhilarating experience that will stay with you forever. Perhaps you're stirred by endless mountain views or soothed by stepping into a living green cathedral. Maybe the challenge drives you harder and farther than you thought possible. Sometimes you'll find yourself in the presence of a rare creature and feel a jolt of connection. There's always magic to be found when walking but the very best walks will do all of these things. Fortunately, Australia is full of extraordinary walks - here's our collection of the best to be found in every corner of this country.