Community based initiative of the year - Great West WalkBlacktown City Council won the Community Based Initiative Award from the NSW Branch of Parks & Leisure Australia for the Great West Walk. The awards are now on the Parks & leisure web site.
Parts of Kosciuszko National Park closedDue to the bushfires, portions of Kosciuszko National Park are closed. After winter the NPWS will be assessing damage, so it may be 4-6 months before more areas are open - a lot of trees need to be cut.
Winter light photo book by Grant DixonTasmanian photographer Grant Dixon will be publishing a new book Winter light in November.
"Grant Dixon’s Winter Light displays superb photographs of wild and remote Tasmania in its most splendid season. Winter Light will be taken down time and again from the centre of this wilderness-lover’s bookshelf." Bob Brown
Wollemi National Park new book by Bush ExplorersYuri Bolotin, Michael Keats OAM and Brian Fox have published a new book, Wollemi National Park, The Complete East-West Traverse.
This detailed chronicle of another ambitious adventure is a companion book to The Complete Wollemi North-South Traverse. The east-west story, illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs, will take you on a 12-day journey from Bulga to Growee Gulf via Baker and Bylong Labyrinths. It contains maps and detailed grid references to assist you in planning an adventure of your own.
100 Treks Across The Kokoda Trail by Charlie LynnA book about the rediscovery of the historical significance of the Kokoda Trail by Charlie Lynn.
Charlie’s first Kokoda trek was in 1991 when the Trail itself was in parts non-existent. It was neither a trail nor a track, for the most part neglected since the end of the Second World War.The book contains a historic virtual trek for those unable to walk in the footsteps of our heroes, and should rekindle vivid memories for those who have.
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