Download or read book Walks Tracks and Trails of Victoria written by Derrick Stone and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in a single volume, this book brings together more than 150 of the best walks, tracks or trails in Victoria, which can be walked, cycled or driven by the moderately fit individual. They are located in national and state parks, state forests, conservation reserves, historic parks and local government and public easements. Other routes follow state highways, old railways and gold routes, or pass bushranger haunts and back roads linking towns, historical and geological or geographical features. Most of the routes chosen do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills, and vary from a short 45 minutes on a boardwalk to four-day long-distance walking and camping. Walks, Tracks and Trails of Victoria covers the best the state has to offer, from deserts to coastal and mountain environments. It highlights the features of each location and encourages you to enjoy the experience at an informed level. Easy-to-interpret maps are included to help you navigate, and the book’s size makes it convenient to bring with you on your adventures.
Download or read book Walks Tracks and Trails of New South Wales written by Derrick Stone and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in a single volume, this book brings together more than 140 of the best walks, tracks or trails in New South Wales, which can be walked by the moderately fit individual. They are located in national parks, coastal parks, state forests, conservation reserves, historic parks and local government and public easements. Other routes follow state highways, minor roads, coastal cliffs, old gold routes, or pass bushranger haunts and back roads linking towns and historical features. Most routes do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills, and vary in length from a 45-minute stroll to a 4-day, 65-kilometre camping trip. Walks, Tracks and Trails of New South Wales highlights the best the state has to offer, from an outback ghost town and ancient lake beds, to Australia’s highest mountain, coastal environments and World Heritage rainforests. Easy-to-interpret maps are included to help you navigate, and the book’s size makes it convenient to bring with you on your adventures.
Download or read book Walks Tracks and Trails of Queensland s Tropics written by Derrick Stone and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queensland’s tropics provide numerous environments for enjoyable walking: lush rainforests, cloud-shrouded mountains, extinct volcanoes, savanna woodlands, and magnificent beaches on the coast and Great Barrier Reef islands. This book brings together more than 150 of the best walks, tracks or trails in Queensland’s tropics, located within the coastal strip between Rockhampton and Cooktown. Walks vary from short boardwalk strolls in the lowland rainforests of Daintree National Park to 4-6 day hiking and camping trips on Hinchinbrook Island. Other routes follow old gold miners’ and forestry tracks or coaching routes or feature historical sites, rivers, lagoons, geological and geographical formations or much earlier Aboriginal communication tracks where Dreamtime stories add a further dimension. Man-made environments of abandoned gold towns, heritage riverfronts, Art Deco streetscapes and Second World War installations also feature. Most routes are best completed during the ‘Dry’ season (May to October) and walked by moderately fit individuals. Most do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills. Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland’s Tropics highlights the best the region has to offer. Easy-to-interpret maps are included to help you navigate, and the book’s size makes it convenient to carry in the backpack.
Download or read book Top Walks in Victoria 2nd Ed written by Melanie Ball and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and photographs that you're likely to see along the way. In this second edition of Top Walks in Victoria, all of the track information has been updated and four new walks have been added.
Download or read book Hiking Trails 1 written by Vancouver Island Trails Information Society and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the hiking trails in and around Victoria, British Columbia
Download or read book McMillans Walking Track written by John Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide book to the 210 kilometre long, 14 day walking track in eastern Victoria
Download or read book Day Walks Victoria written by John Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Walks Tracks and Trails of Queensland s Tropics written by Derrick Stone and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queensland’s tropics provide numerous environments for enjoyable walking: lush rainforests, cloud-shrouded mountains, extinct volcanoes, savanna woodlands, and magnificent beaches on the coast and Great Barrier Reef islands. This book brings together more than 150 of the best walks, tracks or trails in Queensland’s tropics, located within the coastal strip between Rockhampton and Cooktown. Walks vary from short boardwalk strolls in the lowland rainforests of Daintree National Park to 4-6 day hiking and camping trips on Hinchinbrook Island. Other routes follow old gold miners’ and forestry tracks or coaching routes or feature historical sites, rivers, lagoons, geological and geographical formations or much earlier Aboriginal communication tracks where Dreamtime stories add a further dimension. Man-made environments of abandoned gold towns, heritage riverfronts, Art Deco streetscapes and Second World War installations also feature. Most routes are best completed during the ‘Dry’ season (May to October) and walked by moderately fit individuals. Most do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills. Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland’s Tropics highlights the best the region has to offer. Easy-to-interpret maps are included to help you navigate, and the book’s size makes it convenient to carry in the backpack.
Download or read book Grampians Walks written by Monica Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, full colour essential guide to walking in the Grampians. Written by veteran local walkers, Monica & Phil Coleman, whose love of the Grampians shines on every page.? 86 walks in the Grampians National Park? Full coverage of the new Grampians Peaks Trail(GPT) for day walkers and overnight hikers? Walks from 10 minutes to 8 hours? Simple but reliable route descriptions? 67 detailed sketch maps that are easy to follow? Elevation graphs to easily compare walks? Up to date local road maps? Hundreds of photos to illustrate the walks? Bonus guide to local wildflowers and orchids? Authors' favourite walks identified
Download or read book Top Walks in Victoria 2nd Ed written by Melanie Ball and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and photographs that you're likely to see along the way. In this second edition of Top Walks in Victoria, all of the track information has been updated and four new walks have been added.
Download or read book Best Walks East of Melbourne written by Craig Sheather and published by Woodslane Press. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 40 eastern Victorian walks from Phillip Island to Ninety Mile Beach. Walk notes are accompanied by accurate full-colour maps, and snippets about local history and wildlife add colour and interest to the walking experience. Over 100 full-colour photos complement the text and provide a clear sense of the features on each walk.
Download or read book Walks in Nature Melbourne written by Viola Design and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Australian Alps Walking Track written by John Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 660 km walking track from Walhalla near Melbourne to the outskirts of Canberra. An all colour book, it includes 51 colour topographic maps, gradient profiles and many sidetrips and alternative tracks.
Download or read book Walks Tracks Trails of New South Wales written by Derrick Ian Stone and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2012 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Each location is presented on facing pages where possible, so that text and maps can be read without turning pages * Photography has been taken in conditions and standards that walkers and riders will experience along the routes * Most of the routes chosen do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills For the first time in a single volume, this book brings together more than 140 of the best walks, tracks or trails in New South Wales, which can be walked by the moderately fit individual. They are located in national parks, coastal parks, state forests, conservation reserves, historic parks and local government and public easements. Other routes follow state highways, minor roads, coastal cliffs, old gold routes, or pass bushranger haunts and back roads linking towns and historical features. Most routes do not require specialist navigation or bushcraft skills, and vary in length from a 45-minute stroll to a 4-day, 65-kilometre camping trip. Walks, Tracks and Trails of New South Wales highlights the best the state has to offer, from an outback ghost town and ancient lake beds, to Australia's highest mountain, coastal environments and World Heritage rainforests. Easy-to-interpret maps are included to help you navigate, and the book's size makes it convenient to bring with you on your adventures.
Download or read book Hiking the Overland Track written by Warwick Sprawson and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook covers the iconic Overland Track in Tasmania's stunning Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. The well-maintained 80km route from Cradle Valley to Lake St Clair is described over seven stages, along with optional sidetrips to the area's many accessible peaks including Mt Ossa, Tasmania's highest mountain. The track can be completed in between 5 and 9 days, depending on fitness and whether hikers undertake sidetrips. Each stage features clear 1:50,000 mapping and profiles alongside detailed route description. The guide also includes essential practical information about booking onto the track and arranging permits, as well as comprehensive notes about the facilities available at each of the Overland huts. The extensive plant and animal section provides photos and descriptions of the eclectic range of wildlife that can be spotted along the track, and many of these fascinating species are found nowhere else on Earth. The Overland Track crosses Tasmania's spectacular wild landscape, travelling through buttongrass moorland and rainforests, passing tranquil lakes and impressive waterfalls. Although more physically and technically challenging than the main route, the track's sidetrips are well worth the effort in good weather for the panoramic views they offer of the stunning Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Download or read book Hiking Trails I Victoria and Vicinity written by Outdoor Club of Victoria and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiking Trails I written by Susan Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
