In this issue

It’s an issue to get you in the mood for summer, with a focus on Australia’s high country. There’s a piece by Craig Pearce on walking on the Bogong High Plains; ride notes by yours truly on bikepacking in the Jagungal Wilderness and Kosciuszko NP; and, by Andrew Nest, a fiction piece—OK, some you may say that contributors are telling tall tales in the mag all the time, but AFAIK this is our first dedicated fiction piece in 25 years—with a heck of twist to it that’s set around Victoria’s Mt Howitt and the Crosscut Saw.
There are other nods to summer, too. There’s Stan Meissner’s fantastically photographed sea kayaking expedition off Tasmania’s coast (check out that cover!); Craig Pearce’s list of top ten recent nature books if you’re after summer reading; Ryan Hansen’s photo essay on chasing little-known summer walks in NZ’s South Island; and an informative piece by Roland Handel on dehydration and heat exhaustion.
Beyond these, in terms of features, Megan Holbeck has done a profile of the ‘Golden Decade’ of climbing at Mt Arapiles (we’ll hold the surprise for the time being by not telling you the years yet). In ‘Walking on Country’, Caro Ryan investigates the challenges facing Indigenous-owned and operated guided walking companies, specifically looking at lutruwita/Tasmania’s wukalina Walk. And Neil Silverwood has written a companion piece to last issue’s ‘What Do We Mean When We Talk About Wilderness’, this one focuses on New Zealand’s Wilderness Areas, and how they compare with Australia’s.
There’s also a conservation piece on the threats facing jarrah forests in WA, an opinion piece by filmmaker and author Beau Miles, and a swag more in this awesome issue. It’s going to the printers at the end of the week and if you subscribe now, you’ll be in time to get it. Head to wild.com.au/subscribe.

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Wild is the longest running outdoor adventure magazine in the Australasian region, with specialist content providing coverage, education and conservation information for outdoor enthusiasts.