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Australia's Wilderness Adventure Magazine. Expand your horizons with Australia’s longest running wilderness adventure magazine. With in-depth features and stunning photographs from some of the world’s greatest adventurers, WILD will keep you up-to-date on all aspects of wilderness pursuits.

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AGE: IT’S NOT REALLY ALL IN THE MIND • It’s also in the body. But I’d still take my 40-plus-year-old self over my twenty-year-old one any day.

A WEIGHT OFF YOUR SHOULDERS • Backpacks have steadily evolved to make our outdoor lives far more comfortable. One thing hasn’t changed though: the relief of dumping your pack at the end of the day.

AN EVEN LIGHTER PACK • Gear selection is a process of lifelong education, even for experienced adventurers. Dan discusses the lessons learnt during his recent 800km traverse of California’s Sierra Nevada.

GREAT KOALA NATIONAL PARK • Pilfered as it’s planned: the rush to log a proposed national park in NSW.

UNDER PRESSURE • With over four million visitors a year, Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park is the most visited national park in Western Australia. This popularity doesn’t come without costs, and the park is feeling the burden.

GREAT NEGLECTED WALKS • Governments of late seem to be focused on high-end walks designed to attract tourists at the cost of funding for conservation measures and the basic maintenance of the low-key walks most bushwalkers love.

AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM • Can bushwalking clubs attract a new generation of adventurers?

TALKING TROUBLE: ECOLOGICALLY, POLITICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY • A top ten of recent nature writing.

THE RIGHT PEOPLE • Group dynamics can make or break a trip. Wild Earth Ambassador Christian McEwen gives some tips on how to find 'the right people'.

CRAG STEWARDSHIP • Australian climbers have long cared for the environments they’ve climbed in. But now—as a result of greater understanding, as well as facing greater climber numbers, and more restricted access—the movement to care for our crags is stronger than ever.

BEAU MILES • Filmmaker, adventurer, maker and fixer, academic, writer, doer, dad. Megan Holbeck attempts to dissect the backyard adventurer.

INTO THE VOID • A 62-day Aussie expedition to the South Pole.

THE BEST LAID PLANS • A man of meticulous organisation, Ryan Hansen learns to get comfortable with winging it.

FREEDOM OF THE HILLS • After leaving the Army, Mat Young felt intensely isolated. In this heartfelt piece, he tells how he found his way out of darkness via an extended stint of climbing in NZ’s Southern Alps. Warning: This story discusses suicide.

HEAVY METTLE IN THE WESTERN ARTHURS • Eight Insights into Father-Son Wilderness Walking

GETTING DEEP • It’s no secret that the skiing in Japan in general, and Nozawa in particular, is amazing. But with the cat now out of the clichéd bag, if you really want untracked fluff to yourself, you’ve gotta head backcountry and earn your turns.

SURVIVING O.R. • The Outdoor Retailer Trade Show is North America’s largest expo for the outdoors industry. In 2023, after five years in Colorado, the event returned to Salt Lake City; Wild’s intrepid gear columnist, Dan Slater, put his body (and mind) on the line to check it out.

PACKRAFTING A journey as good as it gets • Packrafting has exploded in popularity in recent years, and with good reason: It’s easy to get into, it allows paddlers the opportunity to reach otherwise difficult-to-access rivers, and best of all, it’s loads of fun. If you haven’t yet had the chance to experience packrafting for yourself, Kiwi river guide Neil Silverwood explains how to get into the...