Links
Australian Sites
| Conservation | |
|---|---|
| Australian Conservation Foundation | www.acfonline.org.au |
| Conservation Volunteers Australia | www.conservationvolunteers.com.au |
| Wilderness Society | www.wilderness.org.au |
| Birds Australia | www.birdsaustralia.com.au |
| Bird Observation & Conservation Australia | www.birdobservers.org.au |
| The Nature Conservancy | www.nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/australia |
| Greenpeace Australia | www.greenpeace.org/australia |
| Technical Advice | |
| Useful Equipment | www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_Index.htm |
| Backpack Gear Test | www.backpackgeartest.org |
| How to Read Maps | www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/maps/publications.htm |
| www.map-reading.com/intro.php | |
| Global Positioning Systems | adunk.ozehosting.com/GPSFAQ.html |
| www.walkgps.com/GPS%20Navigation.htm | |
| gpsinformation.net | |
| www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/index.html | |
| Bushwalking Safety | www.john.chapman.name/safety.html |
| Suggested Equipment & Clothing | www.bbw.org.au/equipment.htm |
| First Aid | www.bushwalking.org.au/FAQ/FAQ_FirstAid.htm#First |
| www.paddypallin.com.au/default.aspx?page=148 | |
| www.bwrs.org.au/bwr/pages/remoteareafirstaid.html | |
| St Johns Ambulance | www.stjohn.org.au |
| Red Cross First Aid Courses | www.redcross.org.au/ourservices_acrossaustralia_
firstaid_courses.htm |
| Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS Australia | www.wmi.net.au |
| Distress Beacons | beacons.amsa.gov.au 121.5 MHz distress beacons will no longer be detected by satellite after 1 February 2009. AMSA are recommending a switch to a digital 406 MHz distress beacon now. |
| Weather | |
| Australian Bureau of Meteorology | www.bom.gov.au |
| Weather Forecast Australia | www.weatherzone.com.au |
| Australia Weather Forecasts | weather.yahoo.com/regional/ASXX.html |
| Tide Predictions | www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/tides |
| Books and Magazines | |
| Wild Magazine | www.wild.com.au/ |
| John Chapman Publications | www.john.chapman.name/pub.html |
| Outdoor Australia | www.outdooraustralia.com/ |
| Take a Walk Bushwalking Guide Books | www.takeawalk.com.au/Index.html |
| Australian Great Walks Magazine | www.greatwalks.com.au/ |
| Jeff's Walk | http://jeffswalk.com/gulftogulfthebook.html |
| National Outdoors Organisations | |
| Australian Speleogical Foundation | www.caves.org.au |
| Australian Rogaining Association | rogaine.asn.au |
| Youth Hostels Accommodation Australia | www.yha.com.au |
| Outdoors Council of Australia | www.outdoorcouncil.asn.au |
| Other | |
| Australian Bicentennial National Trail | www.nationaltrail.com.au/index.html |
| Adventure.com.au (commercial site for bushwalkers) | adventure.com.au |
| Australian Sports Commission | www.ausport.gov.au |
| Walk the Walk - a Photographic Record of Walks across Australia |
http://web.me.com/paulscott.info/walk-the-walk/index.html |
| Jeff's Walk - Five months backpacking across Oz with no support vehicle... |
www.jeffswalk.com |
| A “not for profit” initiative to supply
information about TimorLeste,
and encourage walkers and cyclists to visit and explore this beautiful friendly country. |
www.trekkingeasttimor.org |
Western Australia
| John Chapman | www.john.chapman.name/wa-walk.html |
| AusHiker | www.aushiker.com |
| WalkGPS | www.walkgps.com |
| Bibbulmun Track Foundation Inc | www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au |
| Friends of the Cape to Cape Track Inc | www.capetocapetrack.com.au |
| Tracks in Lane Poole Reserve, Dwellingup | www.calm.wa.gov.au/tourism/lane-poole_trails.html |
| Tracks in Jarrahdale Area | www.jarrahdale.com |
| Dieback Working Group | www.dwg.org.au |
| Outdoors WA | www.outdoorswa.org |
| Western Australian Rogaining Association | http://rogaine.asn.au/wara |
| The Environmental Defenders Office of WA (Inc) | www.edowa.org.au/index.html |
| Yelakitj Moort Nyungar Association Inc | www.nyungar.com.au |
| WA Weather & Warnings | www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa |
| Kayaking Western Australia | http://members.iinet.net.au/~rokhor/canoe/index.html |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| WA Department of Sport & Recreation | www.dsr.wa.gov.au |
| WA Department of Environment & Conservation | www.dec.wa.gov.au |
| WA Department of Water | www.wrc.wa.gov.au/ |
| WA Department of Planning & Infrastructure | www.dpi.wa.gov.au/walking/713.asp |
South Australia
| The Heysen Trail | www.heysentrail.asn.au |
| The Lavender Federation Trail | www.lavenderfederationtrail.org.au/main.htm |
| Orienteering Association of SA | www.oasa.asn.au |
| Flinders Ranges & Outback SA | www.flindersoutback.com |
| Guides SA | http://users.senet.com.au/~dscrub/index.html |
| SA Rogaining Association | www.rogaine.asn.au |
| Adelaide Hills Walks | http://web.me.com/paulscott.info/adelaide-hills-walks/ |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| SA Office for Recreation & Sport | www.recsport.sa.gov.au/index.php |
| SA Tourism Commission | www.southaustralia.com |
| Forestry SA | www.forestry.sa.gov.au |
| SA Trails | www.southaustraliantrails.com |
| SA National Parks | www.atn.com.au/parks/saparks.html |
| SA Department for Environment & Heritage | www.environment.sa.gov.au |
Victoria
| Victorian National Parks | www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/ |
| Victorian National Parks Association | www.vnpa.org.au/ |
| Victorian Rogaining Association | http://vra.rogaine.asn.au/ |
| On Line Maps | http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/topo30maps.jsp |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| Government home page | www.vic.gov.au/ |
| General Tourism Information | www.visitvictoria.com/ |
| Victorian Orienteering | www.vicorienteering.asn.au/ |
New South Wales
| Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad | www.bwrs.org.au/ |
| Blue Mountains Canyons | http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dnoble/canyoning.html |
| Wildwalks - a free online bushwalking and camping guidebook for NSW | www.wildwalks.com |
| Short Walks - short walks in NSW | http://short-walks.com.au |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| New South Wales National Parks & Wildlife Service | www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nationalparks.htm |
Tasmania
| Wild Tiger Resource Pages | www.wildtiger.biz |
| Get Moving Tasmania | www.getmoving.tas.gov.au |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Services | www1.parks.tas.gov.au |
Queensland
| Outdoors Queensland | www.qorf.org.au |
| Lamington National Park | http://lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/mainmenu.html |
| Queensland Rogaining Assn | www.qldrogaine.asn.au/qraonline |
| Dave Haliczers Bushwalking Pages | www.geocities.com/qld_bwc |
| Federation Mountain Rescue | www.geocities.com/fmrqld |
| National Parks Association of Queensland | www.npaq.org.au |
| Government | |
|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Agency | www.epa.qld.gov.au |