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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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Stopping the Crash • People power is helping save takayna/Tarkine. Can it help save the planet?

Boxes Under the Bed • Digging out old gear, memories and versions of me.

Dream On • Behind every inspired adventure is an inspired vision.

Return of the Big Three • Hitting the trail with a UL pack, shelter and sleep system.

Wild’s Green Pages • A selection of environmental news briefs from around the country

Rewilding Australia Species by Species • The biggest rewilding project in Australian history is reintroducing locally extinct mammal species to South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.

A Threatened Icon • The snow gum, the iconic tree of the Australian high country, is at risk. Fires and dieback, both related to climate change, pose existential threats to its widespread survival.

Worth Fighting For • People from all walks of life are working to save the Tarkine. Fiona Howie met with six of them to discover their backstories.

On the Spirit of Adventure • While the rewards of adventure are great, they do not come without risks.

Topos. Graphein. • A topographic map, writes Caro Ryan, is a land of stories.

Singing Cowboys & TOXIC TENTS • Cameron Muir investigates the byzantine history of flame retardants in tents. It’s a story of interconnectedness, unintended consequences, intentional misinformation, and the prioritising of corporate profits over consumers’ interests.

Once in a Lifetime • Pink flannel flowers have not bloomed in NSW’s Blue Mountains since 1957. Until 2021, that is, when a combination of fires and flooding rains, likely exacerbated by climate change, caused them to flower again.

Wes Moule • Food dropper. Wilderness guide. Conservationist. Activist. Legend.

The PEOPLE of the TRAIL • Walking the Overland Track, Joseph Friedman discovered one of the outdoors’ true joys: those you meet along the way.

What do we mean when we talk about WILDERNESS? • To protect wilderness, you first have to know what wilderness is. But pinning down the concept to create a workable definition can prove surprisingly difficult. In this must-read piece, wilderness researchers Martin Hawes and Grant Dixon explain the theory, and offer a robust solution.

Nine Reasons Why • On a trip with friends and his wife to Mount Kaputar, Ryan Hansen begins thinking about people's motivations for heading into the outdoors.

[ Photo Essay ] AROUND THE LAND GLOWING OF SKIES • A circumnavigation of Rakiura (Stewart Island) is one of New Zealand’s finest sea-kayaking trips. But it’s not merely the adventure that makes the trip special; for Blake Hornblow—naturalist, kayaking guide and assistant research scientist based in Dunedin—the draw lies equally in Rakiura’s stunning ecology.

Deep in the Colo • An experienced kayaker but packrafting neophyte, Johannes Hendriks heads deep into the Wollemi Wilderness to tackle the wild Colo River. And in doing so, he finds something he feared he’d lost forever.

CANYONING IN VICTORIA • Authors of a new guidebook outline the surprisingly varied canyoning options in the southern state

WALKING THE COASTLINE OF Fitzgerald River...