#bushwalking — Public Fediverse posts

Discover Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Wildlife, ancient Ngunnawal culture, pioneer heritage, and 24+ walking trails just 45 minutes from Canberra.

#hiking #adventure #bushwalking #hikingaustralia #trailhikingaustralia #outdoors #hikeaustralia
https://www.trailhiking.com.au/featured-parks/tidbinbilla-nature-reserve/?fsp_sid=21057

Echo Point to Leura Forest via Three Sisters and Giant Stairs loop is a 3.8km, grade 4 hike located in Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales. The hike should take around 1.5 hours to complete.

#hiking #adventure #bushwalking #hikingaustralia #trailhikingaustralia #outdoors #hikeaustralia
https://www.trailhiking.com.au/hikes/echo-point-to-leura-forest-via-three-sisters-and-giant-stairs-loop/?fsp_sid=21049

Think Before You Geotag Your Hikes

Is Instagram killing the outdoors? Discover why rethinking geotags can protect our trails. Learn how to share hiking photos responsibly and Leave No Trace online.

#hiking #adventure #bushwalking #hikingaustralia #trailhikingaustralia #outdoors #hikeaustralia
https://www.trailhiking.com.au/blog/think-before-you-geotag-your-hikes/?fsp_sid=21010

I've been #bushwalking off-path lately and enjoying how I've needed to renounce #conditioning to do so: in #Australia there is almost a taboo against leaving the ordained path, and the state is the church in this sense.

Going off-path in the backyards of some large properties I've had the fortune to live on means I get to traverse passages of land that are inhabited more by animal-animals than by humanimals and it feels ... different, nice. 1/n 🧵

I've been #bushwalking off-path lately and enjoying how I've needed to renounce #conditioning to do so: in #Australia there is almost a taboo against leaving the ordained path, and the state is the church in this sense.

Going off-path in the backyards of some large properties I've had the fortune to live on means I get to traverse passages of land that are inhabited more by animal-animals than by humanimals and it feels ... different, nice. 1/n 🧵

I've been #bushwalking off-path lately and enjoying how I've needed to renounce #conditioning to do so: in #Australia there is almost a taboo against leaving the ordained path, and the state is the church in this sense.

Going off-path in the backyards of some large properties I've had the fortune to live on means I get to traverse passages of land that are inhabited more by animal-animals than by humanimals and it feels ... different, nice. 1/n 🧵

I've been #bushwalking off-path lately and enjoying how I've needed to renounce #conditioning to do so: in #Australia there is almost a taboo against leaving the ordained path, and the state is the church in this sense.

Going off-path in the backyards of some large properties I've had the fortune to live on means I get to traverse passages of land that are inhabited more by animal-animals than by humanimals and it feels ... different, nice. 1/n 🧵

I am posting this with a photo because I want to put my face on this ~ compared with the idea of “saving face”. 🧵 5/5

#meditation #dharma #nature #mindfulness #walking #hiking #bushwalking #yatra #writing #philosophy #essays #chanda #Buddhism

I am on a mission to become a meditation-monk and dharma-scholar who takes individuals and groups on nature-immersion walking pilgrimages to reconnect with themselves, with the dharma, and with meditation. These are called yatra. 🧵 1/5

#meditation #dharma #nature #mindfulness #walking #hiking #bushwalking #yatra #writing #philosophy #essays #chanda #Buddhism

#NakedHiking #Hiking #Bushwalking #NudeHiking #Naturism #NormalNudity #NonSexualNudity #Naturist #NudeIsNotRude #BodyPositive #Nude #Naked #Freedom #NaturalHumanBeing #Natural #NaturalNudity #FKK #Liberation #NoClothes #ClothesFreeLiving #TextileFree

Are Australia's 4WD enthusiasts wrecking the bush?
From bushwalking to ALL TERRAIN driving in the bush

"4WD touring is booming and it's putting unprecedented pressure on the bush. The increased traffic is also degrading many of the tracks...Many of the tracks are historical — initially built for logging, gold mining or firebreaks — and are not designed for four-wheel driving. These tracks proliferate, they very rarely disappear."

"Something bogs up, drivers go round it, and it gets bigger, damages vegetation and spreads weeds and pests...The rules for four-wheel drives are the same whether you're in a national park or in a state forest, you're supposed to drive them on a road. You're not supposed to drive them around in the bush, willy nilly."

"Seasonal closures can also protect areas at risk of degradation.The spokesperson says 181 infringements totalling more than $60,000 were given to people caught driving cars or riding trail bikes illegally off-road or in restricted areas last year."

Déjà vu of SUVs being washed in a perennial stream (Orara River) on the eastern slopes of the Dorrigo Plateau and nappies deposited on river rocks.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-13/4wd-tracks-see-boom-in-drivers-damaging-landscape-high-country/104049400
#conservation #NPs #TheBush #NSW #TheDrive #Bellingen #Orara #rivers #NeverNever #SUVs #ATV #OffRoad #DomesticTourism #rubbish #weeds #toilets #degradation #car #culture #regulation #bushwalking #biodiversity #habitat #climate

Just back from a bucket-list hike along the Thorsborne trail, Hinchinbrook Island in far north Queensland. A moderately challenging 4 days - the main challenges being rock hopping and a few river crossings. Absolutely spectacular and with brilliant waterfall-fed swimming holes along the way. 10/10 would recommend. Saw no crocodiles. Which was a good thing given the river crossings. #hiking #bushwalking #straya #FNQ

A peculiar brain event has led me to the conclusion that I need a Personal Locator Beacon #PLB sooner rather than later. (I've been stupidly putting it off or taking too long to think it through.)

Have you used one in reality? Know anyone who did? Do you carry one routinely? Does it get in the way? What model do you have, do you wish you had?

#personalLocatorBeacon #bushWalking #emergencyKit