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Psychologist and author of Raising Boys, Steve Biddulph recently posted a statement to his public Facebook page that struck a chord for me. The well-known ‘parent educator’ explained he was ‘in bad shape’ and had decided to step out of the public eye

I had written the dates into my calendar way back in December, just hoping the stars would align, but by early April chances of a lap on the Herbert were looking slim. Paddling mates from down south were non-committal or injured, and a solo mission,

It was not the hidden summit of Schwarzhorn that sucked the moisture from my mouth, leaving my tongue and lips dry. Rather, it was the sight of the ladders. Even this far away, they induced mild panic. There was a string of them reaching improbably s

Well gentlemen", says Todd as the incessant rain ricochets off the fly of our tent. "We can either get up and push on through this muck for the next four days, or we can wait here and call a chopper." The effect is immediate. Without a moment’s hesit

Pausing at the serene summer stillness of Bogong High Plains’s pivotal pole 333 crossroads, it seems paradoxical to invoke the gales, snow and lack of visibility that, at this same location, might have forced the likes of cattlemen, skiers and hikers

The Apsley Gorge is a spectacular and sudden, deep chasm cut into the rolling farmlands of New England, halfway between Tamworth and Port Macquarie in NSW. The gorge is formed immediately as the Apsley River encounters a slanting slate rock band and

We had a problem. Granted, in the pantheon of the world’s problems, the issue confronting us was not severe. But the fact was that it was our final night in the desert after a week of mountain biking, and darkness was now encroaching; with the sun sl

Persisting among a handful of melaleuca and kunzea thickets around Victoria, almost entirely disregarded by humanity, lies a little-known native fungus known as tea-tree fingers. Vaguely resembling some kind of bird dropping, tea-tree fingers are eas

It was almost immediately after the Abbott government came to power in 2013, that the Climate Commission and everyone in it, was kicked to the curb,” said former Chief Commissioner turned Chief Climate Councillor Professor Tim Flannery. However, back

The Northern Territory’s Top End is a region synonymous with ruggedly beautiful landscapes, vast wilderness, diverse flora and fauna and loads of baked, red earth. It’s here, tucked away amidst seemingly endless gently undulating scrubby terrain, tha

It may not be the tallest peak in the region, or even the most recognisable, but Mount Barney is undoubtedly the jewel of the Scenic Rim. The rich history of this craggy massif spans millennia, capturing the attention of indigenous people, colonists,

Taking a pair of boots directly from box to trail probably isn’t the wisest of strategies for breaking in a new pair of boots. When that trail would commence across a muddy paddock, up a steep rocky scree slope, include traversing a rocky ridge and c

If it were not for the Osprey logo and the rugged look of the Osprey Transporter Wheeled, if you turned up to Everest Base Camp with one of these bags, you’d probably get laughed all the way back to Kathamandu. The Transporter Wheeled is not really d

Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia’s founder, got his start as a climber in 1953 as a 14-year-old member of the Southern California Falconry Club. After one of the adult leaders taught the boys how to rappel down the cliffs to the falcon aeries, Yvon and his