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THE OVERLAND BOOKby Warwick Sprawson

http://www.overlandguide.com/Printed 2010280 grams368 x 512 mm$19.95

The Overland Track is Australia’s best known bushwalk, for good rea-son. The walk starts at Cradle Mountain and takes around a week to walk to Lake St Clair, in the heart of Tasmania. The book is subtitled “a complete guide to walking, flora, fauna and history” - although I am cheeky in suggesting that no book could be a complete guide to all these things, I must say Warwick takes a good stab at it. If you are interested in botany then this is the perfect guide book, the track notes detail the vegetation you are walking through and points out significant plants along the way. There is also a significant section dedicated to birds, three snakes and some mammals. You will find colour maps (100 metre contour interval) scattered through the notes and a handy larger waterproof fold out map at the back of the book. The history section explores the geology as well as the role of Australian Aboriginal people and early Europeans. The book provides very practical help with information on get-ting to the track, packing lists, walking times and much more. Warwick has squeezed a lot in this book including a good scattering of photos.

Buy Now - available from the author’s website or from the Bushwalk shop

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SIX FOOT TRACKby Matt McClelland & the Wildwalks Team

Okay since I wrote the book is seems silly to try to write a review. The Six Foot Track is most likely NSW most popular overnight walk. It is a historic track that links Katoomba to Jenolan Caves.

The book and the website were created as an experiment by Wild-walks (me), Geoffmallo (Geoff) and lotsafreshair (Caro) in an attempt to develop what ‘best practise’ might look like for a very popular over-night walk. Check out this teaser video, have play with the website and let us know how we can make it better. On the website make sure you check out the videos, maps and emuview. I reckon the book would make a great Christmas present for people in NSW :)

http://www.sixfoottrack.com

$19.95

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