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There's no greater companion in the outdoors than a well-written book. Read stories from outdoor enthusiasts all over the world with our range of books, magazines and autobiographies covering a range of topics from fly fishing to alpine thru-hiking and 4-wheel driving.
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Yosemite in the Fifties: The Iron Age
PatagoniaBy delving into the narratives of the climbers from that era and featuring meticulously restored photographs, "Yosemite in the Fifties" provides a ...
View full detailsKosciuszko - A Great National Park
Tabletop PressKosciusko A Great national Park by Deirdre Slattery and Graeme Worboys is a powerful and engrossing book that tells the important story of Kosciusk...
View full detailsUnexpected - 30 years of Patagonia Catalog Photography
PatagoniaPublished by Patagonia, Unexpected: 30 Years of Patagonia Catalog Photography is a compendium of the 100-plus most compelling photos Patagonia has...
View full detailsA Mountaineer's Life
PatagoniaAt the youthful age of ninety-one, Allen Steck shares and contemplates a life that has witnessed nearly the entire history of climbing. These are n...
View full detailsBirds Of Canberra And The High Country
Tabletop PressSharpen up your bird knowledge! Birds of Canberra and the High Country is an informative and comprehensive guidebook exploring the diverse avian sp...
View full details4WD Treks Of The High Country - 26 Best Tours
Tabletop Press4WD Treks of the High Country will take readers through twenty-six of the best four-wheel drive touring destinations in the Victorian and New Sou...
View full detailsThe Fisherman's Son: The Spirit Of Ramon Navarro
PatagoniaRamon Alejandro Navarro Rojas, hailing from a family of fishermen spanning nine generations, possesses an intimate knowledge of the sea. Nonetheles...
View full detailsThe High Country Victoria Atlas & Guide - Hema Maps 3rd Edition
ABC MapsAn outdoor guidebook for discovering the Victorian High Country, featuring the Top 30 4WD Trips as explored by Ron & Viv Moon. Also included is...
View full detailsAlpine Australia - A Celebration of the Australian Alps
Tabletop PressThe perfect coffee table pictorial Featuring over 150 beautiful images of the Australian Alps, the Alpine Australia - A Celebration of the Australi...
View full detailsHigh Country Huts & Homesteads - Craig Lewis & Cathy Savage
ABC MapsA celebration of Australia's Mountain Shelters. An arrangement of the most historic & best-loved shelters in Australia's picturesque high count...
View full detailsA History of Antarctica by Stephen Martin
ABC MapsThe last 50 odd years of involvement with the great southern land has prompted many nations to share their experiences of the grandeur and deprivat...
View full detailsAustralia's Best Trout Flies (Revisited) - Malcom Crosse & Rick Keam
BookA fantastic compilation of Australia's most popular & most useful trout flies. Australia's Best Trout Flies offers more than 20 years of fly fi...
View full detailsAustralian Alps Walking Track by John Chapman (5th Edition)
Tabletop PressA comprehensive guide to walking the Australian Alps Walking Track. The Australian Alps Walking Track leads from Walhalla in Victoria to Canberra, ...
View full detailsThe Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre
PatagoniaThe Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre by Kelly Cordes: Patagonia’s Cerro Torre, considered by many the most beautiful ...
View full detailsAustralia Alps - Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks
Tabletop Press320 pages, full of useful information for those wanting to trek through the Australian Alps The freshly updated guide to Australia Alps - Kosciuszk...
View full detailsInsects of South-Eastern Australia - Roger Farrow
ABC MapsOn a walk through the bush you will uncover an assortment of insects - visiting flowers, patrolling the air, burrowing under bark or even biting yo...
View full detailsSilver Brumby Echoing by Elyne Mitchell
Tabletop PressImmerse yourself in the majestic journey of the Silver Brumby Echoing by Elyne Mitchell. The Silver Brumby Echoing, penned by the talented Elyne...
View full detailsSilver Brumby Kingdom by Elyne Mitchell
Tabletop PressGet lost in the world of the Silver Brumby Kingdom by Elyne Mitchell. The Silver Brumby Kingdom by Elyne Mitchell is a collection of enchanting sto...
View full detailsSilver Brumby Centenary Edition by Elyne Mitchell
Tabletop PressCelebrate the beauty of the Australian wilderness with the Silver Brumby Centenary Edition by Elyne Mitchell. The Silver Brumby Centenary Edition b...
View full detailsSkiing the Western Faces Kosciusko
Tabletop PressFor six months of the year, the slopes of Mount Kosciusko and the other peaks of the Main Range are covered in snow. The author Alan Andrews has ta...
View full detailsKosciusko - The Mountain in History
Tabletop PressAuthor Alan E.J Andrews has set about to write a feast for all Kosciusko lovers. Whether your love is skiing, bushwalking, history of the mountains...
View full detailsKosciuszko Alpine Flora
Tabletop PressAround Kosciusko, Australia's highest mountain, lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area so strikingly different from other alpine ecosystems of the w...
View full detailsNew Zealand's Great Walks - The Complete Guide
ABC MapsThe ultimate guide covering the best tracks in New Zealand. New Zealand's hiking tracks are truly world-class. The Complete Guide walks you throu...
View full detailsWoodland Flora Southern Tablelands (NSW and ACT)
Tabletop PressScrub up on the scrub in the Southern Tablelands. Woodland Flora Southern Tablelands (NSW and ACT) is an invaluable resource for nature enthusiasts...
View full detailsPatagonia - Tools for Grassroots Activists (paperback)
PatagoniaFor more than two decades, Patagonia has been the host of the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference, a platform where seasoned experts deliver ...
View full detailsSnowy - The Making Of Modern Australia [Brad Collis]
Tabletop PressTo this day, the construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme still remains one of the world's greatest engineering achievements and a significant pa...
View full detailsThe Imperiled Cutthroat: Tracing The Fate Of Yellowstone's Native Trout By Greg French
PatagoniaThrough this book, Patagonia has been able to work with a renowned Australian fishing writer Greg French. Grey French gives a sparkling first-hand ...
View full detailsTraining for the new alpinism - A manual for the climber as athlete
PatagoniaTraining for the New Alpinism translates theory into application to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Steve House, one of t...
View full details180 Degrees South - Conquerors of the Useless
PatagoniaAn in-depth look at the motivations and sensibilities of the people on both sides of the camera of the 180° South film. Chris Malloy and Jeff Johns...
View full detailsThe New Alpinism Training Log
PatagoniaMeant to go hand-in-hand with Steve House and Scott Johnston's groundbreaking Training for the New Alpinism, The New Alpinism Training Log is a goa...
View full detailsTracking Gobi Grizzlies
PatagoniaIn the tradition of Douglas Chadwick's best selling adventure memoir, The Wolverine Way, Tracking Gobi Grizzlies creates a portrait of these rarest...
View full detailsRainforest and Ravished Snow
Tabletop PressThe coastal land of NSW with the Great Dividing Range which presses upon it from the west, contains some of the most beautiful country on earth. Ce...
View full detailsThe Snowy: A History
Tabletop PressThis classic work is the best word on the extraordinary human, industrial, multicultural and social event that was the Snowy River Scheme. The tale...
View full detailsWild Food Plants of Australia
Tabletop PressWild Foods and Plants of Australia by Tim Low is a precise and convenient quick reference guide for use in the field. Tim has produced a guide that...
View full detailsField Guide to the Fungi of Australia - Tony Young
Tabletop PressA Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia is written by Tony Young who is regarded as one of the foremost experts on Australian fungi, especially tox...
View full detailsPlants of the Victorian High Country (2nd Edition) - John Murphy and Bill Dowling
Tabletop PressPlant's of the Victorian High Country by Murphy and Dowling allows walkers with very little botanical knowledge to identify plants that they are li...
View full detailsMountain Landscapes and Historic Huts
Tabletop PressA time capsule of the High Country Huts in Namadgi, Kosciuszko, Victorian Alps, and Tasmania. Author Klaus Hueneke has created this book to gives h...
View full detailsClimbing Fitz Roy 1968
PatagoniaWhile San Francisco raved through the summer of love, three rock climbers, a skier and a filmmaker struck out on their own journey. The goal was th...
View full detailsLarapinta Trail by John Chapman (3rd Edition)
ABC MapsA complete guide to one of Australia's most famous trails. Spanning 223km across the Northern Territory is the Larapinta Trail. John and Monica Cha...
View full detailsHuts of the High Country
Tabletop PressEvocative words and dramatic photos capture the charm and character of over 100 huts and homesteads scattered throughout the Snowy Mountains of NSW...
View full detailsThe Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds
New Holland PublishersGet lost in hours upon hours of bird-watching fun. The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds is a complete guide for the bird watchers and bird en...
View full detailsDay Walking in Victoria - Chapman & Siseman
Tabletop PressExplore Victoria with this detailed 192-page booklet Including 129 colour photographs, 40 topographic maps and a total of 96 walk variations you ca...
View full detailsKey Guide to Australian Trees - Leonard Cronin
Tabletop PressCronin's Key Guide to Australian Trees has been written by Leonard Cronin who has spent the last 30 years studying and writing about Australia's fl...
View full detailsKey Guide to Australian Wildflowers - Leonard Cronin
Tabletop PressLeonard Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers is a field guide for travellers and a reference book for the home library. Leonard spent 30 ye...
View full detailsAustralian Trout Food, Trout Flies & How To Fish With Them - Rob Flower
ABC MapsRob Flower demonstrates how to select a fly that best resembles a trout's food supply. The seasonal feeding cycle of a trout is explained and insec...
View full detailsTake A Walk: In Kosciuszko National Park by John & Lyn Daly
ABC MapsGet lost in Kosciuszko National Park (not literally). Take A Walk guides you through the challenging and breathtaking Kosciuszko National Park. Exp...
View full detailsThe Voyage Of The Cormorant
PatagoniaIn a time dominated by exaggerated "adventure" narratives, where social media overshadows genuine personal development, Christian Beamish's The Voy...
View full detailsTake A Walk: Southern NSW and the ACT by John & Lyn Daly
ABC MapsThis guide will put you on the right track to explore some of the best walks southern New South Wales and the ACT have to offer. Detailed walk desc...
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