SITE CONTENTS

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• Home. Our home page. Entry to the site.
• Who, what, where? This gives links to the pages telling you the absolute minimum you need to know before doing one of our trips.
• About Us. Tells who we are and gives a bit of our history.
• Bushwalking Holidays. Brief description of what our bushwalking holidays are.
• What is Bushwalking? Brief description of what bushwalking is. Contains a link to a list of Australian and overseas bushwalking clubs and organisations.
• Is it for you? Brief description of the kind of person who might enjoy our tours. Links to the following
• What you get. Brief description of what you get on our tours.
• What is expected of you. Brief description of what is expected of all participants in our tours.
• How hard are the trips? Describes how fit you need to be to do any of the trips. Detailed description of the different difficulty levels we use to describe the trips. Links to
• Terrain and Difficulty. A more detailed discussion with lots of photos showing just what we mean by "rockhopping".
• Climate. More detailed information about our climate.
• How heavy a pack? Detailed information about how to minimise your pack weight and maximise your comfort. Applicable wherever you may walk, not just on our trips.
• Responsible bushwalking. Our code of ethics.
• Bushwalking Guide. Detailed description of the contents of the Bushwalking Guide we give to all those who book a trip.
• Where we are. Map of where we are in relation to southeast Asia and the rest of Australia. Links to the regions and to
• Comparison Map. This map shows north Australia overlaid on a map of Europe so that you can get an idea of the distances involved.
• Getting here. Complete information about how to get to our departure points and links to the airlines and bus companies that serve them.
• Site Navigation. This is the page you are looking at.
  • Site Naviagtion PDF. This is a printable version of this page describing in detail how to find what you might want.
• Regions. Map of where we are in relation to southeast Asia and the rest of Australia. Links to
• How does Australia measure up? This is a map of our part of Australia overlaid on a map of Europe to show how far apart places here are.
• Top End and Kakadu. Map of the northern part of the Northern Territory and the parks we visit. This page also contains a description of our weather and links to information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It also links to a page describing walking in the wet season and to
• Kakadu. A map of Kakadu and a brief description of the park. It contains links to pages describing the escarpment country and the upper South Alligator Valley. The latter contains links to a number of other sites and our page describing Budjalung or "sickness" country.
  It also links to the three types of Kakadu trips we offer: Circle Trips, Family Trips and Highlights Trips. The latter links to pages describing each of the areas we visit on our Highlights trips: Baroalba Creek and Hill 420; Graveside ; Motorcar, Kurrundie and Dinner Creeks; Koolpin Creek; the Twin to Jim Jim loop; Twin Falls, Jim Jim Falls and the Rainforest Gorge; Barramundi and Waterfall Creeks and Yellow Waters, Ubirr and the Mary River.
• Other Top End Areas. Map of the Top End with links to
• Nitmiluk. A large park containing Katherine Gorge. Many of our walks here include a visit to the Manyallaluk Aboriginal Community and a walk with an Aboriginal guide.
• Arnhem Land. This page gives a brief description of a three week walk we hope to offer again at some point in the future.
• Gregory. A large park divided into two sections by the Aboriginal owned Stokes Range. Some of the gorges are among the most spectacular we visit on any of our trips. Some of our trips take place entirely in the park, some almost entirely in the Stokes Range and some are a mix of both. This page lings to a Gregory Photo Gallery page.
• Litchfield. Litchfield is a popular park not far from Darwin. Our walks take place mainly in the undeveloped southern section.
• Red Centre. Map of the northern part of the Northern Territory and the parks we visit. This page also contains a description of the weather and links to information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It also links to a other websites which give additional information about the region and our own pages about the areas we visit.
• West Macdonnells Easy access to the long, narrow and spectacular West Macdonnells National Park makes our walks in this area the least expensive of our Red Centre trips.
• East Macdonnells Less well known than the West Macdonnells, the East Macdonnells offer a variety of excellent bushwalks, some easy, some moderately difficult.
• Watarrka Watarrka National Park is the largest in the Red Centre. Our walks go far beyond the popular Kings Canyon to show you spectacular scenery the average tourist can never see.
• Finke Gorge The Finke River is the oldest watercourse in the world. On our trips we follow one of the best 4WD tracks in Australia and do a number of one to four day walks to particularly interesting areas.
• Kimberley. Map of the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the places we visit. This page also contains a description of the weather and links to information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It also links to a page describing walking in the wet season, to the Western Australia Tourism site and to a page which links to all the Kimberley areas where we operate.
• Kimberley Coast One of the most spectacular coastlines in Australia. Site of our longest and most ambitious trip, divided into sections any of which can be done on its own.
• Mitchell Plateau One of our most popular Kimberley destinatins, site of two new (2001) NationalParks and two new botanical reserves.
• Isdell River One of the longest and least known rivers in the Kimberley. We offer a variety of trips to different sections of the river and its surrounds. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Drysdale River Drysdale River is the largest and least accessible national park in the region. One of the best areas to look at Aboriginal rock paintings. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Carr Boyd Range Spectacular gorges and beautiful pools in a wonderful area just outside Kununurra. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Keep River. The rugged rock formations of the Keep River National Park lie just inside the NT border. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Gibb Road Gorges. Our Gibb River Road trips offer a great combination of short walks, well beyond the areas visited on the 4WD tours. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Cockburn Range A rugged range near Wyndham where hidden pools lie waiting for those who make the offort to explore them. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Ord River We do a leisurely canoe paddle down the river, stopping to do a number of short walks along the way.
• The Charnley River and the Munja track. Relatively easy walking in one of the most remote and spectacular parts of the Kimberley. This page links to a photo gallery.
• Purnululu Purnululu National Park contains the famous Bungle Bungles. We spend a week or more exploring the depths of the range.This page links to a photo gallery.
• Pilbara Brief description of our walks in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This page also contains a description of the local weather and links to information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and to local tourist information.
• Overseas Brief description of the kinds of trips we do outside Australia with links to the three regions where we offer tours. All are based on pack on your back bushwalking.
• South America
• Canadian Arctic
• Southern Africa
• Tour List. Click the + next to this to get the links to the different lists. Every tour listed in red can be clicked for more information. Some are PDF files which you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open. If you click the abbreviation box on the tour lists, you will get detailed descriptions of what the symbols next to each tour mean.
• Discounts This page shows the different discounts we offer. People who book and pay well in advance get up to 20% off.
• Kakadu and the Top End This page lists all our tours in Kakadu and the Top End.
• Red Centre This page lists all our tours in the Red Centre.
• Kimberley & Pilbara This page lists all our tours in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.
• Bookings This page tells you how to book and gives details of our cancellation fees.
• Codes The gives the meanings of codes next to the trips in the trip lists
• Level of Difficulty explains how we work out the level of difficulty for different trips.
• PDF Trip Notes List This gives you links to the printable trip notes for each and every trip we offer.
• Featured Tours. Click the + next to this to get show the tours we have featured. Click the tour for special information which may include special discounts from time to time. The featured tours change from time to time.
• Walkabouts Newsletter. Miscellaneous stories.
  Click the plus at the right to get to links to the two latest newsletters plus previous editions of our old web magazine.
• Trip Reports. Links to a number of stories our clients have written about their trips.
• What's New? Lists the most recent additions and updates to the website.
• Tour Availability Update Shows what tours have space available as of a particular date.
• Help. This gives information about the various buttons. Click the + next to this to get to
• Frequently Asked Questions This page lists and gives answers to a number of questions people often ask about our trips.
• Contact Us This gets you to a form to fill in to email us to ask for a brochure, request trip notes or ask questions.