On this page:
- A Guide to Better Bushwalking (South Australia)
- Walksafe (Victoria)
A Guide to Better Bushwalking
A Guide to Better Bushwalking is published by Bushwalking Leadership SA to help bushwalkers identify and address safety issues to consider.
Get some basic facts & information together so you can get outdoors and get involved in better bushwalking. Some of the best wild places are well off the beaten track, and a long way from help. So it is useful to be prepared before you go.
Topics covered include:
- When do I go?
- Where do I go?
- How long am I going for?
- Who do I tell?
- Who do I walk with?
- Where do I get water?
- What do I carry?
- What can I eat?
- How do I use a map?
- Who is responsible?
- Environmental considerations
- What about the weather?
- If all goes wrong…
Walksafe
Walksafe is published by Bushwalking Victoria as a set of guidelines for the inexperienced bushwalker and as a reminder to the more experienced of practices for safe and responsible walking in the bush.
Walksafe means advance planning of the:
- group
- route
- clothing
- equipment
- food
- water
Walksafe means using commonsense with:
- bushcraft
- camping
- minor mishaps
but, in the unlikely event of:
- becoming lost
- becoming separated
- major accident
- extreme heat
- extreme cold
- snakebite
- electrical storm/bushfire
- flooded river