Wild Magazine

Since 1981, Wild Magazine has been the inspiring voice of the Australian outdoors, and a passionate defender of its wild places. With stunning photography and crafted, well-written tales of adventure, conservation, and the outdoor life, Wild tells stories that matter.

Wild #189, Spring 2023 is going to be an awesome issue. For starters, check out that cover! Adventure may be synonymous with the outdoors, but the real game is not so
much outside us as within, especially when it comes to fear. In our cover story, Blue Mountains climbing guide Anzhela Malysheva tackles the subject head on, and gives fear itself a lyrical, thoughtful and brave appraisal. On the subject of overcoming fear, there’s also this issue’s profile. Titled ‘Doing it Scared Together’, it’s a look at Melinda Oogjes and Paul Pritchard. Readers might remember Paul, who became a hemiplegic after a climbing
injury, from the beautiful piece he wrote in Wild a few issues back. Well, this piece is just as beautiful, only this time it’s not written by him, nor is it only about him; instead it’s a profile on his relationship with his loving partner Melinda. It’s a moving, touching piece, one I’m sure readers will enjoy.

Wild #187 is finally here, full of Australia’s best adventure, conservation, and wilderness opinion writing. In this issue, we have stories from Caro Ryan, who gives us a fictional account of how a search and rescue might typically unfold; from John Chapman, who has discovered a new hike within California's Sierra Nevada; and from photographer David Nielson, who has shared with us a wild photo essay chosen from his book Chasing the Mountain Light, capturing his trips and adventures to the furthest corners of the planet.
We’ve also got packrafting Tasmania's west coast, canyoning ethics, a wild 12-day ski trip in Sweden's far north, great walks and hikes along Western Australia's coral coast, a piece discussing the threat of climate change destroying the hard work of Australians campaigning to protect our national parks, an opinion piece on going solo in the bush, and so much more.

Wild #185 is finally here, and as usual, it's full of Australia’s best adventure, conservation and wilderness opinion writing. In this issue, we have stories from Dr Jennifer Sanger, who argues that Tasmania’s native forests offer a real climate solution; from Majell Backhausen, who traversed Victoria’s proposed Great Forests National Park; and from photographer Matthew Newton, whose powerful photo essay documents two decades of Tasmanian forest activism.
We’ve also got mountain biking on lost trails around NSW’s Kangaroo Valley, climbing
Tasmania’s Mt Ida, paddling Victoria’s Caledonia River, skiing NZ’s Mt Tasman, hiking
around Cradle Mountain, an introduction to the Aussie success story that is rogaining, and so much more.

Wild #184 is the biggest issue ever in its 41-year history: 164 pages of the best adventure, conservation and wilderness opinion writing that Australia has to offer. We celebrate the arrival of winter adventures with Steve Leeder, Shaun Mittwollen writes on snow hunting in Tasmania, and Nat Walkom on Blue Lake Ice Climbing.

We’ve also got the best trails in Queensland’s Scenic Rim, features about the Top End’s Jatbula Trail, Paul Pritchard, Ryan Hansen and Hanny Alston. There’s plenty to think about with Rob Blaker’s feature on Huon pines in Tasmania’s threatened Tarkine, stories on restoring the Daintree and an extended essay by Catherine Lawson in defense of keeping the wilds open for all.