I have just returned from a trip to Australia and I am planning on returning in October for a walking holiday, so I thought it would be interesting to log my 3 favourite Australia walking holidays from the research I have done to date.
I have put a summary of each trip below, but for anyone interested in reading more I will be publishing a separate article for each with the detailed routes, suggested timings, places of interest and hopefully some advice for each route.
My favourites:
No 1 – Great Ocean Walk, Australia. This walk covers 104km in 6 days and follows the path of the famous Great Ocean Road, from Apollo Bay to the 12-Apostles.
The whole …

Firstly let’s talk about Porters. Most people trekking in tour groups, or treks organised by tour operators will be offered a Porter and I see quite a few people’s faces screw up when asked if they want one. Now the one thing I need to ask you is if you are not training for some marathon trekking expedition, why wouldn’t you use a Porter? Firstly, it is giving somebody a job that otherwise may not be able to feed their family more than a bowl of rice that week, and secondly isn’t it your holiday? So why are you putting yourself through hell!
Being a trekking guide myself for many years, I have witnessed many trekkers …