Bushwalking related books by other authors

Australian - Non Fiction

• The Ways of the Bushwalker: On foot in Australia , Melissa Harper, UNSW press, 2007 - A lively and well researched history of bushwalking in Australia traces its origins and motivations from first settlement through to the current city dweller bushwalking adventurer. The last chapter covers the issues relevant to current-day bushwalkers.
  
  
• Myles and Milo, Peter Meredith, Allen & Unwin - As well as a biography of the father and son legends in conservation, this is a fascinating insight into the history of bushwalking in the Sydney region.
  
  
• Wild Places, Peter Prineas & Henry Gold, Colong Foundation - A classic book which has been recently reprinted in its second edition. It celebrates the remarkable wilderness areas in eastern New South Wales.
  
  
• Colo Wilderness, Henry Gold & Peter Prineas, Kalianna Press - The classic text on the Colo Wilderness. Out of print, but copies may be available second hand. Great black-and-white photos and fascinating text describing Wollemi National Park.
  
  
• The Wollemi Pine, James Woodford - An excellent and fascinating book about the Wollemi Pines and the scientific story behind them. Great story telling including a description of a visit to the lush, secluded canyon where they were found.
  
  
• Tracks, Scats, and Other Traces, Barbara Triggs, 1996 - A great guidebook for identifying animals tracks and other evidence of their presence.
  
  
• The Explorers, Tim Flannery, Text Publishing - A great compilation of accounts by explorers of their journeys in and around Australia over the past 400 years.
  
  
• Back from the Brink, Andy Macqueen, 1997 - A fascinating book on the history of exploration, bushwalking, and conservation in the Blue Gum Forest and the Grose River Wilderness.
  
  
• The Secret Life of Wombats, James Woodford - The story of "wombat boy", the school boy who climbed down wombat burrows to investigate how they lived. Also an exploration of the species of wombats - living, extinct, and nearly extinct. Fascinating reading.
  
  
• Blue Mountains Dreaming, Eugene Stockton, 1993 - an invaluable resource for those interested in Aboriginal culture, rock art and sites in the Blue Mountains.
  
  
• Memo for a saner world, Bob Brown, 2004 - a great book about conservation and where the world is headed if not enough attention is paid to the environment. Filled with interesting annecdotes from Brown's life as an activist and politician in the Greens party.
  
  
• Alone Across Australia, Jon Muir, 2003 - an interesting account of Muir's epic south-to-north walk across the vast continent of Australia. (Similar to Burke and Wills route).
  
  
• Cooper's Creek, Alan Moorehead, c1963 - a very interesting account of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition across Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  
  
• Mr Stuart's Track, John Bailey - unlike Burke and Wills, Stuart was successful in returning from all his explorations and opened up central Australia for the telegraph line.
  
  
• Journals of Australian Land and Sea Explorers and Discoverers (online e-texts)

Aboriginal culture

• Songman: the story of an Aboriginal elder of Uluru, Bob Randall.
• Treading Lightly: The hidden wisdom of the world's oldest people, Karl-Erik Sveiby and tex Skuthorpe.

Australian - Fiction