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    • Whitewater rafting on the Derwent River
    • Skyline traverse of the Hazards
    • Walls of Jerusalem paddling
    • Canyoneering machinery creek
    • Southern Cave Rescue Exercise
    • Canyoneering around Cradle Mountain
    • Walking the Overland Track
    • Abseiling/packrafting mission to an underground lake
    • Hellyer + Arthur River Rafting Trip
    • Three days rafting deep into the Tarkine
    • Slaughterhouse Pot Caving Trip
    • Packrafting the Alum Cliffs
    • Walking the Freycinet Circuit
    • Conquering the Crossing Gorge
    • Franklin River, walking out via Frenchmans Cap
    • Pack rafting the Gordon Gorge
    • Climbing Frenchmans Cap
  • Articles
    • Beginner guides (what to bring) →
      • What to bring Bushwalking in Tasmania?
      • What to bring on your first rafting trip?
    • Rivers →
      • The Weld (Southwest Tasmania)
    • Canyons →
      • Machinery Creek Canyon
    • Travel →
      • Tagging along for a temple tour
      • Bangkok Chinatown
      • The rat race of Bangkok
      • Learning to freedive
      • Onwards to Ubud
      • Bali workmanship and art
      • Working out and flying to Bali
      • Bogor Indonesia and plan B
      • Buying a bike
      • Trying new fruit
      • Jakarta’s hovels, rubbish and infrastructure
      • The Jakarta Protest
      • Jumping ahead to Paris
      • On the Road!
      • Onwards to Indonesia!
      • Snails and Paris at night
      • A plan of action
      • Experiencing Venice and its mosquitoes
      • Meeting up with family?
      • Austrian Doctors and arriving in Venice
      • Balik Ekmek and exploring Istanbul
      • Mosques and parkour in Istanbul
      • Late night flights and arriving in Istanbul
      • Final days in China
      • A return to Xi’an
      • The obligatory panda experience
      • Sichuan cooking class and the streets of Chengdu
      • Craft, street food and grocery confusion
      • Guilin’s coloured lights
      • Rice terraces and dumpling skills
      • Reliving childhood memories
      • Arriving in Guilin
      • Guilin from above
      • Fake Market and the art of haggling
      • Introduction to hotpot
      • The Bund at night
      • Welcome to Shanghai
      • The highest I’ve ever been…
      • Very cheap books
      • Kittens and climbing
      • Catching up with old friends
      • The Summer Palace
      • Bugs in Beijing
      • Power lines in China
      • The best mandarin I’ve ever eaten
      • Off to a flying start! (Well not really…)
      • Lists for my lists…
      • Blackening stuff…
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Beginner guides (what to bring)

  • Group of people wearing whitewater rafting gear

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    What to bring on your first rafting trip?

  • A big group of walkers all kitted out with appropriate gear for the conditions

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    What to bring Bushwalking in Tasmania?

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