Bushwalking
Guide
Books to Australia
This page describes all of the bushwalking guide books, for
overnight bushwalks, that I have found on sale
in Australia. There are also many other guide books for one day
walks available (not listed here) - some day walk books do appear
in the list if they also include a few overnight trips. Most books
are only available locally and can be hard to buy. If you are
after any of these books, a good place to start is the specialised
map and guide book shops - one general starting point are the
book sellers on my external
links page. Another good source are the bushwalking shops
in the state or region close to the walks. There are many, many
such shops in Australia, at least 140.
This page is a
free listing for
walking guide books - most authors and publishers are not very good
at advertising their books. If you know of any others not listed
here, then send me some email with details and where it can be
obtained. I will obtain a copy and add it to this list - of course
I reserve the right to make my own personal comments about each
guide. Note that many books only ever had one edition and are now
out-of-print. My guess is that many authors gave up when they
discovered they did not make
their fortune which is no surprise to me as walking guides only sell
slowly, 200 to 400 copies per year is a common everage for walking
guides! The only source for out-of-print books are libraries or second
hand book shops.
Snail Mail Address
John Chapman, PO Box 5042, Laburnum, 3130, Australia
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Last updated : December 5th 2015