Before You Walk - Essential Bushwalking Guide

This is the essential guide to wilderness survival in Tasmania - both your survival in the wilderness and the survival of the wilderness as you walk through it. If Tasmania's national parks and reserves are to remain some of the world's great bushwalking areas a lot depends on you!

The information is aimed at bushwalkers (hikers) who intend to camp out overnight. It won't tell you everything you'll need to know but it will tell you the basics - what to take, what situations you'll need to be prepared for and where to go for more detailed information.

Contents

• Wilderness survival
• Before you go
• When to go
• Where to go
• What it costs
• Other Safety Information
• Take Special Care
• First Aid