Adventurous Walks of the Southwest project

Since starting the project in April 2018, we have initial walk summaries including maps and GPS files for around thirty excellent walk possibilities in the SW Region (see map and list). These walks visit at least 18 national parks ranging from Wellington National Park in the north (near Collie) to the various NPs along the SW and southern coast. As most of the suggested routes are new or substantially changed from previous ones in the areas, such as those in the 1985 “Forests on Foot” book, they need testing.

Several of the new walk routes across the South West have already been posted onto local bushwalking website WalkGPS with limited access.  WalkGPS is partnering with HikeWest on this project by initiating test routes, conducting ‘recces’, generating GPS files, gathering photos, preparing maps & walk descriptions, and using the WalkGPS website to enable the walks to be posted easily online. The Crooked Brook Forest Walk uploaded in January 2020 is an example of the walk information becoming available from the project.

Further new walk descriptions will be posted by WalkGPS during 2020. Access to most of these will initially be limited to WalkGPS subscribers only. But in the near future Individual HikeWest Members will be given special access to all WalkGPS walk pages as a recognition of their support of HikeWest’s voluntary efforts for bushwalking/hiking in WA.

If you are keen to contribute to testing the walks or to providing information about these or other walks from your own past experience in some of the areas, do contact us now!