Hobart Walking Club Inc.

HWC Publications and Sales

The Circular

lists all the planned Club activities. It is produced monthly and posted or emailed to members.

Safety in the Bush

    The Club publishes Safety in the Bush as a continuing service to new members of the Club and the public. It was first published in 1962 and is now in its Eighth Edition. It is sold in bookshops throughout Tasmania, as well as parts of mainland Australia. It is also available from the Club.(See end of page.)
     The book deals with topics such as clothing and equipment, food, camping techniques, first aid in the bush, and difficulties and dangers. The section on route finding and navigation has been revised, with exercises to make understanding of navigation easier. Some excerpts are given on our page Bush Safety.
    This book is a must for all who walk or travel in isolated areas, especially in Tasmania, but it is also applicable to mainland Australia's mountainous and forested areas.

The Tasmanian Tramp

    The Tasmanian Tramp is the Club magazine and is usually published every second year. Each issue has illustrated articles of general interest to bushwalkers, photographs and sketches, as well as descriptions of walking trips in various parts of Tasmania and sometimes interstate or overseas.
    The latest edition of Tramp, No 37, is available from bookshops and from the Club. (See end of page.)

Back Issues of Tramp

There are limited stocks of some past issues and these are available from the Club together with the Index of Numbers 1 to 16 and the Index of Numbers 17 to 23. At present we have available numbers 21,23,24,25,26,31,34 and 35. More details here.

Minor Publications

1.The Steppes - Life in Tasmania's Lake Country, by Jack Thwaites    (Reprinted from Tramp No 22, 1976). View here.

2. New Club Members may be interested in the two booklets A Record of The 21st to 30th years 1950 -1959 and A Record of Fifty Years 1929 - 1979.

To Buy These


The Tasmanian Tramp and Safety in the Bush are for sale at most outdoor shops.

They can also be ordered from the Club and posted to anywhere in Australia for $17.70 per copy.
The Minor publications and back issues of The Tasmanian Tramp are also available from the Club.

Write to or email with enquiries, or send a cheque to the Club's postal address, along with your return address.

[prices current at 31/05/08]