Hobart Walking Club Inc.

HWC Publications and Sales

New Publication:

Hobart Walking Club Inc. A Record of 81 Years 1929 - 2010


This 56 page A5 booklet is available here as a .pdf file of 9Mb.
Quality Paper copies will be printed to order only.
Write to The Secretary or email
Orders received before 20 August 2011 will be free of charge to Club Members.
Price to non-members is $5.

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 38, is now available in shops or direct from us (see below).

Index and Back Issues of Tramp

We now have available from the Club a complete index of Tramp numbers 1 to 36 on CD, and limited stocks of some past issues of Tramp. At present we have available numbers 21,23,24,25,26,31,34 and 35. More details here.

Minor Publications

1. New Publication - Hobart Walking Club Inc. A Record of 81 Years 1929 - 2010
This 56 page booklet is available here as a .pdf file.
Paper copies are printed to order only. Write to The Secretary or email Orders received before 15 August 2011 will be FREE OF CHARGE to Club Members.
Price to non-members is $5.

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

3. 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.

4. Paper copies of the indices to Tramp nos 1 to 16 and Tramp nos 17 to 23, printed long ago, are also available.

To Buy These


The Tasmanian Tramp and Safety in the Bush are for sale at most book shops. They can also be ordered from the Club and posted to anywhere in Australia.

The Index, back issues of The Tasmanian Tramp and the Minor publications are also available from the Club.

Our prices, including postage within Australia, are as follows -
The Tasmanian Tramp No. 38 $20;
Safety in the Bush $17;
back copies of Tramp $9;
CD of Tramp Index 1 - 36: $12;
Minor publications and old indices $5.
Write to or email with enquiries, or send a cheque to the Club's postal address, along with your return address.

[prices current at 11/07/11]