National Trail

Adventure awaits you on the NT
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Read Our Tracks Magazine

Tracks Magazine is the journal of the National Trail published since 2009. The latest journal is below.  The journals were updated to an electronic form in 2020 and can be accessed on the website. Click for all editions

Buy Trail Maps

The National Trail is now replacing its Guidebooks with accurate A3 styled downloadable maps with a GPS track-lines product to be loaded onto various navigation Apps. Go to our map store Check for updates Sponsor a map

Join or Renew Your Membership

You can join or renew your Individual or Family membership easily online.

 

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Welcome to the National Trail!

Our Vision: An epic adventure trail along Australia’s spectacular Great Dividing Range that challenges, rewards & connects you with nature.

 

Adventure awaits you

Australia’s premier long distance trekking route for the self-reliant trekker stretches an incredible 5330 kilometers from Cooktown to Healesville. The Trail links stock routes, bush tracks, fire trails and surveyed roads along the Great Dividing Range.

Since 1989 the name of legendary Australian bushman R.M. Williams has been synonymous with the National Trail, who, alongside the Australian Trail Horse Riders Association created a Trail where walkers, horse riders, cyclists and animal packers could experience the lifestyle of drovers who once frequented Australia’s stock routes.

The National Trail Maps are Now Available

We have now commenced release of our National Trail maps to complement our guidebooks. The maps are each in a zip file containing a range of viewing options. The zip file contains both an A3-sized printable PDF map and a larger-scale A3-sized PDF chart, which places the map in context. The other four files allow the Trail’s trackline to be uploaded to the Avenza app or specific brands of GPS devices. Refer to your brand of GPS as to which file is appropriate to upload. Whatever you choose, you can always print the PDF map and chart (both designed to be printed at A3 size).

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Weather: General Advice

Always monitor the Bureau of Meteorology website for updates, listen to local ABC radio stations for emergency broadcast information, and consider your own safety first. For those planning treks consider delaying your trip if weather conditions are not suitable,or contact section coordinators for advice on the condition of the trail where you plan to travel. The members page has the latest updates to changes for the trail that have been advised but the true source is always the local section coordinators.