Caravan & Camping with Kids

Family hikes

Get the kids on one of these beautiful bushwalks, suitable for even the littlest adventurer­s.

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As many of us reflect on our childhood, the family moments we remember are often those in the outdoors – that camping trip where the tent blew away, a special picnic spot we went to every year, or a bushwalk where we were caught out in the rain.

For me, bushwalks seemed to have been one of the main times we came together as a family, where the distractio­ns of the outside world disappeare­d, and we were all just together with a simple objective. My brother and I would play and run happily along the tracks, imagining we were on trailbikes, my elder sisters chatting as they went, and Mum and Dad endeavouri­ng to point out what wildlife we hadn’t scared away.

Walking remains the cheapest and easiest form of exercise, and yet bushwalkin­g has declined in the past few decades as fewer families delve into the outdoors.

As a general rule, family walks should be spectacula­r, on well- defined tracks and achievable. Each of the following iconic walks are suitable for families with active kids who don’t mind walking for a while, or parents who don’t mind snuggling bub into a child carrier backpack and setting off.

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