Changes through the ages

November 2013

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November 2013

Sitting around, telling yarns and singing songs. Isn’t that what tramping is all about? Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Ricky French talks to some tramping legends to find out how times have changed and why the lure of the hills remains even as we become less able to explore them When I first ventured into the bush I was in my teens and in my element. Fearless and unbreakable, I was prepared to suffer […]
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