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Media Kit 2016 Contents 3 Mission media kit 2016 contents 3 Mission 4 About Us 5 Schedule Outline 6 Advertising Products 7 Our Readers 8 Print Prices and Specifications 9 Digital Prices and Specifications 10 Enquiries 3 AUSTRALIA’s Wilderness adVENTURE MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA’s Wilderness adVENTURE MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA’s Wilderness adVENTURE MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA’s Wilderness adVENTURE MAGAZINE ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE 143 ISSUE 145 146 EASTERN ARTHURS TRAVERSE 144 SLEEPING ON SUMMITS CANOES ON THE NISUTLIN TALI KARNG TRACK NOTES TREKKING WEST PAPUA EXPLORING UPPER DOLPO WEEDS: GRAY SALLOW WILLOW SIMIEN MOUNTAINS SNAPSHOT LORD HOWE TRACK NOTES VIC VOLCANOES TRACK NOTES TOP END TRACK NOTES: MULGRAVE NEW ENGLAND WILDERNESS TAssie’s MID-WEST COAST ARETHUSA CANYONING FAMILY PADDLE DOWN THE SNOWY TRIED & TESTED: STOVES PADDLING HINCHINBROOK KAKADU: STONE COUNTRY BIBBULMUN TRACK CLOSURES DERRING-DO IN THE DARRANS TRIED & TESTED: SPORT SANDALS TRIED & TESTED: 3 SEASON TENTS TRIED & TESTED: DISTRESS BEACONS TREKKING KILIMANJARO BEGINNER’s guide tO CAVE DIVING BUSHFIRE SURVIVAL SKILLS PACKRAFTING FOR BEGINNERS PROFILE: TIM LOW SPOTLIGHT ON MISTLETOE PROFILE: KRYSTLE WRIGHT PROFILE: BRANDO YELAVICH MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE FRENCH ISLAND UNCOVERED MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE Return to The islands Elevated Riparian the Arthurs issue awareness Rambles Wild Writers winners Quentin’s latest beat Rafting the Colo Beginner’s guide to stargazing Beginner’s guide to SUP Staying safe in croc territory Secrets of the Kimberley Damming our ecosystems Gorges of Purnululu explored Animals in the snow Challenging NSW Explorers Source of the Murray Focus on gear trends Portrait: Kyle Williams Portrait: Stephen Brend Hearty hut food Foraging for a meal Cooking fish in the field Desert island survival tips The art of the Kimberley Uni mountaineering club turns 70 Meet a real-life Robinson Crusoe Hunt for Thylacine continues Portrait: Rob Pennicott ISSN 1030-469X ISSN 1030-469X ISSN 1030-469X 05 ISSN 1030-469X 06 9 771030 469006 SEPT-OCT 2014, NO 143 9 771030 469006 JAN-FEB 2014, NO 145 MAR-APR 2015, NO 146 $8.95* INC GST NOV-DEC 2014, NO 144 $8.95* INC GST $8.95* INC GST $8.95* INC GST AUSTRALIA’S WILDERNESS ADVENTURE MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA’S WILDERNESS ADVENTURE MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA’S WILDERNESS ADVENTURE MAGAZINE ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE 147 148 149 MOUNT WASHINGTON WALKING IN ICELAND PADDLE TO WORK HIKING PHOTOGRAPHY POLAR PADDLING HIKING NEW CALEDONIA TRACK NOTES: EASTERN ARTHURS BAGGING PIKIRAKITAHI UK: SOUTH WEST COAST PATH FREYCINET’S HAZARDS MOUNT BUFFALO TRACK NOTES THE BLUE GUMS OF GROSE VALLEY CLIMBING THE MOAI TASSIE’S BEN LOMOND GERMANY TO AUSTRALIA BY KAYAK TRIED & TESTED: HELMETS RELIVE SEA-TO-SUMMIT FEDERATION TRACK WEST DANGER ON THE ROCKS GAITER REVIEWS REVIEWS: BASE LAYER LEGGINGS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE PROFILE: MICK PARKER BUSH POETRY KATE LEEMING’S POLAR CYCLE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE Chasing Depths Gaining of time glaciers an edge Fruit from the fringe Quentin braves the dark The Arctic fox 9 Travelling safely by night 2015, NO 150 NOV-DEC ISSN 1030-469X ISSN 1030-469X 771030 Portrait: Andrew Peacock ISSN 1030-469X ISSN 1030-469X Backcountry safety 05 Quentin visits Cobbold Gorge $8.95* INC GST The Kuark Campaigners 469006 Splitboarding for beginners Mount Wellington Track Notes Munching mushrooms Warming winter recipes 9 771030 469006 Silver gulls and other seabirds MAY-JUN 2015, NO 147 SEP-OCT 2015, NO 149 06 Guide to speleology JUL-AUG 2015, NO 148 $8.95* INC GST Quentin walks an empty beach $8.95* INC GST $8.95* INC GST our mission To inspire conscientious participation in outdoor activities through coverage of the adventures, landscapes, people, environmental issues, gear and apparel, trends and events that define the active and intrepid Australian lifestyle. 3 TOUR DE MONTE ROSA FOOD The mist closes in on Theodul Glacier. Photos: Louise Fairfax GNOCCHI WITH LEMON, RICOTTA CHEESE PAN INGREDIENTS PARSLEY AND CAPERS CAKES 1 portion of paneer/ricotta described Serves 2 Use the recipe titled ‘Paneer’ in Wild issue in Wild 122 122 to create ricotta, the method of ¼ cup of grated parmesan cheese lightly This recipe takes the potato dumplings making these cheeses is essentially the packed from Wild 138 along with inspiration same, however paneer has the whey 2 dessert spoons of self-raising flour from a number of previous recipes squeezed out of it to form a hard dense salt and pepper to taste published in back issues of Wild, and block, ricotta sits allowing the whey to creates something quite different drain for a more crumbly texture. Although IN THE FIELD Creative here (pictured) I have served a ritzy café Add all ingredients to the portion of INGREDIENTS styled brunch menu with prosciutto, basil, ready-made ricotta. With your fingers rub 1 portion of potato dumplings, recipe honey and dried pear chips, the the ingredients together; the mixture will found in Wild 138 cheesecakes can be served with what suits be slightly dry and crumbly. Now gradually ½ a bunch of fresh parsley you. They can be made sweet and served add 1-2 dessert spoons of water and mix combinations 1 clove of garlic finely chopped with jams and custards; you can even try until the mixture comes together. Form 1 dessert spoon of capers replacing the parmesan with a teaspoon into small rissole shapes approximately one The grated zest and juice of ½ a lemon each of coco powder and icing sugar. Or, centimetre thick and fry on a well-oiled fry Looking back over his past issues of Wild, Andrew Olive oil the savoury cakes can be served with dried pan over a medium heat. Grated parmesan to serve tomatoes, olive, chutneys, relishes or Davison offers a new spin on old recipes whatever takes your fancy. (As they make AT HOME an excellent breakfast dish, the cheese is Andrew Davison takes pleasure in the simplicity of Pack the potato dumpling ingredients as best made the night before and allowed being in the bush. A world traveller and culinary suggested in the recipe in Wild issue to drain overnight.) connoisseur, he has become a regular Wild contributor. ith laboured breath, I took the stories have given me over the bushwalking trips I have undertaken 138. the final steps to the lofty many years I have been reading Wild. and the meals enjoyed around a camp In a small watertight container place the Wsummit. Before me lay the In my home among shelves stacked fire, in a tent or by a multi-fuel stove, chopped parsley, garlic, capers and zest glory of the Australian high country with books of recipes and food are I am often reminded of a the many and cover this with oil. monumental peaks, it was a vista I stacks of Wild magazines. On regular favourite areas I explored or flavours MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HERITAGE remember, a ridge I had read about. occasions they both lay spread across I have savoured and look anew on that IN THE FIELD I had viewed this scene once before in the floor where I search for inspiration particular area for a different ridge to Make the potato dumplings as directed a different light from the comfort of my for a future trip and a new creative traverse or peak to climb as I do with in Wild 138. Bring a pot of water to the living room. This was no coincidence, menu. my menu. Likewise, breathing life into boil and cook until the dumplings are I was here partly from the inspiration If I look back over the years at all the old recipes can be just as much fun. floating to the top, remove from the water and set aside. Now heat the oil mixture and add the cooked dumplings and gently stir-fry until all ingredients are stirred through and heated. Season with salt and pepper and grated parmesan cheese. Louise Fairfax tours the mountain terrain at the border of Switzerland and Italy on a circuit tour of Monte Rosa here do we go now?” he asked, the night outside if my leadership failed. felt the gradient change underneath them staring ahead at a dense cotton We were, at that moment, heading for the and I knew that I had found the pass. Wball mass of cloud that first hut on our chosen trek – the Tour de Uncertainty and mild fear turned rapidly to obliterated every contour and land feature. Monte Rosa – and perhaps with that excitement and jubilation. We’d done it. Even I was barely visible to him, being at beginning it might seem odd to announce We’d crossed the much-hyped glacier and least ten metres ahead. that if you are seeking a multi-day trek in made it to the frontier between Switzerland Whiteout on “Up, up, ever up,” I said, kicking small the alps that is beautiful yet not and Italy. To our right (west), a mere two steps in the snow for him and hoping I overcrowded, that will challenge your minutes away, so rumour said, there was a sounded confident. I didn’t address the fitness and skills, yet be achievable, then hut, although this mist was so thick that question of exactly which of the hundred perhaps the Tour de Monte Rosa is for you. anything ten seconds away was invisible. and twenty degrees on offer was our Along with the Tour du Mont Blanc, it is my That evening, sitting at table with new particular way up.
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