kayak, trek, canyon, climb, camp, bike, explore...the best adventures to be had on and off land girt by sea
In the wake of Cook's first landing, Outer Edge attempts a first ever circumnavigation of Norfolk Island by kayak.
In the lead up to the inagural Tour de Timor, two lads from WA forge the first lap of the once troubled isle by bike.
Choices, choices...just what is the best way to explore Hinchinbrook? Andrew Bain gets the tough gig of finding out...
England, Scotland, Wales. Three peaks. 24 hours. Can Outer Edge beat the clock to bag the three jewels in Britain's crown of mountains?
World Downhill MTB Champ Steve Peat invites Outer Edge into his Sheffield pub to talk bikes and beer.
Dick Smith puts his money where everyone else's muddy bootprints are to help save Frenchmans Track in Tasmania.
Outer Edge leans on Dora the Explorer in a journey through the Millenium Cave and on into Vanuatu's 'Lost World', a canyon God calls home.
Bass Strait Kiter Ready for Record![]() After being chased through Port Phillip Bay by a 5.5-metre shark in early January, kite boarder Natalie Clarke is taking on Bass Strait for a ... READMORE |
Wildside Wrap![]() Pure Tasmania Wildside MTB, Tasmania’s muddy and bloody multiday mountain bike race, has been taken out by national fat tyre champ Daniel McConnell by a ... READMORE |
MAC Attracts International Adventurers![]() Australia’s toughest trail-running event – the 100-mile (160km) Mind Alpine Challenge – has attracted some serious international talent. The spectacular race, which wends its way ... READMORE |
5 Lost At Sea![]() JESSE MARTIN DOCO TO SCREEN ON ABCDon't come to the viewing of Jesse Martin's (he of the youngest ever solo round the world sailing record) ... READMORE |
Icebreaker Hiker Lite Crew Sock![]() I know a bloke who, in 2008, wore a different pair of socks for every day of the year. Seriously. But here’s the moral of the story: he quickly got ‘over’ the act (art?) of wearing a new pair of socks each and every day. I, on the other hand, ... READMORE |
Arc'teryx Alpha SL Jacket![]() Take note of the letters attached like doctor's credentials after the model name of many outdoor products. Often they do actually mean something. In this case, the SL designation after the Arc'teryx Alpha jacket distinguishes it from its brother/sister LT model. Two letters, same family, but significant differences, starting with ... READMORE |
HH Hybrid Top![]() The best of both worlds – it’s such a cliché but oh-so apt for Helly Hansen’s Hybrid Top, a crossbreed offspring of its technical polypropylene base layer and ‘don’t look now but it’s taking over the outdoors world’ merino wool. This union made in comfort heaven means the worlds you’re ... READMORE |
Osprey Argon 70L backpack![]() We liked pretty much everything about this pack, which offers one of the smoothest rides a pack has ever given me – and I loaded it up some. Its internal frame has two load bearing features: the single sheet primary back sheet inside hides two lightweight stays delivering weight to ... READMORE |
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Sustainable Australian Travel![]() Michael Grosvenor$45This is necessary evil. Just like McDonalds, the Dummies series is a franchise churned out on the assumption that we’re all ... READMORE |
Raising the Dead![]() Phillip Finch / Harper Collins $45The perfect book for our darkside edition. With technical diving as a back... READMORE |
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Bombora: story of Australian surfing![]() ABC $29.95 Some Aussies lay claim to our young nation being both the ... READMORE |
Warren Miller's Playground![]() Warren Miller / Madman Sports $29.95 More deep powder, great white locations... READMORE |
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Welcome to OE Radio Every Monday night at 9.45, Outer Edge hits the airwaves on Melbourne sports radio station
1116 SEN joining hosts Mark Fine and Jason Johnson as part of their show, The Good Life. Tune in to hear the team discuss a broad range of adventure topics and hear from elite level interviewees across paddling, mountain biking,
mountaineering, trekking, adventure racing and anything and everything adventurous in the outdoors. Or, if you miss the live show, tune your keyboard back here to listen to the audio files from each show, uploaded regularly.
Press play and away you go!
| Introduction to Outer Edge - Interview with Pat Kinsella (Editor) | ||
| Latest edition (Issue 12) preview - Interview with Pat Kinsella (Editor) | ||
| Mt Buller MTB Festival - Interview with Pat Kinsella (Editor) | ||
| The North Face100 & Dean Karnazes - Interview with Chris Ord (Dep. Editor) | ||
| Mind Challenge Trail Run - Interview with Paul Ashton, ultra runner | ||
| Canoeing Lake Tyres, Gippsland - Interview with Indigenous guide Rob Andy | ||
| Mountaineering, Project 8000 - Interview with Andrew Lock | ||
| Camp cooking - Interview with Andrew Dwyer, author of Outback Cooking | ||
| Indigenous Adventures - Interview with Pat Kinsella (Editor), Issue 15 | ||
| World MTB 24Hr champs - int. with 2008 world champion James Williamson | ||
| MTB World Champs Canberra - Int. with gold medal winner Caroline Buchanan |
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Sardinia cave dive expedition![]() Caves are hostile environments for man. Fill one with water and you have more dangers than you c... READMORE |
Crossing Africa![]() Ultra-cyclist, Kate Leeming – best known for a cycling expedition around Australia in 2004-05 – has announced her next... READMORE |
Four wheel cycle![]() There are many ways to travel through Asia: by train, bus, car, motorbike, bicycle, horse and cart…hell you coul... READMORE |
Conquering Iran![]() When Aussie-born, London-based adventurer and explorer Mark Kalch was asked the common question “What’s next?” after conquering a source... READMORE |
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