bushwalking

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noun

The activity of hiking or backpacking.

UncommonScrabble 24

Meanings

nounbushwalking (uncountable)
  1. AustraliaNew ZealanduncountableThe activity of hiking or backpacking.

    Victoria has some great bushwalking.

    2002, Chris Rowthorn, Alex Landragin, Kate Daly, Victoria, page 77
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    Eight years later she married a fellow member, Leo Luckman, and the two of them played leading roles in the Tasmanian bushwalking movement, exploring the most remote parts of the state, developing new routes through difficult terrain, pioneering the club′s skiing activities, and shouldering executive responsibilities.

    1999, Drew Hutton, Libby Connors, A History of the Australian Environment Movement, page 70

    Kakadu is excellent but tough bushwalking country.

    2003, Susannah Farfor, David Andrew, Hugh Finlay, Northern Territory, page 150

    This significant chunk of wilderness, just 7.2 mi/12 km north of Sydney, provides excellent bushwalking within a few minutes of the Manly Beach coastline.

    2009, Holly Smith, Sydney & New South Wales, unnumbered page

    Phillip Island also offers nice beaches, good bushwalking, fishing, and Seal Rocks.

    2012, Marc Llewellyn, Lee Atkinson, Ron Crittall, Lee Mylne, Frommer′s Australia, page 675
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bushwalk

Origin

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