Something good is happening outside.Go find it.
Find a hike, find your people, or help build something that gets more people outside. Events, projects and open data from across Australia.
- Trails & places
- 580
- Upcoming events
- 1,017
- Open challenges
- 89
Trails the crew can’t stop raving about
Show up. Bring snacks.
6 NovPantoney's Crown
Fri 6 November · Royal Hotel Capertee · Hosted by Hikezilla
1 spot left
Coming up
Watagan Wanderers — Car Camp - Scotch Broome Control Little Murray Barrington Tops
Moonan Brook · Hosted by Watagan Wanderers Bushwalking Club
Host your own hike.
Pick a trail, set a time, and we’ll help you find the crew. Snacks optional (but encouraged).
What we’re building
Hikezilla is built in the open. See what the community is working on — or jump in and help.
RunSketch
Turn a run or ride into GPS art. Pick a shape, distance and start point; RunSketch works out the route.
Hikezilla Wiki
A living guidebook to Sydney's hikes, trails, and outdoor places.
WildGuard
Geospatial modeling to reduce wildlife road collisions in Australia.
Want to build with us?
Contribute to open-source outdoor projects and get access to the Hikezilla workspace and tools.
Elevation Nation
You prefer vertical over horizontal. Push your limits with single-day elevation gains.
Hiking·hard·4 checkpoints·1,900 pts
Pinned by
Hikezilla
The route
1000m — Complete 1000m elevation in a day
2000m — Complete 2000m elevation in a day
3000m — Complete 3000m elevation in a day
4000m — Complete 4000m elevation in a day
Understand the outdoors.
Explore the data behind the places we walk, ride, climb, paddle and protect.
Insights story
How Outdoorsy Is Australia?
Nature. Access. Participation. Hiking. Cycling. Surfing. Snow.
Decide what ‘outdoorsy’ means to you and see how Australia changes.
Explore the storyFrom the outdoors
Hikezilla story
Gear I Back
No rankings, no spec-sheet waffle. Just gear I’ve used hard, trust, and would buy again tomorrow.
Hikezilla · 19 Oct 2026
Insights
How Outdoorsy Is Australia?
Eight states and territories. Mountains, beaches, trails, deserts, forests and millions of people getting outside. But what actually makes somewhere "outdoorsy"?
Hikezilla Insights · 18 Oct 2026
Hikezilla story
Euro 2024 Knockouts Are Here: Discover the Best Long Hikes Across 16 European Countries - Part 1
Explore Europe’s best long-distance hiking trails, from Germany’s Kammweg Trail to Spain’s legendary Camino de Santiago, following the excitement of the Euro 2024 Knockouts.
Hikezilla · 9 Oct 2026
The outdoors doesn’t look after itself.
Trail crews. Conservation. Search and rescue. Community groups. Events. Sometimes the best day outside is the one you spend helping someone else have one.
ViewCocky Guides — Sighted Guide
Cocky Guides · National (trip-based) · Accessible & Adaptive Outdoors
ViewFrogID
FrogID · National · Citizen Science
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LandSAR New Zealand
LandSAR New Zealand · Across New Zealand · Emergency & Rescue
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Already giving back?
Volunteering somewhere outside Hikezilla counts too.
Log what you’ve done, build your volunteer history and unlock Hikezilla achievements along the way.
- First time helping out?
- Your first volunteer log unlocks High-Vis Hero.
- Been doing this for years?
- Past volunteering counts too.
- 50 volunteer logs
- There might be something special waiting for you.