Finally, a decent popular guidebook for day walks around the Main Range and the Rams Head Range. The book also has a walk at Geehi and a couple along the Khancoban - Cabramurra road. It is well designed and attractively laid out with descriptions of 41 walks... well not quite. Some of those 41 walks are extensions of walks described on the previous page and others are snowshoe walks with routes that would be awkward to replicate in summer. But that still leaves over two dozen distinct walks in the area for summer visitors.

The book is attractively designed with plenty of information on each walk giving a good impression of what the experience will be like. The notes are clear with plenty of detail as well as gradient profiles, a walk grade, distances and time estimates. The maps are easily read at a glance and attractively designed, but tend to be an artistic crescent or blob shape, only showing the immediate confines of the walk and often omitting nearby landmarks. Sometimes this approach makes it a little difficult to locate short walks in relation to the overall area, so this book can't really be used without a good map of the area such as those published by SutMap or Rooftop.

Of course no guide can cover every walk in an area and while this is a popular guide for day walks, it does include a few more challenging walks. But it's sad to see that the commonly used off track routes to Mt Townsend, North Rams Head, Club Lake, Hedley Tarn or the Chimneys are not covered. These omissions are compensated for by the inclusion of short walks at places like along the Perisher road which are overlooked by some guidebooks. Overall it is a very good guide for walkers with clear and detailed descriptions for most of the better day walks in the area. --© David Sisson