bushwalk

From bush +‎ walk.

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bushwalk (plural bushwalks)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity.
   • 2003, Margo Daly, Rough Guide to Australia‎, page 225:

     There are also bushwalks in Sassafras Gully.

   • 2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, page 138:

     The 24-sq-km Porongurup National Park is 12km long and has 1100-million-year-old granite outcrops, panoramic views, beautiful scenery, large karri trees and excellent bushwalks.

   • 2008, Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Australia for Dummies, page 176:

     Some offer a guided coach tour during which you just stretch your legs, while others let you get your circulation going with a couple of longish bushwalks.

bushwalk (third-person singular simple present bushwalks, present participle bushwalking, simple past and past participle bushwalked)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) To undertake an off-road walk in the countryside.
   • 1999, Drew Hutton, Libby Connors, A History of the Australian Environment Movement, page 115:

     In 1913, Myles Dunphy and Bert Gallop had bushwalked through the area when it was still a wilderness, its paths and depths known only to the locals.

   • 2002, Patricia McCune Irvine, A Tinkling Cymbal‎, page 30:

     When he′d grown tall and lanky, he bushwalked on Magnetic Island, with its secluded bays and hiking trails to Mt. Cook through groves of coconut palms and tamarinds and mangoes.

   • 2008, Alan Murphy, Justin Flynn, Paul Harding, Olivia Pozzan, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, Lonely Planet, page 61,

     Throughout the state you can also go bushwalking in rainforests, camping on isolated tropical islands, horseriding along coastal beaches, and wildlife-spotting in the plethora of national parks and reserves.