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DLGSC and DBCA delegates with the new Horse Trail Management Guidelines launched at the 2025 WA Trails Forum

New guidelines the mane event at WA Trails Forum

May 22, 2025
More than 150 key decision-makers from government, the not-for-profit sector and businesses came together in Mandurah at the 2025 WA Trails Forum to discuss and plan the future of trails and recreation and launch a key trail planning document.

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Bibbulmun Track with guide sign, Beedelup National Park, Western Australia

Lotterywest grant funds new tech for Bibbulmun Track

10 November 2021
Hikers and volunteers who use the Bibbulmun Track will soon benefit from new online resources to help make their journey easier.
A group of people with the ocean behind them

A look back at the WA Trails and Recreation Forum 2021

4 November 2021
A record number of people gathered in Albany for the WA Trails and Recreation Forum 2021.
A group of people walking together along a path

Adventurous minds convene to plan the future of WA’s trails

14 October 2021
Western Australia's biggest-ever trails forum is being held in Albany today to discuss how the state can harness the economic potential of some of our fastest growing pastimes — hiking, trail running and mountain biking.
Volunteer trail carers helping to upgrade a trail

Help care for trails

11 October 2021
Do you enjoy walking or cycling on the trails of the Great Southern? Are you interested in meeting new people and spending time outdoors for a good cause?
Karijini National Park 1 Credit Tourism WA

Hiking participation grants now open

11 October 2021
Have a great trails project you’d like to bring to life? Applications for the WA Hiking Participation Grants program are now open.
WA Trails and Recreation Forum

Trailing down to Albany for annual forum

11 October 2021
Another reason to celebrate Outdoors October is the WA Trails and Recreation Forum 2021.
People working on a trail in Margaret River

Course to help equip locals with trail building skills

10 October 2019
The State Government is conducting a week-long course for up to 20 Collie and Dwellingup residents to help them develop the skills to find a job in the local trails industry.
Tim Swart at the 2019 Trails Forum

Trails forum launches guides for WA’s hikers, mountain bikers and trails enthusiasts

12 August 2019
Local, regional and national trails experts gathered in City Beach’s surf lifesaving club in early August for an industry forum to exchange expertise and the launch of two key WA trails planning documents.

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