Wild Range Life

Chasing Yellowfin Tuna off the NSW Continental Shelf

Yellowfin tuna are the benchmark of east coast offshore fishing. Fast, powerful, and unforgiving of gear weakness. An account of a two-day trip to the shelf break off Bermagui.

Mar 19, 2026 Read →

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Tasmania's Central Highlands: A Week Chasing Wild Trout

The Central Highlands is the best wild trout fishery in Australia and among the finest in the world. A week there changes how you think about fishing.

Mar 19, 2026 Read →

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How We Built Wild Range Life: The Brand Story

Where we started, what we believe about gear and the outdoors, and why we think the Australian outdoor industry needed something different.

Feb 13, 2026 Read →

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Native Fish Recovery: The Success Stories You Haven't Heard About

The narrative around native fish in Australia's freshwater systems is overwhelmingly one of decline. Murray cod listed as vulnerable. Silver perch function

May 31, 2026 Read →

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Feral Cats: Australia's Silent Conservation Crisis

Australia kills between one and six million cats per day. Not feral cats specifically — all cats, including domestic and stray animals. The number is estim

May 31, 2026 Read →

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Wetland Conservation in Australia: Why Duck Hunters Should Care Most

There is a version of the wetland conservation conversation in Australia that treats duck hunters as the problem to be managed and the conservation outcome

May 31, 2026 Read →

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Why Hunters and Anglers Are Australia's Most Effective Conservationists

The claim in the title of this piece will read as self-serving to some, provocative to others, and obviously true to a third group — roughly speaking, the

May 29, 2026 Read →

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Quolls, Bilbies, and Bandicoots: What Is Actually Being Done to Save Small Native Mammals

Australia's record on mammal extinction is the worst of any country in the world. Since European settlement, more than 30 mammal species have been lost ent

May 29, 2026 Read →

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