Here are the results:
Total responses: 90
State:
NSW: 47 %
VIC: 24 %
QLD: 10 %
Tas: 10 %
WA: 3 %
Overseas: 3 %
ACT: 2 %
SA: 1 %
Age-range:
0-20: 4 %
21-30: 16 %
31-40: 27 %
41-50: 22 %
51-60: 24 %
61+: 7 %
Gender:
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Male: 87 % Female: 13 % |
Type of job:
Indoors job: 69 %
Other job: 12 %
Unemployed/retired: 11 %
Outdoors job: 4 %
Student: 4 %
Main source of pre-trip info:
Maps & notes: 40 %
Friends & word of mouth: 19 %
Guidebooks: 17 %
Websites: 17 %
Parks & wildlife service: 6 %
Other: 1 %
Member of a bushwalking club:
Yes: 33 %
No: 67 %
Walk solo sometimes:
Yes: 48 %
No: 52 %
Walk offtrack:
Yes: 78 %
No: 22 %
Walk length:
A few hours: 20 %
1 day: 26 %
2 days: 28 %
3 days: 13 %
4 days: 4 %
5 days: 4 %
6 days: 0 %
7 days: 1 %
8 days: 1 %
9 days: 1 %
10 days 1 %
>10 days: 1 %
Packweight:
0-5 kg: 3 %
6-9 kg: 0 %
10-12 kg: 15 %
13-16 kg: 33 %
17-20 kg: 23 %
21-24 kg: 8 %
25-30 kg: 4 %
>30 kg: 2 %
None: 12 %
Footwear:
Leather boots: 58 %
Sneakers/volleys: 22 %
Soft boots: 18 %
Other: 2 %
Stove fuel:
Metho: 33 %
Gas: 25 %
Shellite: 24 %
Solid fuel: 2 %
Lighter fuel: 2 %
Petrol: 1 %
Other liquid: 1 %
No stove: 12 %
Used GPS:
Yes: 48 %
No: 52 %
Carried PLB (EPIRB):
Yes: 24 %
No: 76 %
Carried Sat Phone:
Yes: 6 %
No: 94 %
Type of camera used:
Film: 49 %
Digital: 24 %
Both: 17 %
None: 10 %