Hi Chris,

Sounds like a great idea, however, there is no way that I would be telling you my most favourite wild camping spot, only to find that after the magazine get published, my favourite spot will no longer be wild, moreso overrun by others too lazy to pick up a map themselves and explore the unknown, dodging the exposed used dunny paper, tin cans, stripped trees and destroyed habitat.  

I appreciate the aim of the feature and also the aims of the magazine being an effective marketing tool for a fastly expanding outdoor chain store in Aus.

Not having picked up your magazine for a good read in quite a while and unaware of content previously published, maybe you should concentrate on educating and informing the "consumer" as to their responsibilities to themselves, others and the environments they visit while on their quest for wild places.

All too often I come across areas of our great country that have been decimated by the ignorant (I am seriously hoping that issues stem from a lack of education rather than a lack of greater responsibility for the places they visit) general majority of which you target with your product lines, price points vs product quality vs store locations and demogaphic of the surrounding population.

Now that you have found this forum, i really hope that you will make a significant contribution to it, as a person in a position such as yours could definitely offer a wealth of information and experience to the many passionate people that use this great resource.

Convince people that its not too hard to stick to paths, to not destroy park signs or path markers, to leave a place in better condition than what they found it in, or to carry out what they carry in...I mean..."burn bash bury" is like...soooo 1999.  

Please don't take this as a personal attack as that is not my intention. The old saying goes "opinions are like assholes - everyones got one", and that's just what this is.

Best of luck.  

I'd definitely have to agree with the other two.
I don't know your magazine Chris, but most other outdoor mags include stories/articles by people who have been to the places, or the done the trips.
And like Dan said, if it is written up a mag which is marketed to the masses, then no doubt it will be flooded by people with less respect for the wild places we have less. There'll be broken glass and cigarette butts, not to mention all the other rubbish that generally litters easily acessed "Wilderness campsite"
Mungo

If I told you... I'd then have to kill you, then your editor, anyone who purchased the magazine and then probably any dentist, doctor, tyre business who placed the magazine in their waiting room!

So to make my life a little simpler.. I'm going to say nothing!

"Nothing"

Wow,  a very strong reaction!  just not along the lines he was thinking!  I would never publicize camping spots and i think it's bit silly to think any responses would include any truly 'wild' camp sites. 

I've heard there's real good camping at cairns caravan park!  no crowds i'm sure.

Stephen

well it seems we all straight away thought of the spot we loved, which is great, and then well all thought that we're not going to tell anyone, which is even better. I don't want to be told where the best spots are, i want to find them myself by exploring and then be stunned that such a beautiful place ever existed, and that i'd never heard of it before. Then I'd make sure I keep it that way, look after it every time I go there, and if i know some other people who look after things the way I do, i mite jus take them along and suprise them when we 'stumble' upon this amazing place. I like EOR's response the best tho, somewhere out there is my fav spot.
ps, i can even get to mine with my two wheel drive.
now there's an idea, list some amazing spots in your magazine that u dont need to spend 200k in gear to get to. :-P

This is the best thread ever, and it's the approrpriate reaction to give to any one who tries to make money from the wilderness. Outdoor magazines present themselves as the voice of the wilderness but they are merely vehicles to profit from gear manufacturers whose interest is only to sell as much stuff to as many people. Publishing "wild' camping spots in order to sell products is patently ridiculous, it wiull simply destroy the vaue being publicised and Chris' comment about 'maybe it's the isolation that you love' shows how little thought has gone into his post... and the impact of his business. Magazines like The OUter Edge need to consider their responsibility very carefully...for the safety of the punters they send out there and for the preservation of the wilderness they send them into...all in the name of making a dollar. Publicising wild spots seems incompatible with genuinely loving isolated wilderness doesn't it...or at least it's incompatible with wanting to keep the areas that way. Over to you Chris, I think you should have your say...