How to download and print topographic maps for Australia

Step by step guide on links and where to access official Australian topographic maps. Walk through the steps with Caro Ryan from LotsaFreshAir for printer settings and options to check you're printing map sections to scale (or not, if that's not important for you).

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I grew up in Sydney, Australia in a family that never went camping or on outdoor adventures. So it came as a surprise to discover hiking and camping in my mid 20’s and it fast became somewhat of an obsession.

Since then, I’ve become a leader with the Sydney Bush Walkers Club, Search Manager with NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue (responsible for the Blue Mountains region), navigation teacher and author of 'How to Navigate - The art of traditional map and compass navigation in an Australian context.'

I'm passionate about connecting people to wild places in meaningful ways that look after both people and these precious places.

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[hamlltonhope]

Dot Butler would be proud of you. I only just discovered your sites today, maps have always been a problem to get and a pain to work with in the bush. Magnetic grids, cutting them down and somehow making them more durable helped. The Yanks have booklets of maps for trails, when you've done one section, you just rip it out and use it to start a fire. Imagine double sided printing combined with track notes. Officeworks or the like may be useful for those that don't have the tech. Go Tiger...Go

[skullandcrossbones]

G'day Looks good. I've printed thing in the past from "Fire North" They have active fire data amd overlay onto various map imagesincluding topo.

[oppikoferjoinery]

sometimes i do use photoshop software, open the pdf in there, button 'image', then 'canvas size', then i do change it to A3 size, press 'ctrl & T' together to move map into right position to print on A3, ... then save it as pdf again, .... the i go to officeworks to print that A3 file ...

[oppikoferjoinery]

in Adobe pdf reader press 'button edit', go to 'more', select 'Take a snapshot', select your print area with this tool

[rexross]

Nice, do you do anything like this for Scouts still, any training, tips etc?