List of bushwalks with 'streetview' in Australia

[Mortar Art]

Hi everyone! I saw a video recently, which discussed the economics of Streetview, and it included an interview with I believe the owner of this website, who had taken a 360 degree camera on some bushwalks in Australia. I'm curious if there's a list of the hikes that this is available for? I'd love to check them out.

[ribuck]

I don't know of a list of 'streetview' hikes, but you can use Google Maps to view any area and click on the "person" icon then zoom out, and any streetview hikes are shown with a blue line. I went to Katoomba and zoomed out, and noticed streetview hikes to Ruined Castle, Red Hands Cave, and pretty-much all of the upper Grose Valley including Blue Gum Forest.

[keithj]

I don't know of a list of 'streetview' hikes, but you can use Google Maps to view any area and click on the "person" icon then zoom out, and any streetview hikes are shown with a blue line. I went to Katoomba and zoomed out, and noticed streetview hikes to Ruined Castle, Red Hands Cave, and pretty-much all of the upper Grose Valley including Blue Gum Forest.

NPWS used a Google streetview backpack to do those walks.

[L_Cham_67]

Mount Rufus circuit, Shadow Lake circuit, Dove Lake circuit and the Enchanted Walk (all in Tassie) have street view coverage. They also went out on Lake St Clair and Dove Lake in PWS vessels and got footage from on the lakes.

[johnw]

This is probably still in its infancy, and there would be debate about which locations are appropriate to include, apart from resourcing to do the photography etc.
I don't know that there is a definitive list nationally, but a number of state/territory national park services have each listed google trekker walks on their individual web sites.
Given that each state manages NPs separately, plus the handful of federal ones, I think it's unlikely that there will be a central location of these.
I also think it's very tourism based, with the mainly just the most popular short walks or locations etc being those more likely to have been done to date.

I found these which may help as a starting point. Format and content is variable:

ACT:
https://www.parks.act.gov.au/things-to-do/google-trekker

NSW:
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/google-trekker
The Blue Mountains ones seem to be missing for some reason.

QLD:
https://parks.desi.qld.gov.au/things-to-do/virtual-tours/google-street-view-trekker

SA:
https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/get-inspired/google-street-view-trekker

TAS: No definitive list in one place, but the following are available via Google Street View:
Mount Rufus circuit, Shadow Lake circuit, Dove Lake circuit, The Enchanted Walk, Fossil Cliffs
Darlington and Painted Cliffs on Maria Island
Lake St Clair and Dove Lake (aquatic view from PWS vessels)

WA:
https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/get-inspired/visit-national-parks-home

I haven't looked at the federal NPs, locally managed; Uluru, Kakadu etc, or non-NP reserves.

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[L_Cham_67]

I don't know of any specific list of the Tassie street view areas. I've just come across them while messing about on google maps.

Fossil Cliffs, Darlington, and Painted Cliffs on Maria Island also have street view.

[johnw]

I don't know of any specific list of the Tassie street view areas. I've just come across them while messing about on google maps.

Fossil Cliffs, Darlington, and Painted Cliffs on Maria Island also have street view.

Thanks for that. I've edited my post to that effect and listed them.