About Mowser.
A Tasmanian hiking guide, content creator, and gear obsessive. Over 35 years on the trail and counting.
Tasmania, my laboratory
I'm Mowser. A Tasmanian hiking guide, content creator, and gear obsessive who's been wandering the wild places of this island and around the world for over 35 years. Tasmania is my backyard and my laboratory. The mountains, buttongrass plains, and ancient rainforests here demand gear that actually works, and over the decades I've tested a lot of it.
What Trail Kit is
Trail Kit is my personal gear directory. Not a shop, not a sponsored listicle. Every item here is something I've used, considered, or deliberately left behind. I've included my honest take on each one, the weight, and where to buy it.
Beyond the island
Beyond Tasmania, I've hiked in Africa, Norway, Europe, Hawaii, New Zealand and many other place. I document it all through my weekly YouTube channel, home to over 40,000 subscribers and a newsletter read by over 6,500 hikers every Tuesday.