A calm walk through real Australia

Wander real Australian walking tracks at your own pace. Notice feathers, leaves and flowers, spot native animals, sit at a lookout and keep a nature journal. No timers, no scores, nothing can go wrong. Made to feel calm, gentle and easy to adjust, for everyone.

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Look around

Every picture here is from the game itself.

Wineglass Bay seen from the lookout, Freycinet
Wineglass Bay from the lookout, Freycinet
A billabong with water lilies below the escarpment, Kakadu
The billabong, Kakadu
A railed ledge cut into a sandstone cliff above a valley, Blue Mountains
The National Pass ledge, Blue Mountains
Dove Lake with the mountains beyond, Cradle Mountain
Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain
Shops along a Melbourne street
Swanston Street, Melbourne
A red gorge path among spinifex, Karijini
Down into the gorge, Karijini

Calm by design

Everything in the game is predictable and gentle. You choose the pace, and you can change how it looks and sounds at any time.

Real walking tracks

Every walk follows the real, mapped track: the Base Walk around Uluṟu, the Anbangbang Billabong walk in Kakadu, the Dove Lake Circuit under Cradle Mountain. The land is shaped from real elevation data.

Notice and collect

Walk close to a feather, leaf or flower to pick it up. Each one is a real bird or plant recorded at that place, and it goes into your nature journal with a true fact.

Spot native animals

Wombats at dusk, a thorny devil on a warm rock, agile wallabies on the floodplain. Stand still and watch for a moment to spot one. They never chase or startle you.

Stops, lookouts and maps

Each stop has a seat facing the view. Sit a while, light a small campfire if you like, and finish at a lookout with a postcard to keep. Tap the little map to see the whole walk and where you are in Australia.

Make it comfortable

Presets for a quiet world, soft colours, high contrast or minimal motion. Separate sliders for music, nature sounds and pickup sounds. A Rest button stops everything, any time.

Pick up where you left off

No account needed to play. Sign in if you'd like your journal, passport and the walk you're on saved, so you can carry on from another computer or tablet.

Gems, and real places to find them

Beyond the walks, Gem Fields are real places in Australia where people sift gravel for stones. Look around, swirl the sieve, and keep what you find.

Six Gem Fields

Topaz on a Tasmanian shore, garnet in the Red Centre, sapphire in Queensland, agate, opal and more. Each one says what the real rules are if you ever visit.

A gem cabinet

Sixteen gems, from diamond to tourmaline, each with a short true story and its source. Nothing is timed, and nothing runs out.

Show a friend

Share a link to a walk, or a picture of a gem you found. There is no name in it, no reward for sharing and no chat.

Private, and yours

A quiet place should stay quiet. There are no ads and no chat, and nobody can message you. Playing needs no account.

Private by default

Your walks stay on your device unless you sign in. Signing in only uses an email address, and you can see or delete everything we hold at any time.

Share only what you choose

If you would like someone to see how your walks have been, you can make a short summary and pick what is in it. The link expires, and you can switch it off whenever you like.

For families, teachers and professionals

Ideas for trying it together, short walks for a spare few minutes, and plain words about what it is and is not. See families and teachers and for professionals.

Real Australian places and streets

Each place is built from real map, elevation and wildlife data, and shows the real local time of day there.

Northern Territory
Uluṟu
Walk the real Base Walk beneath the rock: red sand, spinifex, desert oaks and ghost gums.
Two walks
Northern Territory
Kakadu
A flat loop around the lily-covered Anbangbang Billabong, with magpie geese and egrets on the water, then a longer walk that adds a lookout.
Two walks
Tasmania
Cradle Mountain
Along the real Dove Lake shore, through the Ballroom Forest of myrtle beech, past Glacier Rock and back to the boatshed, or a short lakeside stroll.
Two walks
Northern Territory
Kings Canyon
Up the climb and around the real canyon rim, across sandstone domes and above the Garden of Eden waterhole.
Two walks
Victoria
Wilsons Promontory
Coastal tracks from Tidal River over granite headlands, past Whale Rock to Pillar Point, or over Tidal Overlook down to Squeaky Beach.
Two walks
Victoria
Grampians
From Halls Gap past the Venus Baths rock pools to Wonderland, or up through the Grand Canyon and Silent Street to the Pinnacle.
Two walks
Tasmania
Freycinet
Up the granite track through the Hazards to the lookout over Wineglass Bay, or on down through the saddle to the white sand of the bay.
Two walks
South Australia
Wilpena Pound
Through Pound Gap among river red gums to Hills Homestead and Wangarra Lookout, or up the ridge to the summit of Mount Ohlssen Bagge.
Two walks
Western Australia
Karijini
Down the steps into Dales Gorge to Fortescue Falls and Fern Pool, or along the gorge floor to Three Ways Lookout and back.
Two walks
Queensland
Daintree
A flat boardwalk through fan palms and mangroves near Cape Tribulation, or the long climb up the ridge to Mount Sorrow lookout.
Two walks
Northern Territory
Litchfield
Along Shady Creek to the plunge pool below Florence Falls, or along Florence Creek to the rock pools at Buley.
Two walks
Northern Territory
Ormiston Gorge
Up to Ghost Gum Lookout above the gorge and down to Ormiston Pool, or over the spinifex hills towards Ormiston Pound.
Two walks
Australian Capital Territory
Tidbinbilla
A gentle wander between the ponds and wetlands of the Sanctuary, or up through grass trees to the granite tors on Gibraltar Peak.
Two walks
Western Australia
Ningaloo Coast
Up the dry limestone gorge at Mandu Mandu to a lookout over the reef coast.
Two walks
New South Wales
Blue Mountains
Down a fern gully to Fletchers Lookout, or along the cliff edge to Empress Lookout above the Jamison Valley.
Two walks
Jervis Bay Territory
Jervis Bay
Through banksia woodland and fern gully, or over Murrays Hill to the clifftop lookout at Governors Head.
Two walks
Victoria
Melbourne city centre
Four walks through the real streets, arcades and laneways, from station to station, with trams, crossings and a quiet seat at every stop.
Four walks

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Acknowledgement of Country

We walk on Country

The walks in Dhukarr are set on the traditional lands of Australia’s First Nations peoples. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of every place in this game, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to any First Nations people reading this.

…and the other peoples whose Country these walks cross. If anything on this site is wrong or could be said better, please tell us at [email protected].