I really like hiking or bushwalking as it is called in Australia.
Oh I heard something about that!  I have a few buddies from Australia.  Better be careful.  Lots of dangerous creepy-crawlies in Australia
Yeah the term started in 1927 when the the Sydney Bush Walkers club started using it. 
Do you know why they call the wilderness in Australia "the bush?"  It doesn't seem like there's that much foliage in pictures I see.
I think its because of all of the bushes that you can see.
So do they have any special precautions for bushwalking?  Like having emergency supplies on hand or some kind of emergency radio for when a cellphone won't work?
the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927. In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.
Related terms.
In the United States, Canada, the
you know... When I first came [to Greece] and I started trying to explain to them why we got called 'wog' they'd get really angry about it, you know. They were, "Why? Why they say this about the Greek people?" You know? But then when they see what we've done with it—and this is the twist—that we've turned it into a term of endearment, they actually really get into that...
Thus, in contemporary Australia, the