Stories

What people actually hire gear for.

Not a catalogue, a few real weekends. Festivals, first surfs, slow days on the river. Here is the gear behind each one, and why hiring it beats owning it.

Lone hiker on a red desert ridgeline in the West MacDonnell Ranges at sunrise
Featured story · The big walk

Walk the spine of the centre.

The Larapinta Trail runs 231 kilometres along the West MacDonnell Ranges, from Alice Springs to the summit of Mount Sonder. Fly in light, hire the pack, tent, bag and beacon, and walk a section or the whole spine.

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More ways to use it

Five weekends, five kits, all from people near you.
Canvas touring tent set up in a grassy paddock with gum trees
Festival season · Mullum

Camp the festival, not the credit card.

Mullum Roots in July, the Parklands legacy, a doof in the hills. A proper tent, a stove that lights, an esky that outlasts the line-up.
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Surfboard and kayak loaded onto a car at the coast at sunset
Learn to surf · Byron

Off the bus, into the water.

Backpacked in to learn? Start at Clarkes Beach, graduate to The Pass. A soft-top from a local and an e-bike to the break.
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Friends walking up the beach with longboards at Byron Bay
Meet the guides · Byron

The local who shows you the good waves.

Jed is not a surf school. He takes one or two people out at dawn, to whatever break is actually working, and somehow keeps making mates doing it.
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Two-person kayak on a green lawn ready for the water
On the water · Brunswick Heads

A slow day on the water, sorted by lunch.

Ride the tide down Simpsons Creek in a double kayak, a board for the kids, an esky for the riverbank lunch.
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Twin-burner camp stove on a timber table outdoors
Lake & beach · Lennox Head

Lake on one side, surf on the other.

Lake Ainsworth is a tea-tree lake one sand dune from the beach. Hire a BBQ, an esky and a paddleboard.
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Couple at a coastal lookout at sunset with a rooftop tent and bikes
Road trip · Tweed to Byron

Two days up the coast, sleeping above it.

A rooftop tent bolted on, two e-bikes for the 24km rail trail, finishing at the Cape Byron lighthouse.
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Open garage full of outdoor gear at golden hour
Your turn · Anywhere

What is your next weekend?

Tell us the plan and we will show you the gear locals have ready for it.
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For owners

Every story starts in someone's shed.

That tent, kayak or rooftop setup is somebody's best weekend of the year. List it on Yoozıt and turn idle gear into income, covered by Yoozıt Protection.

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