PAST Outdoors is a hiking, camping and outdoor equipment retail store located in Helensburgh NSW.

We are a local, family owned and operated business that stock a carefully curated range of hiking and camping gear. As trusted suppliers for emergency services, government, military and outdoor education groups, our range is tailored to meet the needs of organisations, families and groups across Australia and beyond looking for expert advice for their next adventure.

What we do

Every product we manufacture and stock has been selected and tested by a variety of end users in a broad range of environments.

With our large network of outdoor recreation industry experts and in-house design, PAST Outdoors can design, rapid prototype and test our products continuously.

Our experience in the outdoors and in conducting Special Operations, where the performance of personnel and equipment is essential to mission success, has driven our product selection, design and testing protocols.

We aspire to maintain quality control through ownership and control of our entire supply chain. We only use validated manufacturers and tested materials.

Who We Are

Parker And Sons Trading (PAST) Pty Ltd was founded by Dave Parker (pictured) in 2020, with the goal of getting more people into the outdoors and appreciating what nature has to offer in any season, weather or terrain.

Drawing inspiration from his family (rich in innovation and self-starters), Dave chose the trading name PAST to honour the previous generations of his family. By keeping the family name alive and carrying on the work which was started when his grandfather, Arthur 'Digger' Parker, founded his first business making concrete water tanks, Dave hopes to lay the foundations for future generations of Parkers.

After almost 20 years conducting Special Operations in the Australian Army and then completing an MBA with Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), Dave combined his experience and passion for the outdoors, conservation and creativity. In doing this, PAST Outdoors was born to help connect people with the outdoors and to bring comfort in a traditionally uncomfortable environment.

Connecting with the outdoors connects us to our PAST and to who we are as humans.