Used hiking boots in Brisbane typically sell for A$48 to A$170 (about $34 to $120). Hiking boots have a hidden failure mode that catches sellers out: the midsole can perish with age even if the boot looks barely worn.
Selling hiking boots in Brisbane
Brisbane is subtropical, and that genuinely determines what survives second hand here. Humidity is hard on anything upholstered, wooden or electronic that has been stored badly, and buyers who have lived here a while will ask where an item was kept before they ask anything else.
The river cuts the city in half and there are only so many crossings, so which side someone is on matters more than the distance on a map. Most people arrange collection rather than posting, and utes are common enough that furniture moves easily.
Ask where the item was stored before anything else. Humidity here is hard on upholstery, timber and electronics alike, and something kept in an unventilated garage can be well past saving while still looking fine.
Brisbane has around 2.6 million people in Queensland, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Townsville are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Brisbane
WishThrift has not opened Australia for trading yet, so this page is a guide rather than a live marketplace — the category becomes browsable here the moment the first Australian sellers list.
What hiking boots are worth
What lifts the price
- Intact waterproof membrane with no delamination
- Recent manufacture, since midsoles degrade with age
What pulls it down
- Hydrolysed midsoles, which crumble on old stored boots
- Cracked leather or split seams at the flex point
Working out what yours is worth
- Check the lug depth against a new pair if you can
- Note the manufacture date if it is stamped inside
Getting it ready
- Flex each boot hard and look at the midsole for cracking or crumbling. Boots stored for years can fail here despite looking unworn.
- Check the eyelets and hooks are all present and the laces are sound, and note whether they are waterproof-lined.
Photograph
- Both soles, showing lug depth and any separation at the welt
- The midsole flexed, so its condition is visible
Put in the description
- Whether the boot has a waterproof membrane, and whether it still performs
- Approximate mileage or seasons of use, given honestly
Post them boxed. Heavier than most footwear, so weigh them and quote postage before agreeing a price rather than discovering the cost afterwards.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Queensland)
Common questions
Where can I sell hiking boots in Brisbane?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The river cuts the city in half and there are only so many crossings, so which side someone is on matters more than the distance on a map. Most people arrange collection rather than posting, and utes are common enough that furniture moves easily.
Is the midsole cracked?
Flex them and photograph it. Hydrolysis is the failure that catches people out on old stock, and disclosing it is the difference between a spares sale and a complaint.
How much are hiking boots worth in Brisbane?
Most used hiking boots change hands for A$48 to A$170 (about $34 to $120). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling hiking boots across Australia, what hiking boots are worth, everything second hand in Brisbane, or Shoes & Footwear in Brisbane.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.