Used hiking boots in Sydney typically sell for A$48 to A$170 (about $34 to $120). Hiking boots are judged on the midsole and the tread, and there is one failure buyers specifically look for: hydrolysis, where a stored boot’s midsole crumbles even though the uppers look perfect.
Selling hiking boots in Sydney
Sydney is Australia’s largest city and its most expensive to live in, which pushes people into smaller flats and shorter tenancies than the house-and-garden stereotype suggests. That makes furniture that fits a small apartment, and anything to do with the harbour and the beaches, the two things that move most reliably.
The city sprawls a long way and traffic between the inner suburbs and the outer ones is the real cost of a collection, so most people arrange to meet near a train station on their own side of the city rather than crossing it. Parking near the harbour is scarce and expensive.
Confirm access and parking before agreeing to collect anything large. Between the terraces, the apartment blocks and the permit zones, where a vehicle can actually stop is the thing that decides most furniture sales here.
Sydney, in New South Wales, has around 5.3 million people, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Newcastle, Wollongong and Albury are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Sydney
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
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
- Worn lugs offering no grip
- 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
- Clean the tread out properly and check the lug depth across the heel and forefoot.
- 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 inside label with size and any membrane branding, plus any wear point
Put in the description
- Whether the boot has a waterproof membrane, and whether it still performs
- Midsole and tread condition, and whether the boot can be resoled
Strongest from March to September, with a smaller lift before Christmas. Well-known brands in common sizes sell within a fortnight in season.
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 (New South Wales)
Common questions
Where can I sell hiking boots in Sydney?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The city sprawls a long way and traffic between the inner suburbs and the outer ones is the real cost of a collection, so most people arrange to meet near a train station on their own side of the city rather than crossing it. Parking near the harbour is scarce and expensive.
How much life is left in them?
Give an honest estimate based on tread depth and midsole condition. Walkers are buying reliability on a hillside, and an overstated boot is a genuine problem rather than a disappointment.
How much are hiking boots worth in Sydney?
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 Sydney, or Shoes & Footwear in Sydney.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.