Quote Originally Posted by Rigged
...There are things called, "desert boots". They're usually a suede leather and designed for walking around in the desert...
If you're going to be doing a lot of walking, have ...enough socks that you can change shoes and socks every day. Fresh socks keep your feet dry and changing shoes each day lets your feet recover from whatever rubbing each pair of shoes causes.
"Boots Des" were a "hot" item (excuse the pun) in British military circles when I was in the service - they were designed in the 1940s specifically for the Western Desert and have been in use ever since. They're very comfortable, but don't give you much ankle support.

I always found that you needed at least three pairs of (under) socks per day, and you need to wash and talc your feet often.

But if you're just slobbing about - why not go for "thongs" (to maintain the Oz allusion)(i.e. flip-flops) rather than blundies?

I normally wear Merrell's slip-on Approach Shoes most of the time: they're quite good even in hot deserty weather; but they can let in a bit of sand, grit, or whathaveyou, at the ankles.