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What do I eat on a hike? Food ideas

11 Sep 2019 Filed Under: Gear & Skills, Health & Fitness, Recipes

Long Gully Campsite fire

Help! I’m going on a multi-day hike – there are no fridges, microwaves or restaurants? I don’t know what to eat! … [Continue reading]

11 Sep 2019 Filed Under: Gear & Skills, Health & Fitness, Recipes Leave a Comment

Sydney Urban Workouts – Stairs around Mosman

27 Apr 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing

Balmoral Stairs

Frenchy’s Cafe, in Headland Park, is a great starting point for stair training, with at least two possible routes.  The path from Headland Park down to Chowder Bay and on to Bradley’s Head offers a number of stair interval training opportunities, including Sarah’s Walk and Taylors Bay stairs.  Alternatively, in the other direction are Balmoral Steps and Barney Kearns Steps.  The reward is coffee back at Frenchy’s when you are done!

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27 Apr 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing Leave a Comment

Sydney Urban Workouts – Stairs around Barangaroo

17 Apr 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing

Burrwang Steps - 82

Stair challenges are a quick and effective way to improve your fitness. Walk them, run them or bound up two at a time. To liven up my Sydney CBD workday routine, I went looking for some lunchtime stairs in Sydney, exploring Barangaroo, Millers Point and Dawes Point west of the Harbour Bridge. The rule I set myself was at least 50 steps with a nice recovery run or walk to link the sets of stairs into a circuit…. [Continue reading]

17 Apr 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing Leave a Comment

Stair training in the Sydney bush

5 Apr 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing

Timber Getters

Stair training in the bush has some advantages over training in the city (Barangaroo) or suburbs (Mosman).  It’s usually shady, less crowded, and the walk in on the track and out again afterwards provides a nice warm-up and cool-down.  Here are some of our favourite training stairs in Garigal, Lane Cove and Ku-ring-gai National Parks…. [Continue reading]

5 Apr 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing Leave a Comment

Stair training challenge

31 Mar 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing

Looking for a time efficient and effective way to increase overall fitness?  Stair training is relatively low impact exercise and you don’t need any fancy gear or equipment, just a decent pair of shoes. We are blessed with well-maintained stairs and tracks in our local National Parks, but any set of stairs will do. And stair training is free…. [Continue reading]

31 Mar 2018 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Australia, Stair climbing Leave a Comment

Make your own Muesli Bars!

25 Jul 2016 Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Recipes Tagged With: Recipes

Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the slice of an English Mum!  We have some creative and healthy cooks in our group.  This recipe is for Fee’s delicious and healthy muesli slice. … [Continue reading]

25 Jul 2016 Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Recipes Tagged With: Recipes Leave a Comment

Travel Play Live

30 Sep 2015 Filed Under: Health & Fitness

Growing up, I desperately wanted to be a Boy Scout. I wanted to hike, camp and sail away on a home built raft. All of that was denied to me, as I was a girl. Now that I am older, and society has renegotiated gender boundaries, I am able to enjoy participating in mixed groups.  But I also support the rise of women only adventure communities, and was delighted to see the arrival of the first Australian adventure magazine for women, Travel Play Live…. [Continue reading]

30 Sep 2015 Filed Under: Health & Fitness 1 Comment

Hey Sister, Go Sister, Soul Sister

1 Jan 2015 Filed Under: Health & Fitness

Hey Sister Go Sister Soul Sister!  There is the reassuring, familiar sound of women chatting in front and behind me, as we power along the harbour side bush track.  A cool breeze provides some evening relief after a warm Sydney summer’s day. The current topic of our walking conversation is our decision on our name: we like the upbeat Sole Sisters, a name which expresses who we are.  Of course, the conversation quickly turns to soul music to walk by…. [Continue reading]

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Wild Women on Top Coastrek

25 Oct 2014 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Endurance

Wild Women on Top Coastrek

“Our vision is for a world where no one is needlessly blind, and Indigenous Australians enjoy the same health and life expectancy as other Australians.”   Fred Hollows (1929-1993)  was an inspirational Australian whose work restoring sight is continued by the Hollows Foundation.  Coastrek is a challenging annual Sydney endurance walking event organised by Wild Women on Top that is a significant fundraiser for the Hollows Foundation…. [Continue reading]

25 Oct 2014 Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: Endurance Leave a Comment

Fitness tracking with my phone

9 Aug 2014 Filed Under: Gear & Skills, Health & Fitness

Being fit for bushwalking ensures that you get over the hill with energy to spare and a happy smile on your face.  A smartphone app like Walkmeter tracks your fitness training efforts and measures your fitness improvements over time, hopefully giving you new motivational insights.  … [Continue reading]

9 Aug 2014 Filed Under: Gear & Skills, Health & Fitness Leave a Comment

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About Us

We are a social community of women over 45 who enjoy walking together regularly for fitness in Sydney’s natural bush and coastal areas. We love outdoor adventures! Come walk with us.

Recent Posts & Walks

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  • Tongariro Northern Circuit
  • Maria Island
  • Three Capes Track
  • South Africa – Table Mountain
  • South Africa – Northern Drakensberg Traverse

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