Thorsborne Trail
The Thorsborne Trail is a 32km track on Hinchinbrook Island in Far North Queensland which is normally hiked over 3 nights/4 days (although we took one day longer to enjoy the sights, side-trips and swimming). In July 2022, a group…
Summer Series – Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk
There are nearly 200kms of coastline to walk in Sydney - how lucky we are to have such a beautiful city to live in! We know that over the years, we have covered nearly all of this coastline but our…
Summer Ocean Pool Challenge – Illawarra
Can I swim one more ocean pool pleeease? Our Sydney Summer Ocean pool jaunt had been such fun, we had to head south and do the Illawarra rock pools. The first challenge was figuring out how to cover the distance between 10 pools in a day, a challenge solved by hiring bicycles from South Coast Bike Hire. Then nature delivered another challenge: Cyclone Gita. (more…)
Summer Ocean Pool Challenge – Cronulla
Summer Ocean Pool Challenge – Coogee to Malabar
At 5am, in bucketing rain, I wonder how many of our walkers today will turn up to the fifth leg of the Summer Ocean Pool Challenge. By 6am, the rain seems to have eased and the forecast is for clear skies after 7am. It is however cold, but this is a welcome relief from the scorching temperatures of Bondi to Coogee last weekend. I pack a rain jacket and head out the door. (more…)
Summer Ocean Pool Challenge – Bondi to Coogee
Who walks 12km on the day that Sydney is the hottest place on the planet? Fortunately for us, we had seven pools to swim on this section of our Summer Ocean Pool Challenge. We hopped over the harbour to follow on from last weekend’s walk Collaroy to Manly, starting today at world famous Bondi beach.