5 Day Blue Mountains Camino Training Walk

I’ve been staying at Glenella Guesthouse for the past month working on all aspects of a 5 day Camino style training walk. Starting at Penrith in the base of the Blue Mountains Australia and finishing 80km at the top of the mountains in Blackheath. This training walk has been running for the past 3 years and…

Mapping a 5 Day Camino Training Walk

So I decided to suspend my Australian Big Lap for a few weeks while I took a side trip to Sydney. I flew down with mum to visit my sister for a few days and an 8yrs olds birthday party. I got to meet my sisters new dog Jerry Springer and spent some time at…

Cooktown and My Snake Encounter on Mount Cook

I left Cairns and drove about 4.5hrs north to Cooktown, a historical town where Captain Cook arrived in 1770 and wan’t too friendly with the local Aboriginal people. My first stop was the James Cook Museum which was previously the Sisters of Mercy convent school turned in to a museum. This housed lots of Aboriginal…

Hufflepuff on the Bump Track

I got a message from Jennie and Mike that they were in the area and were thinking of doing a hike, was I interested, sure I’m alway up for a hike. We met up and drove to the start of the Bump Track where cows were laying in lush fields. I just love the inquisitive look…

Glacier Rock with Jason

I get a phone call from Jason who I’d made friends with the week before while camping, he’s suggesting we go hiking on his day off. Since I was in Cairns visiting my uncle for a few weeks it gave me a good opportunity to take him up on the offer of a good hike….

Another Hiking Adventure With Tanya

So sorry readers, I’ve been a social butterfly the past few weeks and living life to the fullest through adventures. So I left you at Hiking with Tanya and now I’ll return back two weeks to my last day with the Clem Walton Park family. None of us wanted to say good bye or make…

Hiking with Tanya

For the past two weeks I’ve been gorging myself on yabbies, cheese, wine and apart from the occasional hike up the hill for internet I’ve done very little exercise. Today I looked over the creek and saw a hill that had good hiking possibilities, and on my way to the toilet this is where I…

Hiking 28km in Carnarvon National Park

Hiking Carnarvon Gorge It was a cool night with temperatures dropping to around 5 deg, so normally this would mean a slow start to the day. Over excited I didn’t really sleep much because I knew I would finally get to hike much longer hike than I’ve done in months, I have my bag packed…

Cania Gorge National Park

So another day and another location, this time a I’m driving 300km to Cania Gorge north west of Bundaberg. This looked like a good spot to visit, as I’ve only heard good things about it from my friends in Bundaberg. I think my GPS wanted to impress me with a nice scenic drive through a…

Glow Worm Tunnel at Newnes

I decided to take my cousins out again for another walk, this one was just over 9km and a little more steep than we expected. It was a nice 45min drive from Glenella guest house to Wollemi National Park. I don’t think I’ve ever driven to this part of the world but would like to…