Tag: adventure
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Back to the Business of Bushwalking

This week in the life of Fraser (*cue early 2000’s style TV montage*) I was back to the business of bushwalking. The trip was a pretty straightforward one in theory, 3 days of walking with Gladstone High School (Gladstone, SA, not QLD…) in the Mount Remarkable National Park area basically along the course of last…
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Should you stay or should you go… off-track

This piece was originally written for the Snowys Outdoors Blog and can be found in it’s original format by clicking on the link below. The aim was to encourage people to venture further into the bush in a safe and educated manner. Heading off-track has more risks but also more rewards provided you know what…
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Island Life

I have a list of things that I like doing. It’s a simple list, not very long, to refer to when I’m bored or need a quick pick-me up. Running, reading the newspaper, watching sport all rank pretty highly on the ‘the list’ and are activities that can usually be done anywhere anytime. ‘Island life’…
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Mt.Misery and Mt.Abrupt in more ways than one

After an off week to charge up for the Belair Marathon this week was always going to have some more kilometres in it to get back into the final heavy training phase before the Pichi Richi Marathon I have planned on June 26. The start of the week was pretty quiet and allowed me to…
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Melbourne Holiday

If Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch a pail of water all the time, what do they do when they have had enough water and want a break? Or in my scenario, if I go outside from Monday – Sunday every week for work and pleasure what do I do for a…
