Sometimes life can be like that. You know what I mean. Busy with stuff that seems to consume you. Whether we are the mum, the partner, worker, aunt or daughter, there always seems to be someone or something that we turn our time to. At times, it seems that “me” gets buried inside all of …
Day 7 – oh no, we are over halfway! After leaving our Naduri camp of two nights our destination was Brigade Hill. This was of course via two villages- Efogi 1 and Efogi 2 Turned out my porter was chief of Efogi 2. At Brigade Hill, we had a reading and a ceremony – set against, …
Drowning in a sea of love. Our rest day in Naduri coincided with the Sabbath. Most of the villages along the track are Seventh Day Adventists. As guests of the village we were invited to attend the local church ceremony. Many of our porters were there- looking very different to the track, surrounded by family, …
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A massive day. “Thunderstruck ” from ACDC woke us up today and we were on the trail by 6.15am It was hard today. Not that the other days have been easy, it’s just we were weary. It was either steep uphill or steep downhill today. Our legs were burning. Motivation was high – group spirit …
We were away 11 days in total. Day 1 and Day 11 were travel days to and from Port Moresby. Day 5 was a compulsory Sabbath rest day. The Day 10 was 45 minutes hiking. The total distance covered was 110km of mountains – up and down. The total trekking time was 6 days. Each …
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Day 3 is a test however passing doesn’t guarantee success. No one except my son slept all that well last night. He had a full 10 hours! Despite our lack of sleep and the early start, the group was in good spirits and ready for the uphill climb. Omie, my porter, was there at dawn …
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We were away 11 days in total. Day 1 and Day 11 were travel days to and from Port Moresby. Day 5 was a compulsory Sabbath rest day. The Day 10 was 45 minutes hiking. The total distance covered was 110km of mountains – up and down. The total trekking time was 6 days. Each …
It is a wet, rainy, Sunday afternoon in Brisbane as I write this. Tomorrow I am off on one of the biggest adventures of my life, with my husband and son beside me, along with my best friend from school, her husband and teenage daughter. And my running buddy and her nephew are also coming …
Travelling to central Australia was always on my list. I imagined desert, red dirt and an endless expanse of nothing. I was in for a surprise. Sitting in a camp chair in the late afternoon sun, I gazed at the imposing form of Mt. Sonder, reflecting on the past week and the journey we were …
If you have kids, or know kids, we encourage them to try new things, give it a go or just get on with it. Often, as adults, we stop trying new things, become set in our routine and let fear, possible failure, or heaven forbid, the feeling of looking silly, stop us from taking on …
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