Last week I made a summery pilgrimmage to Thredbo, and after a tip-off from a friend checked out the new Thredbo Valley Track. Running from Thredbo to Crackenback, this 18km graded gravel track is geared towards mountain bikers, walkers and, being Thredbo, superfit runners. There are a few campgrounds on the way so you can... Continue Reading →
Mt Buffalo in the Victorian High Country has, for my money, one of Australia's best walks. It probably doesn't get the airplay it deserves, but it is so much the better for it. The Big Walk at Mt Buffalo is a 22.6km up and down epic. (Not including the side trip to a waterfall -... Continue Reading →
Mt Egmont (or Taranaki, depending on your age group) is an extinct volcano on the North Island of New Zealand, around a six-hour drive south west of Auckland. I've been there many times to do walks around the base, but only tackled in twice. It's one hell of a mountain. At a smidge over 2500... Continue Reading →
Recently we cycled along the Inn River trail from Switzerland to Austria. The Inn River trail is Europe's flattest alpine cycling trail and follows, you guessed it, the Inn River. If we were tough, we would have done the entire trail, which runs from Switzerland to Passau in Germany and is 517km. But, we did... Continue Reading →
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