Pindar Cave Solo Overnighter

I've been wanting to do a solo multi-day for ages but you know, Covid. There was a break in my roster so finally decided to do it, albeit an overnighter. I decided on Pindar Cave trail after watching one of my favourite YouTubers who inspired my desire to sleep in a cave. The weather had …

Great North Walk – Part 1

Kane and I decided to section hike the first part of the Great North Walk from Sydney to Brooklyn in September 2020.  We actually made it further than expected for our allocated 5 days, which was awesome. Rather than write a blog, this time I decided to focus on filming. It was one of the …

Green Gully Track

What a challenging and empowering hike this was and it if it wasn’t for Covid, it may never have happened. Think a 65km loop hike over 4 days through the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park (between Walcha and Kempsey in NSW) along remote service trail, some off track navigating, and 14km of creek wading and …

The Overland…Again

So this October (2019) Kane and I went back for another Overland Track adventure. We initially went in January 2019 when our friends Brad and Claudy Glover talk us into it but they had to pull out just weeks beforehand when poor Brad developed a serious infection around his heart. So this time it was …

Six Foot Track

We still can't work out whose idea it was to do this track.  It just kind of happened.  Technically we, being myself, my husband Kane and our friends Brad and Claudine, did it upside down and back to front according to the book Claudy purchased from the visitors centre, which you literally had to flip …

The Larapinta

Well what started as me hijacking my best friend Yoni's family five day desert hiking trip (Yoni, her daughter and her seasoned hiking parents) on the Larapinta Trail, fast became a matter of sheer survival at times!With temperatures in the mid 30's (degrees celcius) every day, hauling 15kg+ backpacks on hot rough terrain underfoot, along …

The Overland Track

Hmmmm. This one was difficult to start. Not the track but the blog. I'm only two weeks post Overland and I'm still not sure how I feel. Indifferent? Confused? Disconnected? They were my feelings in the initial days after. Which is the complete opposite of what I anticipated from this 6 day 5 night multi …

About me

Hi. I'm Lou. When I started hiking I was a tired, chubby and forty something woman wanting to be a fit and forty something hiking goddess. And now I am! But now I'm fifty, stronger and more courageous than ever. How did this all come about? Well..... I've always been fascinated by nature, the stars and …