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Exciting New Opportunity



At Two Feet and Heartbeat we love sharing our favourite places in Perth and Fremantle with locals and visitors. 



We are looking for new guides to help us deliver our tours in Perth, Fremantle and on Rottnest Island. Do you have a good existing knowledge of WA history, great interpersonal skills and a good level of fitness? Can you ride a bike? In 2015 we will be offering an exciting new bike tour on…

Stretch your legs and let your soul run free while you revel in the beauty of the Great Outback. There's no better way to spend your holidays that going hiking in the bush. And New South Wales is the hikers' heaven! With almost 900 national parks and reserves at your convenience, you obviously have a choice. Ranging from a couple of hours walks, to serene and scenic trails that take weeks even months to complete, you can take your…

Pile road xmas wed night ride marked the 14th edition of the legendary event.

14 riders from around the south west turned up this year to participate in WA's longest running social event of this type, to keep the tradition and culture going strong for yet another year.

The beer fairies were busy beforehand…

 Murray Valley trail network comeback

WAMBA and Peel District Mountain Bike Club are developing a plan for Murray valley. In recent years the area has been logged and now its been designated as a mtb trail network.

Funding has been sought for concept planning and a detailed trails plan. With a history of…

Buller Summit

The inaugural Australian Mountain Bike…

No spa procedure or relaxing massage can compare to having a prolonged walk in the great outdoors. A forest mint essence of freshness fills your lungs, the mountain wind ruffles your hair and every step taken into the wilderness is another great adventure!

Even though hiking with your family and…

Australian Mountain Bike Summit Scholarships Awarded



Mt Buller will host the inaugural AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BIKE SUMMIT on 4 - 5 December 2014, in conjunction with the launch of the 'Australian Alpine Epic' on 6 December 2014.



This conference is unique in Australia in that it is dedicated purely to the needs of the mountain bike…

Awesome topic.

MTB only..

My experience with night riding goes back about ?? uhh 20-25 years.

First 10 years or so were full moon rides without lights, with groups up to 30.

These were great with a party afterwards, never a dull moment.



Last 14 years has been wed night rides with lights, which has set a standard of riding culture that has not gone away. A usual group of anywhere between 3- 20 people, usually about 7 all with quality helmet mounted lights.…

The 2014 State Trails and Outdoor conference was again a successful day.

Over 200 delegates from around the state and nationally attended the day.

Mountain biking was supported by Westcycle, WAMBA, Perth Hills, South…

Saturday 4th October was the 20th Anniversary of Crooked Brook Forest so, with husband in tow, I decided to go down and see what this area has to offer.…

Will finalise a brief report soon.

PS: It was fun!

A group of 5 of us this weekend will rock hop our way across the goldfields landscape in search of Toonarrie Rock. This rock is listed in the "List of Rocks in Western Australia" (see link below) and it would be fair to say unlikely to have been visited by a handful of people in over 100 years.



The rock…

My dad came to visit us from Queensland recently and, being a keen golfer, decided to make the journey across the Nallarbor a bit more interesting by completing the Nullarbor Links - the world's longest golf course. 

The 18-hole par 72 golf course spans 1,365 kilometres with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Ceduna in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Each hole includes a green and tee and somewhat rugged…

An exciting sight, Outdoors WA brought together staff from across the outdoors for the first Outdoor Executive Officers Lunch. Sharing ideas and identifying collaborative opportunities to work on in the year ahead. Is there anyone here you…

Mt. Everest Base Camp Trek one of the highlight tour for everyone in the world which offer an abundant opportunity to reach base camp of world highest  mountain, Mount Everest (8848m). Sagarmatha is native name for Mount Everest and Chomolungma is Tibetan. There were very early expedition in Everest in 19th century but first summit was succeeding in 29 May, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa from Nepal. This expedition team is called British Expedition…

There is a bush-walker missing from Aldridge Cove in Nuyts Wilderness near Walpole. The Gentleman's name is Rowan Cook aged 40. If you have not seen any news media reports on this matter  there are articles in the Walpole Weekly  of 27/11/13 or Albany Advertiser 26/11/2013 that should be available online. If you have seen or spoken with this person in the past 3 months on the trail or elsewhere please contact Crime Stoppers  1800333000.

I have been involved in the search for Rowan…

Do you like a hike with a bit of a challenge, Angels Landing in Utah’s sensational Zion National Park fits the bill. Although not an especially long in distance at 8km return or time at around 4 hours, it is the narrow switch back trail topped with a heart thumping rock scramble that makes it the challenge. This last spurt gains an elevation of 453 metres.

As we found out after barely getting over jet lag, it is no doddle, but wow, the views are amazing. We…

Around 11.00am on Sunday of this long weekend just gone, Brad and I set off from the beach in Old Dunsborough to walk the Meelup Reserve Trail.  …

World’s highest elevation challanging popular trekking trail destination is known as Everest Base camp Trekking since first expeditions to the Nepalese side of the Mount Everest in the 1953. It lies Eastern part of North in Nepal. Everest is the homeland of the sherpa's lifestyles and Yeti head (scull) at Khumjung monastry.

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