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On their amazing journey around Australia, Graham and Ella Reeks created an entertaining and inspiring blog illustrated with some stunning photography. 

Here they recount their thoughts about the Tree Top Walk in Walpole and then their walk in the Stirling Ranges near Albany.

Graham and Ella Reeks were standing, staring, walking, driving their way around Australia. Steve Sertis from the Bibb Track Foundation was lucky enough to share a campsite with them on a recent walk on the Cape to Cape Track.  Naturally Steve told them all about the Bibbulmun Track. With a little advice from the Foundation, they set off to walk from Northcliffe to Walpole.  Read about their journey…

Karri Cup Northcliffe MTB Challenge 2012 3rd & 4th March www.karricup.com.au for info and registration. Where will you doing on the  long weekend? Down among the giant Karri Trees, sharing the cahallenge, testing yourself.... testing your team,  100KM OF UNIQUE FOREST TRAILS. Largest kids' event in Australia

Come and enjoy and horse back holiday in the southwest of western australia, at the family farm.

we will be riding in the cool of the evening and early in the morning before the day becomess to hot.

Just relax the rest of the day in our cool gardens, and enjoy the rest of the farm animals.

If you're a Kokoda Trail enthusiast (someone passionate about Kokoda who wants to do it more than once!) or just someone who's planning on doing the Kokoda track in 2012,why not try Kokoda Trail Expeditions who have the following confirmed treks that you can join which I spotted on their website noticeboard:

1. 9 Days-Owers Corner to Kokoda, trek confirmed (16 March-24 March 2012);

2. 9 Days-Kokoda to Owers Corner, trek confirmed but tentative (17 April-25 April…

Night riding at Pile rd trails has been going strong for over a decade.

This was our 12th xmas night ride at the trails.

 Thirsty boys find an esky full of beer on the trail.…

In February, the Bibbulmun Track Foundation escorted a group of Bibb Track walkers on a trip to Fiordland in New Zealand’s south island. A highlight of the trip was three days on the little known, but highly spectacular Tuatapere Humpridge Track.…

Well, it's been a few months when all the furious "behind the scenes action" seemed more like treading water, but when I look back we've achieved a great deal since I last posted.

The two event walks for 2011 - the Camino Salvado - included the new 50kms northern section that now reduces the highway section to less than 5kms which is an enormous improvement and the walkers LOVED it! Next year we hope to include an awesome new Icon to the walk, but at this stage this is still subject…

Recently a new peak body for cycling in WA was created. Westcycle was formed following extensive consultation that culminated in the "Developing a Community of Cycling in WA"  report in March 2010.

Westcycle aims to represent all cyclists and all forms of cycling to grow a supportive culture and a real community of cycling in WA.

I have been elected to the board as the recreational cycling representative. Its early days for Westcycle, but we are moving quickly and will soon…

Is anyone thinking of doing the Kokoda Trail on ANZAC day in 2012?

Kokoda Trail Expeditions has available spaces for long and short Kokoda Trail ANZAC Day treks in 2012. I have been informed by a couple that they are seriously planning to trek with Kokoda Trail Expeditions to celebrate ANZAC day next year. They didn't say when and how long they intend to take but I think it'll be one of those 9 or 10 day treks. Trekking from the south or north, you still get to celebrate ANZAC Day at…

Maeburn Cottages – pet friendly accommodation Victoria, self-contained cottages a few hours from Melbourne. Few minutes’ walk from Lake King and Metung Village. Great family holiday accommodation



Maeburn Cottages - beautiful self-contained cottages set in an acre of established gardens just a few minutes’ walk from Lake King and Metung Village. Great family holiday accommodation - we are pet friendly



Metung located near Lakes Entrance 3 hours from Melbourne

Metung is a…

Attended a breakfast discussion of 'stakeholders' in some recreation areas this week along with the Minister for Sport and Recreation.  One of the activities used words like 'high performance' in a rating scale and in an environment of trying to bring sports groups and recreation/trails epople together to form 'Recreation Custodians' and the like.  Perhaps 'challenge' and 'experience' might have been better options but the intent was good and some good people in the discussion.  A key…

The Boorara Conservation Park MTB Track has been cleared of winter fall and the single track winds through magnificent karri forest thick understory vegitation and along existing fire breaks, all a considerable challenge to negotiate. Come on down to Northcliffe for a fun spring week end.

With it pouring rain Friday morning it was looking to be an even more adventureous weekend down Northcliffe.

Picking up my 11yr old from Collie, we headed on our way. First stop was the Diamond Tree at Manji to wet to climb so we just grabbed a nearby geocache. After that it was a visit to the Cascades near Pembi,what a great place to have a look around and we were lucky to have a break min the rain.

That night while having a counter meal and a pint at the Northcliffe Hotel we…

I just come back from the long weekend away checking out the granite rocks around Westonia. 

DEC appear to have invested a lot of money in signage and putting together a fantastic map showing the network of granite rocks to explore.  The walk trails are well signposted and the signage excellent.

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A new trail section funded by lottery west and built by 3 chilles has been started.

Here is the 1st section that will please dirt jumpers and trail riders.

It will compliment the last bit of dh section on grizzlys along the rd, before a short flat section where…

Anyone who may be thinking of taking on the challenge of

trekking the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea (PNG), One trekking company I'd

strongly recommend is Kokoda Trail Expeditions for the following reasons:

(a) They have good customer service and have offices both in Australia

(Sydney) and PNG (Port Moresby);

(b) Their treks are safe and affordable - they…

I took a run on the new Kalamunda Circuit today. I was great fun and a credit to Murray Wynne and his volunteer team. Check it out here on…