April 2010 Blog Posts (8)

I recently returned from a holiday in New Zealand where we stayed with friends for a few days. They are keen mountain bikers and wanted to take me, my husband and the friends we were travelling with, mountain biking over the Rimutaka Ranges behind Wellington and had borrowed bikes for all of us. Of the four of us, I was the only one who had ridden a bike recently (my husband bought me a bike for Christamas). The other three had not ridden for 20+ years and were not too keen to…

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natureplaywa.org.au was officially launched last night. Those who want to see their children enjoying the health, learning and other benefits of play in the outdoors individually and in family group settings would be well advised to connect with the movement in Western Australia which stems from American Dr Richard Louv's Children and Nature Movement www.childrenandnature.org and his book 'Last Child…

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I posted my contribution to this competition/website..my entry reference is 2371 if you want to take a look.

http://nothinglikeaustralia.com/entries/wa/0002371.htm

NB: Click on the magnifying glass to see everyone's captions too!

This aside, the website is worth a visit just to marvel at the images of Australia that everyday people have posted. If this site and the content is…

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The family and I went on our first moutain bike ride on the weekend - and loved it! We went on a guided ride along the Kep Track on Sunday - only about 10km all-up, which was probably enough for the first time. We started off slowly as it's a new sensation being on the gravel tracks and everyone was a bit cautious - but the return trip took half the time :) The bikes were provided free as part of the event which was organised by the Munda Biddi Foundation. This was a great idea, as we…

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Just uploaded a few pics from my walk in QLD. Hope you like it.

Hi Im interested if any horse riders in the southwest area have a club for horse trails and if not is there any one interested in starting one....

Cheers Pen

Last night the ABC Compass program aired its feature on the Camino Salvado which follows the Pilgrim Trail from Subiaco to New Norcia. You can download the program at



http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2848582.htm



Being biased, we thought the program excellent: it was serious with touches of humor: it show-pieced the Pilgrim trail that the Camino follows and the scenery spoke for itself.

Since the show we have had 10… Continue

After YEARS of promising myself a Coral Coast Top Trails adventure for Easter we are finally on our way.



Today is Day 1 and we arrived safely last night in Kalbarri despite bringing rain with us!!! We are off to walk through the wonders of the amazing gorges with the Loop Walk featuring the photo perfect Nature's Window on our way through to the highway to continue heading North to Shark Bay.



Kalbarri… Continue