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December 2009 Blog Posts (5)

Queen Charlotte Track, New Zealand

Hi to everyone at Trail Talk. To introduce ourselves, Mike and I were the lucky ones to get the gig to be the ‘on the ground’ assessors for the Top Trails Project. During the months of assessing we drove from Esperance to Kununurra and almost everywhere in between. In the end we walked 1461 kilometres, cycled 490 kilometres and drove 6301 kilometres of drive trails.

As you can tell, we love trails. We walked the Bibbulmun Track from end to end in 2006. Can’t believe it is that long… Continue

Added by Jane Pelusey on December 22, 2009 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Long Trail, Vermont, USA

This year had the fortune to tour Canada, Alaska and Vermont in August and September. While in Vermont we chose to do part of the Long Trail. The Long Trail is a 272 mile (438 kilometres) long walking trail through Vermont USA. It is the oldest long distance trail in the USA. It was built between 1910- 1930s. It actually coincides with the Appalachian Trail for 100 miles.

The trail follows the Green Mountains and we did the section around Mount Mansfield near Stowe. The first part of… Continue

Added by Jane Pelusey on December 22, 2009 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Bibbulmun Track end to end, our story

Bibbulmun Track 20 September – 21 November 2009

Daphne and Lennard

What went ahead

Somewhere during our internship in 2003 in Sydney (or Sidney in Dutch, but that looks awfully awkward) we heard of the Bibbulmun track for the first time. Back then we only had less than 3 months to travel Australia after we finished our research. We did some hiking in Wilsons Promontory, Katherine Gorge (mainly canoeing) and other places, but we didn’t consider doing the… Continue

Added by Lennard &Daphne Koster-Bloemkolk on December 22, 2009 at 2:58am — 3 Comments

Importance of Walking

1 Walking 20 minutes can add to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month.
2 My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60... Now he's 97 years old and we haven't a clue where the hell he is.
3 I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
4 I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing..

Added by Linda Daniels on December 17, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Geographe Bay Tourism Association - Trail Tour information

Hi there,

Below you will find some information on the Trail Tours we run at Cape Naturaliste and Yallingup, WA. Several more exciting Trail Tours will be available soon. For more information, contact the friendly staff at Ngilgi Cave on 9755 2152.

The Quenda Trail – 3 hours – Moderate hike - Adult $60

Trail tours leave Ngilgi Cave daily at 9:30am and 2pm. Minimum booking $110.

This hike embraces all of your senses, as you smell the sea air, hear the wild… Continue

Added by GBTA Trail Tours on December 14, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments