Right, let’s just imagine for a moment, that you’re taking some time out. Getting away from it all. You want to run, and you want it to be amazing. Here’s 5 random places in Australia that, if strung together, make for a tremendous trip.
(Most of these routes are mostly off road, so no traffic, and [...]
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5 Amazing Places to Run in Australia
Marathon Training: The Hare & The Tortoise Principal
The Hobopoet talks about one of his latest ventures – training for a 50 mile ultra. I ache and long for such an audacious goal… He outlines his training strategy: slow-oh-so-slow and steady. Sounds like good solid ‘hare and tortoise’ principals, and puts me in mind of the last marathon I ran – The Great [...]
Living The Dream: Costs
Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania. A nice place to hang out for a few days marathon training.
I put in a couple of magnificent (and challenging) 12 milers here, round the Hazards-Wineglass Bay loop, at the crack of dawn while most of the tourists and hikers were still fast asleep. There are great trails skirting the peaks, [...]
Why I Love The Hippy Lifestyle
The heat in the Northern Territory makes me hot and bothered. Irritable, lazy, nippy. A signpost suggests a range of walks in the Kakadu National Park, all between 1km and 3km, and I drag my heels and if given the chance opt not to bother. In this heat, even 1.8km is too far…!
The mozzies infest [...]
Is Boredom A Prerequisite For Creativity?
I got an email from the locum agency, about a potential job in Launceston. I got awfully excited – go back to Tasmania, earn some money, gain valuable skills. I emailed back, asking for more information. Then I got thinking…
My ‘year out’ travelling has been a phenomenal opportunity. Taking time out, not having to clock-in [...]
The Blissed Out Explorer
This is contentment. I’m holed up in a funny wee cabin-on-stilts that is my four bunk dorm at Lorne’s YHA in Victoria, Australia. No one else is here right now. The heater behind me is on, low and steady. Outside, it is a damp chilly autumnal afternoon – in June! Australia’s seasons disorientate me utterly. [...]
