Great Walks

WHO’S LEADING WHOM?

IT’S been a while since I did an overnight walk. Thirty years ago we called it hiking. Post-walk, as I analyse what happened, I wonder if there is a critical number of walkers you should have semi-formal meetings with to help with decision making and perhaps, elect a leader?

I live on a boat and have done for an adventure-filled, at times, wet and salty ten years. My skipper and I have sailed past the bushy headlands and beaches of northern NSW many times, but after reading Matt Gunn’s story on the Yuraygir Coastal Walk (GRW

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