Hiking, cycling, the outdoors and the Dandenong Ranges are four things that Brendan Edwards absolutely loves  – apart from his family, of course! His love for hiking began almost randomly back in 1997 when he and a friend took a trip down to the Great Ocean Road. “(We) decided to go down to the Great...Read More

I believe that a good pair of hiking socks form an integral part of enjoying yourself on the trail and that is why I invested in a pair of Darn Tough Socks. Now, I’m all for Australian products, particularly if they are made in Australia, but every so often an international product is so good it...Read More

Located in the north-east section of the Bunyip State Park, the Freemans Mill Walking Track is a 14km return hike that includes a large campground at the halfway mark. Starting at the Aqueduct Track at the make-shift car park under the power lines, head north for a kilometre until you come to a sign heading...Read More

It’s not a hero’s story as much as we, as a society, love to hear them. It’s an everyday person’s story, the one, that emerges from the mud and turns into a beautiful lotus. But not because of some magic happening, but because of the willingness to recognise the mud and lotus as equally important, as...Read More

For those of you who may not be aware, I recently started a new MeetUp group in New South Wales – The Hiking Society NSW. But why? Why did I start another MeetUp group altogether let alone another one in another state? The idea came to me late last year in an outdoors Facebook group...Read More