Category Archives: Contemporary

Hiking stick timber choices. An Australian (Victorian) perspective.

It’s easy to think that a hiking stick can be picked up from the forest floor and be an affable companion for you as you journey. It’s just a stick. Yet finding that straight branch with the right heft that gives that overwhelming feeling of connection is rare. Celebrate it if you find it. KeepContinue reading “Hiking stick timber choices. An Australian (Victorian) perspective.”

The Walkers High – Entering Flow

The runner’s high is well documented with testimonials and scientific reasoning. It is the state of euphoria that overcomes the runner after a period of exertion.  Athletes report a lapse in anxiety and a higher pain threshold. Strangely, it does not manifest in all runners. As a walker I am interested in the translation ofContinue reading “The Walkers High – Entering Flow”

Time to think philosophically about time

Sometimes when planning a walk with others, I have to gently remind and reinforce the rewards of investing a complete day in the endeavour. Invest time, Invest in yourself. Time is the only true commodity we have, and we have so little. Gift yourself 10 minutes 20 seconds and watch “To Scale:Time” . Be humbled.Continue reading “Time to think philosophically about time”

An Urban Tramp – Podcast

Not all walking journeys traverse a mountain range, watersheds or plains. Urban walking the green wedges of our cities offer us clues to those who inhabit the community one is passing through. You can take the temperature of society. The quality of the local creeks, the amount and type of litter you pick up, theContinue reading “An Urban Tramp – Podcast”

Personal Transformation through Long Distance walking

The Order is an enthusiastic proponent of distance walking. In the modern world it’s a hard sell to convince people to invest a day or days in a simple but long walking journey of which the fruits are mostly realised after the event and over time. This is a 2013 Australian study of long distanceContinue reading “Personal Transformation through Long Distance walking”

A Journey On Country.

“Knowledge and skills trump equipment, so learn as much as you can” – Gordon Dedman, Bushcraft Survival Australia. Dangerous ideas are contained within. Enter at own risk. This essay addresses the modern dilemma of PLB’s, sat phones, personal responsibility, preparation and mortality. If you have ever thought about the olde ways on expedition, you should invest some time with this opinion piece.

Start Walking every day and this will change

Dave Paul from “Walking is fitness” YouTube channel evangelizes the practice of walking. He is a quality communicator and talks to the sacrament of immersionem at 5:21. A sacred lesson to reflect on. “You start to think differently about yourself. That internal tape that is scrolling, the way you think about yourself goes from IContinue reading “Start Walking every day and this will change”