The Awakening A couple of weeks ago, blogger friend Denyse made a comment on my blog that “she sensed a longing in me, for what was”. Well, Denyse is very perceptive. The longing in me lately has been to turn back the clock to when I was superfit and could do anything I put […]
Time For A Challenge
Life is now getting back to nomal, post Covid, though not quite normal. This almost normality, once more gives me a feeling of control and possiblity. With that in mind, I have decided that it’s time for a new exercise challenge, and that challenge will be Michelle Bridge’s 12 Week Body Transformation. As I age, […]
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Bushwalking at Moliagul
Today we went to Moliagul to attend the Flynn of Moliagul Day, which was an event created to celebrate the life of John Flynn of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Moliagul is about 50k from where I live but I’d never been there before today. So I took the opportunity for a short bushwalk before […]
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Fitness Update
Time for a wrap up of the first four weeks on Maxine’s Challenge and what a month it has been. When I posted about my intentions for The Challenge, I had no idea what was ahead. Unexpectedly for the past four weeks, since the challenge started, I’ve been working full time. To put the icing on the cake, […]
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Exercise and Extreme Heat
We’re Having a Heatwave We are having a very hot summer here in Central Victoria, with many days reaching temperatures over 40C. These days of extreme heat cause so much stress where I live, as we are in a very high bushfire danger area. I do worry about fires and our animals, on those days […]
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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone
Most days, I drop in to Sue’s Lifestyle Blog for Women Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond to read her latest posts. A few days ago she posted about Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone in April . This post of Sues was prompted by a post she had read on Leslie’s blog Once Upon a Time & […]
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Walk 10 Chewton #150walksinvictoria
This walk was at Chewton, near Castlemaine, starting on the Garfield track, and heading through old gold diggings, where many signs of gold mining can still be seen. The start was an ascent for about 1.5 kilometres, which gave an idea of what was to come. Most of the walk was on rocky, four wheel […]
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Bloody Long Walk 2018
In November last year I participated in The Bloody Long Walk in Melbourne. Anyone interested could check out my Bloody Long Walk Melbourne Wrap up for 2017. I did the walk with my good friend Tina. We had a great day, and, although it was hard work, I enjoyed the event so much, that I […]