If you need to have a tantrum every now and again that’s fine.

Adrian's tips on giving your hiking gear a longer life

My three favourite things about Hinchinbrook Island

What I've been doing to prepare for when we can hike again

Why we should allow our kids into the kitchen... and Sam's (13yo) recipe for chocolate mug cakes

This year when Covid happened and life changed, I was certainly working less. Was I happier to have more free time, less hours eaten away by work each day? No, I wasn’t. I wanted to continue doing what I know how to do best – working hard – so I started new projects to occupy my time. I wanted to stay in control, and working less didn’t make me happy because it was out of my control, it wasn’t a choice I was making for myself.

Life is a series of adventures and you often can’t control what happens, so you plan and prepare for the worst and hope for the best. However we want to advocate that avoiding adventures isn’t an option, the choice is whether you live your best life ready to roll with the adventures, building your stamina, fitness and positive attitude, or you stay quiet, hunker down and hope that you keep your control.

Friday was an amazing first day on Walls of Jerusalem, the air was crisp, the sun was shining and we were all rearing to go. Not a long hike in to Wild Dog Creek campsite, but a really tough hill to kick it off.

Doing something new for the first time makes us vulnerable. It makes us scared, and whilst some people can approach the task with excitement and anticipation of the changes ahead and jump in head first, others will approach the same task with trepidation and anxiety.

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