by katrinam | Jun 15, 2022 | Uncategorised
The morning after we arrived back in Alice Springs after finishing the Larapinta Trail walk in May, I headed straight into town and into Outbush in the Todd Mall. Opened in 1986, the locally owned business stocks everything you need and then some for an outback...
by katrinam | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
Since it opened in 2002, the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia has morphed from a favourite local walk to a world famous trek with up to 5000 walkers each year. Now that I’m one of them, I’m being asked a lot if I would recommend it (absolutely), if I would do it...
by katrinam | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
The growing popularity of the Larapinta Trail lulls people into a sense of false security—gee, if Felicity from publicity is doing it, it can’t be that hard. Trust me, capturing global attention doesn’t mean the trail is getting any easier! The relentless rocks are...
by katrinam | May 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
After a few slow glimmerings that turned into a thick orange band around the horizon, the sun came up fast at Mt Sonder. That I was on top of a mountain in the heart of Australia to see it happen on a May weekday was a high point in my life. I wasn’t just on top of a...
by katrinam | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
Everyone thinks their mum is the best. There’s a good chance my mum Helen really is though—a single mum in the 1970s, she was always fun and resourceful and hell bent on raising independent kids prepared for the world. She informed and inspired how I show up...
