SO, it began 18 months ago, with my sister who lives in rural Queensland. She asked me if I’d like to join her and a bunch of other ladies from outback Queensland, on a six-day hike in the Blue Mountains. It took me less than two minutes to process the question, think about it and reply ‘yes’. Next moment, we were shopping for boots, backpacks, sleeping mats and a whole gamut of hiking gear, seeing as we were both newbies to this concept of ‘hiking in the wilderness’.
The ladies I was about to meet, (Wild Women Hikers) came from all over outback Queensland joining to partake a small and a big hike each year. Due to the drought, some were unable to go – so my sister, myself and…