Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Moontrekkers - Oxfam Trailwalker


I am currently training for the Oxfam Trailwalker - Perth Edition. This is the first time this walk has been in Perth. It is an event in which I have always wanted to do and now with a little more time up my sleeve (with less buddies over here to demand my attention) I thought it the perfect way to meet some others, have a goal to train for all while raising money for a good cause.

We need to raise $1000 for oxfam by the end of the month for our team to compete in the walk. Our team page is found here
Our team Moon Trekkers: Alex, Abby, Myself and GC
Alex wrote me a wee bio for our team page which is pretty amusing: 

Grace has recently moved here from New Zealand or "en-zed" and hasn't said much about it, apart from noticing several differences, like: our buckets of the Colonel's original recipe are bigger than Kentucky Fried Kiwi back home, she thinks we are sad for not having L&P in every fridge (its world famous!!) and she speaks of fond memories of riding a hobbit to school, keeping one eye out for low-flying Nasgul. We don't know how much of that is true though. She has done some synchronised swimming (see image), netball, run a couple of half marathons, and we even hear she dabbled in roller derby for a while.
We suspect she is all sweet and nice on the outside, but has a will of iron and might punch someone's teeth out, but quite handily she works in the dental industry so it isn't a big issue. Glad to have her along on this arduous trek, for a worthwhile cause.
No doubt there will be lots of funny banter whilst we all walk together for 100km. You can read the bios of other team mates on our team page.

Where the walk is located, just inland from Perth. It covers a range of terrain, through some bush and hills etc. So should be interesting! 

Dad sent me some supplies from the Ice Breaker outlet by his work back home!


My new walkers, recommended by Lauren my dear podiatrist friend.

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