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Pleasant Day in Melbourne

Posted on August 30, 2014 by | Comments Off on Pleasant Day in Melbourne

After a couple of weeks of not being able to get a good training walk in, due to heavy chest colds, we managed to go on a short walk around the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. itt was a very pleasant, sunny day. Quite a change from the cold winters weather we have had recently. We did about 9km, and feel quite good. It was nice to stretch the legs.

A short 9km walk around the tan and along the Yarra river.

A short 9km walk around the tan and along the Yarra river.

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Southgate to Point Cook

Posted on August 16, 2014 by | Comments Off on Southgate to Point Cook

Today’s training walk took as from Southgate, Melbourne to Point Cook. We took the ferry from Southgate to the Scienceworks jetty. The walk was from Scienceworks to Point Cook was about 25km.  This is about the average daily distance we will need to complete each day on the Camino. We have all our gear, so we walked with full packs.  Today’s walk took us along the Williamstown to Altona coastal trail which is a shared bike and walking path.

More on the trail near Williamstown

More on the trail near Williamstown

On the Trail near Williamstown

On the Trail near Williamstown

Map of todays trip

Map of todays trip

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Today’s Training Walk

Capitol City Trail

This is a map of today’s walk, 30.4km, and about 7 hours we completed the Capitol City Trail. We stopped a few of times for water, lunch and a coffee. A very nice day in Melbourne

Along the Capitol City Trail

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Posted on July 27, 2014 by in Training

Walk to Sandy

Posted on July 23, 2014 by | Comments Off on Walk to Sandy
Lunch after walking to Sandringham from The city. This training walk was good preparation clocking up 38 km return.

Lunch after walking to Sandringham from The city. This training walk was good preparation clocking up 38 km return.

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Around Melbourne

Posted on July 23, 2014 by | Comments Off on Around Melbourne
Finding hills to walk not far from home! The Melbourne Botanic gardens have provided a good training ground for our walk.

Finding hills to walk not far from home! The Melbourne Botanic gardens and surrounds have provided a good training ground for our walk.

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Still in training mode

Posted on July 22, 2014 by | Comments Off on Still in training mode

5 weeks to go before we set off on our grand European adventure, walking 800km of the Camino. Ok, we are getting there. Walking as much as we can on weekends (20-30km/day)  and gym sessions during the week.

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