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Most Inspiring Woman of the Month: Liz Walden
28 January 2016
By Alex Willis | Digital Media Assistant

We catch up with Liz Walden, our Wild Woman of the Month to find out how she keeps motivated!
Pleasure is the first stepping stone out of obesity
27 January 2016
Di Westaway | CEO Wild Women On Top | Trek Expert | Author | Speaker

If your New Year’s resolution hasn’t failed yet, don’t be feeling too smug. Odds are it soon will.
Save energy with technical walking
27 January 2016
Di Westaway | CEO Wild Women On Top | Trek Expert | Author | Speaker

Technical walking is a term used to describe several different styles of walking used to increase efficiency, reduce injury and conserve energy while trekking in the wilderness.
Say hello to the wonderful Coach Jo!
25 January 2016
By Samantha Page | Marketing Assistant Wild Women On Top

From an early age, I have had the wilderness bug and have been fortunate enough to travel to many parts of the world exploring more of the natural beauty that surrounds us.
Just get out the door
25 January 2016
By Lisa Marshall | Director Wild Women On Top

Normally, 2 weeks out of routine and holiday sleep in’s send my routine into disarray. But this morning I couldn’t wait. I missed the super charged Trek Training buzz and my body needed to feel it again.
Top 10 tips for a perfectly packed pack!
25 January 2016
By Di Westaway | CEO Wild Women On Top | Entrepreneur | Author | Speaker | Adventurer

Don’t ditch a great trek like Jatbula, Bungle Bungles or Walls of Jerusalem cos you think you can’t carry a full pack! YOU CAN! Just learn to #treklikeagirl!
Why You’ll LOVE Tassie
25 January 2016
By Di Westaway | CEO Wild Women On Top | Entrepreneur | Author | Speaker | Adventurer

Unzipping my tent to the surreal reflections on the glassy surface of Lake Elysia was the perfect way to welcome in the new year. And if you haven’t experienced this World Heritage treasure in central Tasmania, put it on your bucket list now!
WTF is happening to us?
22 January 2016
Di Westaway | CEO Wild Women On Top | Fitpreneur | Author | Speaker | Adventurer

Here’s some stats to get you thinking … Last month’s National Health Survey, which slipped past most of us as we guzzled champagne at the office Xmas Party found....
Come Trek Train on Thursdays beneath the moonlight
22 January 2016
By Samantha Page | Marketing Assistant Wild Women On Top

Throw your worries into the night! Find fun with amazing women and get your weekly dose of nature & moonlit exercise on empty bush trails of the beautiful Upper North Shore!
A land of beautiful contrasts
15 January 2016
By Lisa Marshall | Director Wild Women On Top

Africa. The home of my birth. The magical continent that so many people have on their bucket list. Where the Big Five roam. The contrast of poverty and wealth always seamlessly thrown together causing your conscience to simultaneously marvel at its beauty yet falter at its inequality.
A community unleashed- Wild Women Kick A*** in 2015!
18 December 2015
Five years ago, we had a wild idea, an outrageous goal.
And this year, thanks to YOU, our Wild Women community, it became a reality.
"I want to revive courage"
18 December 2015
By Lisa Marshall | Director of Wild Women On Top

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Secret women's business
16 December 2015
Note: Some of the secrets discussed here might shock and disgust some people, so if you are:
1. Male
2. Offended by bodily functions
3. A teenager
Please don't read on...
For the brave heres 10 tips to keep hygienic..
How to stay sane over the silly season
16 December 2015
Xmas is a stressful time. You have a million things to squeeze in before the big family day, which is always full of surprises. It’s a time of extreme emotions, where we need to be prepared to expect the unexpected.
Di Westaway's top 10 tips to get you working out daily
16 December 2015
By Di Westaway | Chief Adventure Chick Wild Women On Top

Despite knowing how amazing we feel post workout, getting up early to workout is never easy.
Di Westaway tells us her top 10 secrets to make getting out the door and onto the trail a happy ritual, not a dreaded task.
Q&A with Sally Filtness
11 December 2015
I was Trek Training on a Thursday night back in 2005 and I entered with my mates from that night. Jac, Holly, Ned and Linda. It was our next progression of goals and a 'step out of box' kind of goal. I was up for one of those.
Happy New YOU!
11 December 2015
Di Westaway | CEO Wild Women On Top Coastrek | Huffington Post Blogger | Speaker | Entrepreneur | Adventurer
"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right." Oprah Winfrey
At Xmas time, I’ve usually got about as much food discipline as a stoner with the munchies. Two glasses of summer bubbles and I will vacuum the fridge, actually. It’s sad. My 80:20 rule of healthy eating becomes 20:80. I binge myself to bulge.
You don't need to climb a mountain to feel on top of the world
30 November 2015
It's Monday morning. The alarm barks at me and I flap around blindly trying to mute it. My eyes are glued shut with sleep and I'm feeling groggy and sluggish. I dig deep into the rubbish bin of yesterday's thoughts searching for a reason to drag myself from the warm cocoon of my doona.
Q & A with original Coastrekker - Chris Bourke
27 November 2015
Back in 2005 Coastrek was born.
A 127 km adventure that had trekkers walking around the clock. It was young and unknowing but its vision and cause attracted wonderful, adventurous teams to its starting line. 10 years on the original Coastrekker’s have gone on to scale the most arduous yet breathtaking peaks of Everest and K2, abandoned professions in search of the magnificent and are now employed by the wild – spending days getting to know themselves amongst the many hidden treasures of the outdoors.
Expect the unexpected
18 November 2015
Adventure is about the UNEXPECTED……after all it’s not called the wild just for fun.
The wilderness is wonderful but as all us trekkers have learnt, it is unpredictable, random and impulsive. It does not follow any schedule, itinerary or plan and definitely does not always conform to our expectations.

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