Lying on my back, I float naked in complete darkness. There’s no light, no sound, no pressure on my muscles. It feels like drifting in infinite space.
This is my first experience in a float tank. I step in expecting relaxation, maybe some meditative clarity, but what actually happens feels like a system reboot. The moment I close the lid and lye down in the magnesium rich water, the Epsom salt-laden surface lifts me until gravity seems to forget I exist....
Bikepacking has taken off worldwide, but in my opinion, the Snowy Mountains does it best. Pedal across high country plains, climb through snow gums, then pull up at a backcountry hut to cook noodles on the veranda, and crawl into a sleeping bag under the stars. That’s bikepacking in Kosciuszko National Park (KNP).
During the quiet months of Covid, two-time Paralympian Sam Tait started thinking about life after competitive skiing. Having skied since he was a child, Sam was paralysed with a complete T10 spinal cord injury after a motorbike accident at 22. Returning to the mountains, Sam learnt to ski in a sit ski, and went on to compete for Australia at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics. After years skiing at an elite level, Sam experienced firsthand the importance of recovery, and the idea for a dedicated recovery centre was born.
Only 75 km’s east of Melbourne’s CBD, Warburton sits tucked deep in the Yarra Ranges. Where rugged mountain terrain meets lush cool climate rainforest, the landscape rolls from towering mountain ash forests into sheltered fern gullies and creeks with the Yarra River threading its way through town.
For those who love an adventure and want the thrill of rock climbing without the technical experience. via ferrata, or ‘iron way’ in Italian, or RockWire in Australia, is THE way.
With elite rock climbers for parents, growing up in an outdoor sporty family meant holidays were spent doing sporting activities for Zoe Cuthbert. With her dad, an adventure racer and ultra-distance runner, in 2020 Zoe had plans to ride the Tour Divide ...
Coming from a tight knit Italian/Welsh family, Chris Panozzo is bred from quality racing stock. Growing up in Mount Beauty with cousins Adam, Joel and Liam, Chris’s parents would take older cousins Adam and Joel downhill racing. Chris and Liam raced BMX around the state until ...
NEW transport service offers regular shuttles between Mansfield and Mt Buller
Explorer Shuttles commence from 29 December
Shuttles are available every Friday, Saturday & Sunday January - March
Flexible pass options available including one-way, return and all day
“Do you know a nice easy gravel ride in Bright?” is a question I get all the time. The response is always the same - “there are none”. Bright is in a bowl and the cost of just about any Bright gravel ride is at least 1000m of climbing. But we’re also incredibly lucky to have an abundance of ....
Bright truly has some of the most interesting, challenging and scenic gravel cycling in Victoria, but it might be worth waiting until you’re a bit more confident off road to properly enjoy everything our favourite cycling destination has to offer...
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