What a great way to start your day, on an early morning stroll along Ocean Grove Beach, to Barwon Heads and back. It will take us just over an hour (tho we can cut it a little short if you are restricted for time!). We will finish with a take away coffee, and the option for a quick dip to feel alive in the ocean - totally optional!
Hike Leader: Richelle Olsen (she/her) - I'll be waiting for the group next to the Dunes cafe at Ocean Grove main beach.
Escaping Your Comfort Zone is Body Positive Adventures for women and non-binary crew. The outdoors don't care about your size, your speed or your fitness, and neither do we! 100% body positive, no focus on weightloss. Just having fun in the outdoors, cause we can!
This is 100% achievable for anyone without mobility issues, and we will take it slowly, with plenty of breather stops.
Important COVID Information -
- Due to Victorian government health directives on community sport and recreation, all participants must show hike leaders proof of their full vaccination status, or a valid exemption, prior to every walk they attend. If you cannot provide this information, you will be asked to not participate.
- All participants are required to WEAR a mask in the case where they cannot social distance, including carpooling.
- Please review the latest COVID information that applies to this walk
Hike Rating: Slow & Steady (refer to Hike Ratings for details)
- This hike is on the beach, its in between tides, but there will be plenty of hard packed sand, with some small sections of softer sand.
- We will walk for around 1hr 15 mins (approx) in total, with tons of breather and photo stops.
- This walk is beginner friendly, for those without specific mobility concerns, and always paced at the slowest in the group, to ensure no one is left behind.
If you are wondering if you're fit enough for this hike, the answer is YES! We all need to start somewhere and this is a great place to start - this is an excellent hike for beginners. Please contact me if you have any specific questions or concerns!
Kids: This event is fine for kids if they can walk for this amount of time with little complaint
Dogs: Dogs are welcome if they are well behaved, kept on a short leash, not under the feet of others and are picked up after
Accessibility: This walk is not suitable for wheelchairs
What to bring
- Properly fitting mask
- Hand sanitiser
- Water - at least 600ml. More if its hot.
- Wear comfortable exercise clothing, and layers are great as you can add and remove as you get hot or cold. Any comfortable shoes with laces will be fine.
- Bring a light, waterproof raincoat if you have one and rain is forecast.
- First aid kit, including any medications you might need, such as asthma puffers and antihistamines. Your health is your responsibility. Please alert the leader to the location of your medication (if you are carrying any).
- Emergency Contact/Medical Details form Please print out and fill in a copy of this form before your attend any EYCZ event, and leave it in your pack. If you can't access a printer, please simply write the details on a plain piece of paper, and put it in a ziplock bag in the top of your pack. Any medications you are carrying should be stored in the same section of your pack.
Other key information:
- For safety reasons, we ask all participants to reverse park where possible, for easy exit in case of an emergency (and easy access in the event of a flat battery)
- We start and finish at a great cafe, so we can hang about for a post-walk coffee. There is toilets are the start and finish. There's the option for a quick dip to feel alive in the ocean - totally optional!
I look forward to seeing you join us!
Cheers
Richelle
0402936397 (please use this event for any questions before the event. You may call with any issues on the day)
