We parked under the Story Bridge at Captain Burke Park, walked across the Story Bridge and followed the river through beside the city and Botanic Gardens, across the Goodwill Bridge, then along the river under the Kangaroo Point Cliffs till we completed the 8 kilometre circuit back at Captain Burke Park.
Ten years ago the three founding members of our little walking group took their first steps together. Today, now a group of seven, we retraced this first hike, followed by a little celebration breakfast. We parked under the Story Bridge at Captain Burke Park, walked across the Story Bridge and followed the river through beside the city and Botanic Gardens, across the Goodwill Bridge, then along the river under the Kangaroo Point Cliffs till we completed the 8 kilometre circuit back at Captain Burke Park. Back at the starting point we set the scene for breakfast. Since we have added the focus of feeding ourselves to our hiking journeys, we have become quite the skilled picnickers, and today we went all out. The table was set by the river and adorned with fairy lights and fine china. Courses included mango smoothies, yogurt and granola parfaits, savoury scrolls, ham and cheese croissants, birthday cake and bubbles. The fine feast was accompanied by a slide show of memories compiled by Helen on her laptop. Helen has been our chief inspirational organiser and recorder of dates and places hiked, kilometres covered, food consumed and much, much more over these past 10 years, and although we frustrate her at times with our stupid questions and lack of directional knowledge, we hope she knows how grateful we are. We hope this bunch of flowers show we truly appreciate her. And so, our first 10 years have flown by just like that. Thanks to Helen's excellent record keeping we know, as a group, we have hiked 3,876 kilometres over 436 days. If travelling around Australia that would take us from Brisbane to Adelaide via Sydney and Melbourne, and half way across the Nullarbor. We only need to walk another 1,230 kilometres and we will reach Perth. We may have to complete the full circuit of Australia in our wheelchairs.
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