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Alison Job                                                                         Bernie Hunt

                                        The Walls of Jerusalem walk was a very special                                     A retired builder loves hiking and the outdoors.
                                        experience.Majestic  peaks,  unique  alpine                                        Other  interests  are  volunteering,  like  the
                                        environments, awe-inspiring panoramas and                                          Bridgestone solar challenge and Oxfam, Christmas
                                        delicate micro ecosystems.                                                         lights display which are computerised and set to
                                                                                                                           music.
                                        The   week   of  walks  was   beyond   my
                                        expectations. I have visited Tasmania many                                         Married to Margaret, and have three children. Grand
                                        times seeing the island in various ways: through                                   father to Kyla and Lilith.
                                        the lens of family history, orienteering, touring,
                                        day walks and multi-day walks. Each time the                                       Living in North Richmond for forty years, a member
                                        beauty and distinctive nature of Tasmania has                                      of The Bush Club and have also walked The
                                        broadened my appreciation of this special                                          Overland Track, Maria Island and Kokoda Track.
                                        place.
                                        This walk reached another level of Tassie
                                        magic.




                                        Kerrie McLean                                                                      Christine Yates

                                        I have been bushwalking for well over 25 years                                     Member of The Bush Club married to Kevin and
                                        and with retirement on the horizon I have taken                                    live in Gordon.
                                        up pack walking again in recent times.
                                                                                                                           Have walked in Japan: Northern Alps and
                                        It was wonderful to visit this area of Tasmania                                    Miyakejima and climeb the 4 Alps Kitamata(690m)
                                        and also to explore Launceston before and after                                    - Asahigoya(2152m) - Shiroumadake(2932m) -
                                        the walk.                                                                          Hakubayarionsen(2100m) - Sarukura(1250m)

                                        Some walking areas that I have enjoyed are the                                     Although Typhoon #24 was heading towards
                                        Larapinta Trail, Taiwan, New Zealand, Sri                                          Japan, overall the weather was very kind to us and
                                        Lanka, the Bibbulman Track in WA and                                               we were able to accomplish everything I had
                                        Tasmania.                                                                          planned.
                                        I also enjoy leading day walks as my way of
                                        giving something back to the Bush Club.I am
                                        married with 2 children and 2 grandchildren.




                                        Glenis Carroll                                                                     Katrina Gaitero

                                        I decided to celebrate my first anniversary of                                     This was my first ever camping trek and what a
                                        belonging to Bush Club with this, my first                                         fantastic group of people to experience it with.I am
                                        Tasmanian hike. It was also to be my first                                         now proud to say I can put up and down a tent in no
                                        experience of pack walking & camping since                                         time.
                                        being a teenager. I grew up in New Zealand, so
                                        at least the cold nights were familiar and luckily                                 The Walls of Jerusalem is truly a magic place to visit
                                        it only rained on the last day!                                                    and our guides were awesome.

                                        The Walls were stunning and I can’t wait to get                                    I have been a member of the bush club for 4 years
                                        back to Tasmania. Aside from trying to walk                                        now and have enjoyed most weekends out and
                                        regularly with the Club each week, I’ve been                                       about hiking.
                                        lucky to hike in New Zealand, Austria, Spain,
                                        United Kingdom and Scotland. The world is a                                        Originally from Scotland, married to John (A keen
                                        big, wonderful place when you choose to walk                                       golfer) and have one son Andrew, Looking forward
                                        it!                                                                                to doing lots more walks in the future.
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