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If you're looking for beautifully staged photos of carefree children enjoying the wilderness with their photogenic parents, then go back to Instagram... this is what real bushwalking looks like!*

This is a record of the warts and all adventures of an 8 year old who would rather be watching Spongebob, a 10 year old who would rather be playing Overwatch, a father who would rather everyone just shut up and appreciate the outdoors and a mother trying to hold it all together.

We are the Waldrons and we love bushwalking... most of the time.

"Look at that amazing view" - Richard

"Holly hit me with a stick" - Tyler

"I have to go to the toilet" - Holly

"Let's just get over this hill and then you can have some chips" - Leonie (me)

"Woof, I want to come for a walk too" - Max

We live at the foot of the blue mountains in Sydney and try and get out into the trees as often as we can. All the times / durations listed in our family walks are geared towards little people and include faffing about, snack stops, weeing in the bushes and stops to admire the views, meaning if you don't have kids with you you could probably do these in a quarter of the time!

I also like to explore trails by myself, specifically running trail marathons and ultra marathons, so there's also a bunch of race reports tucked into this blog.

*Above photo is not an accurate representation of children's moods whilst walking. Photo taken with forced smiles from Ty who had thigh chafe, Holly who's nose had briefly stopped bleeding, and me who had carried both a 30kg Holly and a 3kg bag of food and drinks on my back for the preceding 6km. BUT we made it to the top of Kosciuszko together and all the way back without strangling each other!

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