Echidna Trails

20/09/2023

Thanks for your hospitality today Grampians 'Feathers n Things'. Emma and I really enjoyed discovering your whole menagerie! And the wetlands around your place look amazing.

01/09/2023

Parks Victoria are looking for volunteers to be involved in the Greater Gariwerd Bird Survey. Applications closing soon. This is a great way to help if you're looking for opportunities to support Mother Nature and get out into the beautiful wild world that surrounds us. Here's a bit of inspiration to get you going 😁

Forty Citizen Scientists from the Gariwerd area complete bird surveys at 36 remote sites every Autumn and Spring to gain an understanding of the bird life in...

30/08/2023

This school holidays come and try some EAL and Nature Play with Echidna Trails and Rachael at Bellview Connection Equine Facilitated Learning on her beautiful property near Pomonal.
Hoofprints and Bush tracks is a great introduction for kids to the fun and wellbeing that can be found in the great outdoors.
Ages 6 years and above
Please contact Rachael to secure your booking

17/08/2023

I'm now an accredited Forest Therapy guide thanks to all of you 🫶🐸🫶

11/04/2023

Come and try Forest Therapy for yourself these school holidays.

Choose from either 7.30am - 10.30am on Friday 14th April or Sunday 23rd April.

For more information and booking head to https://www.echidnatrails.au/services-1

11/04/2023

At the end of February I went to an INFTA Forest Therapy PD day in the Sydney Botanic Gardens. We ended up here in the herb garden, which has all sorts of beautiful colours and fragrances. It was great to spend time with other guides from all across Australia, swapping stories and sharing tips about all things forest therapy 😊

23/01/2023

Join us for an early morning walk this Friday 27th January, 7am - 10am. This is your opportunity to experience the deep calm a Forest Therapy walk can bring and restore yourself after a busy week.

The walk will leave from Halls Gap and is suited to anyone who is independently mobile of any fitness level.

Interested?
Please book here
https://www.echidnatrails.au/services-1

09/01/2023

I am offering two free walks over January 2023 to complete my training as a Forest Therapy guide with the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA). These walks are suitable for anyone 16+ years who is independently mobile.

The walks are scheduled for 7am - 10am Thursday 12th January and Friday 27th January 2023.

Interested? Book here :)
https://www.echidnatrails.au/services-1

09/01/2023

Welcome to Forest Therapy.

Forest Therapy has great benefits for both our physical and mental wellbeing. On a Forest Therapy walk you are guided to take your time and use your senses to connect to nature.

It's new in Australia so you may not have heard of it yet, but it has been popular in Japan for over 40 years and has spread from there to South Korea and China decades ago.

What that means is there is a significant body of research that now shows how valuable it can be to our health. Which is why it is being picked up globally, with research efforts and training being done in Europe, North America, New Zealand and now, Australia.

Interested? You can find out more on https://www.echidnatrails.au/forest-therapy

29/12/2022

Welcome to Echidna Trails :)
A place for rest, rejuvenation and connection to nature ...