Episode 026: Hiking, Snowys, Facebook Groups & Ottie with Paul Goodsell
If you're a hiker and you're on Facebook you might be familiar with the group 'Hiking in Australia & New Zealand'. Well, we recently had the...
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This is the official outdoor podcast from Melbourne based outdoor website - The Hiking Society. Produced and hosted by founder John Feeney, the Pursuit of the Outdoors podcast covers everyth...
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Episode 025: New Zealanders Are The Best
Recorded back in early 2016 during my first multi-day hike in New Zealand, I was making my way in the Tongariro National Park and was offere...
Episode 024: What You Can Do During The COVID-19 Isolation
After several months since we did our last podcast, we've decided to ramp things up and start doing more; especially during this period of i...
Episode 023 | An Outdoor Chat With Terra Roam
There's plenty of people in the Australian outdoor community that I'm keen on interviewing on this podcast because I genuinely believe that...
Episode 022 | A Bewildering Chat With Laura Waters
We're finally back with a new episode of the Pursuit of the Outdoors podcast and we've returned with a fantastic guest - Laura Waters. If yo...
Episode 021 | All Things Outdoor Photography with Rob Embury
In episode 21, I had the opportunity to sit down with outdoor photographer Rob Embury of Pale Blue Dot Photography. We speak about: His orig...
Episode 020 | A Chat With Rowan Smith from Summit Strength
In episode 20 of the Pursuit of the Outdoors podcast, I got the opportunity to sit down with Rowan Smith who owns and operates his own busin...
Episode 019 | The Two Reasons Why People Don't Go Hiking
After spending close to 5 years in the Victorian outdoor community, and running one of the biggest outdoor MeetUp groups for a portion of th...
Episode 018 | How Hiking and Trail Running Mesh Together
Had the absolute pleasure chatting with one of my Brubeck Australia & New Zealand ambassadors - Jayden Ordner - about his beginnings as a hi...
Episode 017 | Advice and Tips for Beginner Hikers
The tables were absolutely turned in this episode of the Pursuit of the Outdoors. After interviewing Andrea from Ladybirds on the Loose, she...
Episode 016 | A Chat With Andrea from Ladybirds on the Loose
In this episode, we were fortunate enough to sit down with founder and main organiser, Andrea Bayliss, for Melbourne all-female outdoor Meet...
Episode 015: My Thoughts On Our First Weekend As An Adventure Company
After several months of planning, and building and launching a new website, The Hiking Society is ready to go for its first weekend as an of...
Episode 014 | Reflecting on the MeetUp Group After Two Years
As the MeetUp group has now come to an end after two years, I thought it would be useful to express my thoughts on the last two years and al...
Episode 013 | The Importance of Water and Hydration in the Outdoors
How much water is too much when you're in the outdoors? In my opinion, there's no such thing as too much. With the temperatures set to rise...
Episode 012: A Chat About The Hiking Society with Lisa Murphy
In episode 12 of the podcast, I was on the other side of the interview as I was able to chat all things The Hiking Society, the online store...
Episode 011: Brendan Ives from Adventure Collective
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Brendan Ives; owner and operator of a new boutique outdoor retail store in Annandale, NSW, calle...
Episode 010: Reflection on 2 Years of The Hiking Society
It's The Hiking Society's 2nd birthday! So, for episode 10 of the podcast, I thought it would be fitting to reflect on what has occurred the...
Episode 009 | Tam Hutchins, Andrea Bayliss & Richelle Olsen
In this episode of the podcast, I had the opportunity to chat with three founders from arguably the three biggest women's only outdoor group...
Episode 008: My Thoughts on How to Choose Hiking Boots
One question that always gets asked, and rightly so, when people are starting to get into hiking is "what sort of hiking boots should I choo...
Episode 007: Interview with Lisa Marshall @trekcoach
In this episode, I get to chat with Lisa Marshall from Trek Coach. We talk all things outdoors and business, and really get into what the ou...