On 11 November 2021 Australian Hiker celebrated its 5th birthday. When we started in 2016 we had no idea where we would be today. In this episode we reflect on our past year, and look at where we are heading over the coming year. We close this episode by answering the often asked question about how we got into hiking.
Podcast Overview
In this episode we talk about Australian Hikers past year:
Podcast Introduction (time index 00:01:26)
Year 5 a look back (time index 00:01:52)
Podcast
Now 202 podcast episodes released in total making us Australia’s longest running hiking podcast
Over 650,000 total episode downloads
An audience spanning 147 countries around the world
Top 10 download Countries
Australia
United States
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Germany
Canada
Ireland
India
Sweden
Hong Kong
209 trail reviews published
Trails reviewed in all Australian States and Territories
409 gear reviews online
207 general articles on hiking practice, safety, recipes, definitions and fitness
Social media
Youtube
Trail videos
Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter
What’s happening in 2022 (time index 00:06:58)
Hikes
Victoria and NSW the main focus
Longer day 2-3day hikes held over from 2020-2021
Longer hikes
Finalisation of the Hume and Hovell Track from 2019
Long hike(s) still to choose
Specialty hiking
Hammock camping
Bike Packing
100 gear reviews
38 podcast episodes
How did we get into hiking? (time index 00:13:42)
Both Gill and I would like to thank everyone for the support particularly over the past year and look forward to bringing you lots of hiking information in 2022.
Close (time index 00:31:00)
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