At dawn on December 21st 2012 I set out from the place where the sun first strikes the Australian Continent, the peak of Mount Wollumbin (also known as Mount Warning)
From there I walked over two days to the Uplift Festival and connected with hundreds of people who are looking to raise the awareness of the state of the world and of the people on it. Around 40 or 50 people witnessed the start of this pilgrimage at the top of the mountain & Martie, Gregor, Matt and three young women walked the first 6 kilometres of what could well be a 50,000km or more journey on foot.
Since then I have walked the coast of NSW on this world wide pilgrimage for balance, peace & freedom.
I have sung with a choir in Bellingen, MC’ed at Sex Camp, MC’ed at the Gathering on the NSW South Coast, run a Quantum Leap workshop, assisted at a 5 Rhythms weekend, Walked the Budawang Ranges with “A Few Good Men”, presented a Men’s workshop at Bondi, travelled to New Zealand and walked the North Island and a good part of the South Island, received national and regional coverage in various newspapers, have spoken at schools, festivals, homes and workplaces; conducted more Quantum Leap workshops and a variety of other workshops in several countries, MC’ed events, dug & planted gardens, conducted talking circles, trekked mountains, valleys roads & ridges, presented spoken word performances, dreamed in The Village gatherings in Australia and they have commenced in three different locations, South East Queensland, NSW South Coast and Melbourne and along the way I have made some incredible friends & connections.
From the land of the long white cloud, Aotearoa, I sailed to Fiji and walked the main islands and a few more there, met villagers, chiefs, families and children, and returned to Australia to gather some funds for more of this incredible journey.

Next was an epic journey around Tasmania accompanied by Pete Coles who circumnavigated with me and was as constantly amazed by the “magic” of doing this walk as I am every single day.

India was an incredible lesson and adventure, seeing the juxtaposition of the best and worst of humanity in this extraordinary nation of contrasts. Walked about a thousand kilometres in India, such a tiny portion of a vast and beautiful country, but a deeply influential part of this pilgrimage for me. Walking the Ganges from Rishikesh upriver was a spiritual journey into the power of this river, the life blood of India and into the beauty of the people who made me and my walking companion, Kat Pham so welcome as we meandered our way along the banks of this mighty river.

Came back to Australia in March 2016 because lung illness from the air in much of India was just too overpowering for me – so I cut and ran back to the fresh air and sunshine of Famunity and community, further empowering the dream of The Village over the coming 12 months, then gaining & losing what I thought was to be a love that would last my lifetime, grieving that, grieving it some more then re-engaging with life to continue the walk…….

In December 2016 Scott Collins and Kathy Reed and Sophie and Iri Vallianos and Danny Miles and many others contributed to a protest walk “Walk in Silence”, protesting the suffering of children and others seeking refuge in Australia. Over two weeks Scott and I walked from Byron Bay to Brisbane. Iri Vallianos became the first “support crew” I have had for any part of this project, feeding us along the way and carrying our packs and accoutrements. For that two weeks I walked in silence to bring attention to Australia’s silence about this absolute travesty of fair dealing and justice and the enforced silence of those suffering at our hands.

That ended with speeches in King George square with well over a hundred other protesters, protest signs, distinguished co speakers and friends.

 At the Byron Bay Taste of Love festival and with the inspiration and request of Huw Rodgers to spark my next step, I made a pledge with Huw to travel to the UK and begin a walk that would take us both to Findhorn in Northern Scotland.

After setting in place three The Village gatherings across May and June of 2017, I flew from Melbourne to London (sans Huw, who got distracted along the way by career opportunity) on 9^th June 2017.

As I write this I am in the home of a new friend in Brighton on the south coast of England after the first leg of the UK walking pilgrimage.

Already many magical things have happened and the Brits have demonstrated that they too are fabulous people who support the notion of Balance, Peace and Freedom.

The next legs of this pilgrimage are from Brighton to Gloucestershire for some spoken word performances and to present two workshops at a conscious community gathering there – then on to walk north to Scotland (my maternal family ancestry) and to northern Scotland to the Findhorn community.

After that perhaps to the west of Wales (my paternal family ancestry)

From there my current intention is to walk south from France to the south of Spain for the winter months and on through Europe and the middle east over the coming several years. We shall see how that unfolds as time itself unfolds.

Please walk with me. Follow my progress online, come along and walk part of the journey with me, from the tropical forests of Fiji to the deserts of Africa to the forests of South America or wherever you have ever wanted to journey on this magnificent planet.

Please sponsor me if this pilgrimage inspires you or calls to you – but whatever you do, begin to choose a new way of life that activates your passion and nurtures this planet so that we can sustain ourselves & all of life.
If you too are one of the “ones we have been waiting for” – then wait no longer.

The time has come.

The rebellion has begun & we are all part of it.
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However you choose to do it, as a matter of urgency there is a need for us all to shift the way this world is working, because incresingly its not working very well for so many people.

Even our so called “first world” experiences are now leading to stress, anguish, illness and suicide. It really is time for a significant change in what we value.

It’s time for the embracing of these three things

Living in Balance with this absolutely beautiful and fragile system of life on earth.

Declaring Peace with each other and with ourselves. Discovering the inner peace that can only expand out to a more peaceful world overall

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Walking in Freedom – walking forward together with clarity that every man, woman and child has the right to a valid and fully expressed life.

The time is now & the rebellion has begun. However you choose, from this moment on, please “walk with me”.