RECAP: Trail Chat #16 with Pat Farmer On Wednesday evening, before the Tillies took to the pitch, we caught up with Pat Farmer AM from Foster, NSW where he’d just wrapped up his ~5th speaking engagement for the day. Pat is approximately 115 days (who’s counting?!) into a 6-month journey around Australia, running 14,000…
RECAP: Trail Chat #15 with Phil Gore Tuning in from the outskirts of Perth in WA, Phil Gore talked about his experience of Backyard Ultras, including mindset, key learnings, end-of-race goal setting, gear and much more. In case you didn’t know, earlier this year, Phil broke the world record for the longest distance in a backyard…
Pilliga Ultra 2023: Postponed It is with a heavy heart that the FWP Board of Directors, along with the event organising crew have made the decision to postpone the Pilliga Ultra 2023, and push the event date back to September 2024. There are a number of reasons why we came to this difficult decision.…
Hi there! Welcome to For Wild Places; a movement in motion. Over the next coming weeks, we are going to introduce you to our small but mighty team. Being the first to take the reins is a bit daunting, but if starting a non-for-profit organisation has taught me anything, it’s the importance of stepping out […]