Residents at Stockland Patterson Lakes Retirement Village, 35km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, have walked the entire distance around Australia’s coastline, without getting their feet wet.
To help keep active during Victoria’s lockdown, the residents began tracking their steps. Together they have now walked more than 34,000 kilometres together.
Resident Kathy Upton said everyone in the village “has been incredibly supportive since we’ve taken on this challenge. By starting this trek around the world I was able to meet with other residents, which has really helped me feel connected to not only my neighbours but the wider community.”
“When you see how far we’ve travelled around the world, it really helps put it in perspective. We enjoy the social aspects on the walks and keep encouraging each other to achieve our goal to make it around the world! We all really look forward to these walks each week and hope they continue for a long time to come,” she added.
