THIS walk has been brewing since the last time I completed it in 2018. I decided when I first walked the trail the year before, to do this walk every year – an annual journey to witness the change in the landscape, externally and internally.
The Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail (KIWT) holds a special place in my heart. It opened in 2016 and quickly became popular, then the devastating fires of summer 2019–20 closed the trail. Since then, KIWT partially re-opened to day-walkers with a licensed tour operator, but the trail remained closed to independent multi-day walkers camping on the trail until now.
It was my first multi-day hike when I walked KIWT in 2017. One’s first multidayer is like a first love; it holds a place in your heart that cannot be matched, despite the nerves, inexperience, anticipation. The wonder, awe and sense of achievement when you’re done is incredible.
“THE DAY IS WET AND WILD, AND MOODY STORMS ARE BREWING”
Making memories
Imagine one of those little flipbooks where the
