About Us | Trails Adventure Fitness | Townsville

Trails Adventure Fitness is the culmination of many years of study, personal experiences, and conversations over cups of coffee. It grew from a love of the outdoors and the belief that health includes physical as well as mental wellbeing, and of course, that exercise should be fun.

Over the years, Tara saw people feeling stressed for hours before the strenuous training sessions they had planned and realised that for some, this is just not the right option. Stress takes a toll on the body, so worrying about exercise takes away from its physical benefits. In hiking, Tara found what is right for her. Now, through Trails Adventure Fitness, you can experience a fitness program that relieves the tension of modern life, rather than adding to it, and find what’s right for you.

About Tara

At the age of 25 I embarked on my first overseas trip, including my first big walk, the Inca Trail in Peru. Our guide emphasised that walking to Macchu Picchu was a journey, and this made us travellers, not tourists. That idea stuck with me, and I think it’s the key to hiking: the journey is the purpose.

Walking has engaged me like no other sporting pursuit. For some, the challenge of race day inspires them; for me, there is nothing like the feeling of walking cross country with everything I need to survive carried on my back. It also feeds my interests in the environment and photography, and makes me feel connected to where I live.

I also love travelling, and there are an endless number of walks to be discovered overseas. I have managed so far to walk in many countries including New Zealand, the United States, and of course Australia, but I still have many more walks on my wish list.

On a professional level, I hold a Bachelor of Management from James Cook University and am a Fitness Australia registered Personal Trainer. Currently I am studying a Graduate Certificate of Career Development and Education to become a registered Careers Advisor. This qualification, combined with my experience in public service, small business, and not-for-profit organisations, will give me the tools to assist people in that other big issue in life: what is the right job for me?