Month of Hiking | September 2025
1 to 30 September 2025
This September be part of something epic. Rally your mates, form a team (or join one), embrace a little friendly rivalry and compete for some amazing prizes along the way. The goal – a collective lap around Australia. In addition to the collective target each team race (not to scale) around Australia, passing some interesting checkpoints along the way.
Team Challenge
Distance Challenge
The Goal?
Collective Target: Let’s hike the equivalent of a lap around Australia — together. Thats 14,391 km’s! Last year we hiked 1,880km to Coral Bay. How far will we get in 2025!
Team Challenge: Hike a virtual 600km around Australia. (An average will be used to account for different sized teams)
Individual Challenge: Hike 100km, that’s 25km per week or 3.3km per day. Last year our winner Joanne Halliday hiked 211km.
Activities include: Walking, running, hiking and all steps based activities.
How to Join
Get the Pacer app by scanning the QR code with your smart phone. Or visit: https://www.mypacer.com/organizations/wf108692/invite
Enter Code wf108692 on app landing page to join the GROUNDED | Esperance Hiking Festival organization.
Sign Up with your email.
Enrol in the Month of Hiking Challenge (either add a new Team of your own, or join an existing team).
Connect with your Apple Watch, Fitbit, Samsung Health or Garmin, or simply use your phone to track steps and activities. Open the Pacer app daily to ensure challenge data is up to date.
Hit the trails! Top tip the app automatically counts your steps so even a walk to the mailbox counts. To maximise your steps walk to work instead of driving, take a weekend stroll with friends before brunch, or why not join a walking group or plan a hike with friends, for a natural dopamine hit.
The Month of Hiking and associated events are sponsored with thanks by the WA State Government through the Hiking Participation Grant.
