Month of Hiking | September 2025
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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.
A Challenge Beyond Expectations
The Month of Hiking set a collective goal: to walk the distance of a full lap around Australia—14,391km. Thanks to the incredible efforts of our participants, we didn’t just reach the target—we went far beyond it.
Final result: 22,084km. That’s an impressive 153% of our goal, the equivalent of circling Australia one and a half times.
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.
