In Episode Four, Jen and Elle discuss Jen's recent attempt at the Great Southwest Walk which didn't end perfectly and how she managed to return home safely. We share laughs about leeches and get deep into discussion around normalising periods, poo, pee, and farting on the trail. Jen and Elle add a few shares around leave no trace period management and Elle shares a big challenge she took on with zero waste food prep and pack for the Overland Track in Tasmania.

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We honour the First Nations people of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We also want to acknowledge First Nations people throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.

Since we'll be talking about Tasmania today, we want to acknowledge the First Nations communities that suffered the attempted genocide at the hands of colonisers in 1829; where over nine different mobs who had lived in Tasmania for thousands of years were attacked and decimated despite their brave resistance. We pay our respects to the Peerapper, Tommeginne, Pyemmairrener, Tyerrernotepanner, Lairmairrener, Toogee, Nuenonne, and Paredarerme people and acknowledge their ongoing struggle for reconciliation. 

We also want to acknowledge and pay our respects to the rightful land owners of The Great Southwest Walk, the Gunditjmara and Buandig people.

We stand on this land as beneficiaries of an uncompensated and unreconciled dispossession which began over 200 years ago and continues today. We would like to reflect that within acknowledgement there should be action - and take a moment to reflect on how we act in solidarity with First Nations peoples and how we act against the economic and social systems which reinforce racism, oppression and subjugation.