The second in our Gutsy Girls three part mini series is here! A huge thanks to Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour for sponsoring this series - make sure to check out the film festival and get tickets to a show near you at www.gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.com.au Episode 55! Today's conversation is with Geelong based adventurer, travel writer and author, Laura Waters. Laura shares with us her metamorphosis from city living corporate 9-5er to adventurous travel writer and published author - a journey which was sparked during her 3000KM hike, the length of NZ, over a decade ago. Laura is this year's Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour Grant recipient and also shares with us her plans for kayaking over 2000KM from source to sea on the Murray River in October this year. We touch on many aspects of big life changes; hiking; travel writing and paddling including: the inspiration for Laura's book "Bewildered" - a life changing 3000KM through hike of the Te Araroa trail when it was a newly established traildocumenting the experience on the trail and the craft of storytellingthe process of writing a book with no prior knowledge, including literary speed dating eventsthe realities of a life as a travel writerPlanning for Laura's upcoming Murray River paddle Thanks Laura for your time and we can't wait to follow along on your Murray River adventure. You can find Laura on Instagram at: @laurawaters_writer and Facebook: Soul Trekkers If you've enjoyed this episode and are enjoying listening to the podcast, you can join the Patreon community for as little as $2 a month - any contribution really helps to keep the lights on and would be enormously appreciated. www.patreon.com/intotheweehourspodcast Thanks so much to the existing patrons! I appreciate you! And thanks too to the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour for supporting this three part mini series, celebrating Gusty Girls in the Aussie adventure space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.