travel and rhum

If I can get through one hike where someone isn't blasting some Tik Tok song on speakers, I'll call it a miracle. The entitlement.

Good afternoon Everyone, hope this is the right place to post this!

I live in Melbourne Victoria in Australia and have recently started to get into Hiking and camping. I don’t really have any friends that do this so I wanted to know how I find groups of clubs that are based around these activities so I can meet new people who also explore and go down that road. I have tried looking on Facebook and couldn’t really find any and my uni has a club but it’s more uni oriented and ironically they barely ever go and do the activities, rather just host trivia nights and pizza parties around the outdoor theme. Thanks for any help pointing me in the right direction.

I was recently searching for non-leather insulated hiking boots and it took a while to find options.
Here's a list of all the boots I ended up finding for those who may be interested 🙂

Baffin Hike (https://www.baffin.com/en-us/products/softw001)

Kamik Trek Ice (https://us.kamik.com/products/womens-trek-ice)

Icebug Stavre (https://icebug.com/product/stavre-w-bugrip-gtx-blackjademist)

Merrell Thermo Rogue (https://www.merrell.com/US/en/thermo-rogue-3-mid-gore-tex/194917534564.html)

WVSport Insulated Waterproof Hiking Boots https://www.wills-vegan-store.com/products/vegan-wvsport-insulated-waterproof-hiking-boots-womens)

Columbia Firecamp Boot (https://www.columbia.com/p/womens-firecamp-boot-1800311.html)

Salomon Vaya Powder (https://www.backcountry.com/salomon-vaya-powder-ts-cswp-boot-womens) (These ones have been discontinued but are still available on backcountry.com in some sizes. These are the ones I ended up with! I tend to need a wider toebox and they are good for that.)