Still Game

Does anyone know if there is a big space you can walk around (undercover/indoors). I really don't like walking in the sun and heat (and among mozzies when the sun goes down!) here and miss walking a lot.

I wondered if anyone knows if there is a facility where you could walk around. I guess like an indoor track that most may run around but a space where you could walk. I do walk indoors in the large shopping malls however would prefer a dedicated space. Thanks for any info.

I'm in Brisbane by the way.

the troubadour

I'm not in Brisbane, but Perth, but couldn't think of a single place here that would fulfil those requirements.
I could only suggest walk when sun less fierce, or indeed before risen or when gone down. For evenings mosquito repellent would be a solution, if so impacted by bites.
I'm afraid the sun is part and parcel of the Australian condition for a large part of the year.
A hat and sun glasses I find helps but never mind personally building up a sweat.

Dreamy

I know you've already mentioned shopping malls, but I don't know if you mean when they're open or as part of the dedicated walking programme many of them offer?

If you meant the former, then, good news!

Pollyana

My ex does a lot of walking for exercise and would like the sort of facility you describe, but to the best of our knowledge it doesn't exist, not in Brisbane anyway. A few of my colleagues walk for exercise too, and they all do it within the office complex, whichh is quite large, and which has several flights of stairs.
Unless you have access to an office building I think you will have to settle for shopping malls.

ozzieeagle

This must be why whenever I've visited Queensland I've seen heaps of people out very early in the morning, jogging or walking.

I think my cut off point for comfortable exercise down here in Melbourne is circa 33 degrees Centigrade. Is it lower up there because of the humidity?

Still Game

Thanks all. Unfortunately no access to an office so back to the shopping malls for me then :-)

I can't head out too early due to child care (lack thereof) and couldn't go and come back in time for OH to head to work. I do walk early-ish outside when I can and do prefer to be outside but the humidity saps energy more than being indoors (so I end up doing a much shorter walk) and I really don't like to be the extreme UV too much. I've tried later walks but even with mozzie repellent am eaten alive somehow.

If I had the cash perhaps I could develop this type of facility - might be a money spinner! :-)

rammygirl

That’s why people go to gyms to use treadmills. I would hate that though! I like walking too and miss the right to roam we had in the UK. I go out early as less mozzies. In the Adelaide hills it is cooler than on the plains. Generally parks or reserves are cooler to walk in or by the riverside.

Beoz

Another great sale for Brisbane.

How about a treadmill?

ozzieeagle

I've got 3 weeks off of work at present and we planned a small trip to Mornington at the end of this week in our camper. For the first time I can ever recall I've been put off by the conditions down there. There's an outbreak of Buruli ulcer specifically centered in the Mornington area with 275 cases in the past year. It's a flesh eating ulcer carried by by Mosquitos they think. I'm a mosquito magnet and camping means I'm bound to get bitten a few times.

Like I said it's the first time in my life I can ever think of that natural conditions have stopped me by choice going somewhere for a break. Never been stopped by cold and rain before.


The heat or cold generally doesn't stop me, Mosquitos and their disease threat certainly have.

We're going to Ballarat instead..... It'll be dead cold there for sure, that's not a problem for us though..... I'll admit that we are probably staying in a motel instead though.

We'll take the camper away in a couple of weeks up to the Murray I'd say.

Here's a news report on that flesh eating outbreak.

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/artic...rgent-research

Still Game

Yah I'm not a huge fan of treadmills (or gyms) prefer to be in the wide open spaces and fresh air! Unfortunately don't have the space for a good treadmill at home. I live near a very nice river walk but despite drowning myself in repellent am bitten to heck. Ah well, all good.

old.sparkles

So what would be the difference with an indoor track?

You can get a treadmill on gumtree pretty cheap - setting it up and putting it away easy enough, and get a walk in air con if needed while watching the morning news - or in the evening when the kids are in bed watching David Attenborough or similar. Couple that with an early morning walk while OH has kids before leaving for work maybe.

GarryP

A little research shows there was a pilot program in 2015 for a walking circuit inside the Westfield Garden City mall.

Category: | The Courier Mail

Offhand I can't find more details, but it suggests that there might be a suitable route there.

Still Game

We don't have any space at all, not even to pack one up and bring it back out. Treadmill, whilst in this house, is just not an option. I prefer the feeling of walking around, looking at different scenery and taking in fresh air. Second to that is actually walking around indoors, not walking nowhere on a treadmill. Moot point anyway as we don't have space.

Thanks all - seems there isn't a venue like this so back to walking around the malls it is.

Still Game

Thanks for this. I carried out quite a bit of research before asking the question, couldn't find anything myself either. I know about the mall walks, I do these myself - was just looking to see if there was a dedicated track area to walk around.

Not to worry, will go back to mall walking.