Outdoor education: Threaded pathways to belonging

Abstract

This chapter traces the interwoven paths of two women's journeys working and living in the outdoors in Australia over the last 30 years. This journey explores the parallel lives of the women whilst documenting changing practices within the profession over three decades. Born on the same day of the same month of the same year, both women share a deep sense of connection to nature and are still actively engaged in working in the outdoors. This narrative articulates their approach to life with a whimsical and curious questioning of alternate pathways of lives lived in the outdoors.