Hi
Welcome to the group, we are a friendly bunch here :)
There are lots pf places to hike in WA, are you staying in Perth?
You will be here at the start of winter and December is the start of
our summer.
Andrew_P2

--- In aushiker@..., "ringrat55" <amurland@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been doing a small amount of looking into hiking in WA and came
> across this group, so I thought I'd introduce myself and get a feel
> for what's happening.
>
> I'm a Canadian engineering student and I'm coming to Perth to work
> from May to December this year. My last job was in the Western
> Canadian mountains, so I spent most of my summer weekends hiking.
> I've done mostly dayhiking, but some of that has been fairly
> strenuous, ranging from a weekend of 12ish km hikes with 500-600 m
> elevation gains to a single day of 35.4 km of ridge walking and quick
> runs to peaks. I have done a ocuple of easy backpacking trips - 2 or
> 3 days of fairly flat hiking.
>
> So, to make a long story short, I'm coming to Perth and would like to
> get some hiking in while I'm there to get outside and see the country
> a bit.
>
> Happy trails!
> Andrea
>