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Get Healthy by Walking Around Australia with Gerry Couzens

Announcement posted by InHouse Publishing 19 Jan 2017

Destination - Better Health
Destination – Better Health is the account of author Gerry Couzens as he finds a way to make exercise interesting again. Faced with health issues at 71 years of age, Gerry was told by doctors he needed to eat healthier and exercise more.

Gerry started by walking around his one-acre block, but found he sometimes lost count of how many times he’d walked around. He moved on to using a treadmill, so he could keep track of how far he had travelled. He soon became bored with the lack of scenery and stimulus that the treadmill offered. He changed to walking in the streets around his home, but after a while this also bored him, even with the changing of the seasons.

Gerry was looking at the Google Street View of an address on Google Maps when the realisation dawned on him that he could use Google Maps to walk around Australia. Entering in the distance walked and using Street View, Gerry walked from Brisbane to Darwin without ever being further than two kilometres from his home. No accommodation costs and no risk of being run over by road-trains.

The challenge of this walk gave Gerry the motivation he needed to continue exercising. He decided to share this idea with others, with the goal of motivating them to start or continue their own regular exercise regime. Gerry includes in his book: tips to get started, examples of Destination – Better Health walks around Australia, and a page to record your very own Destination – Better Health walk.

You can purchase your copy of Destination – Better Health from GerryCouzens.com or through the InHouse Publishing bookstore. Wholesale orders can be made via the contact emails below. The eBook version is also available through Amazon Kindle (head to GerryCouzens.com for the link).