My name is Peter Medbury and sometimes I'm a Bushwalker.

I'm lucky.  I live in Orange in the Central West of New South Wales, just 2 hours drive from the Gardens of Stone, the Wollemi, the Blue Mountains and the Kanangra-Boyd National Parks.  There are some lesser known Parks & Conservation Areas close by.

I started bushwalking when I was about 11 years old and continued until I married.  I was particularly interested in exploring areas associated with the early Oil Shale Industry and its railways.  Bushwalking was pushed aside in favour of family responsibilities, leaving a list of unrealised dreams - like walking from Kanangra Walls to Katoomba.

Family life, a career in IT and in recent years a passion for Softball (as an Umpire) has kept me very busy.  For a long time I never gave bushwalking a thought but I always found time to dabble in photography and for native plants.  I love growing the proteaceae.

In April 2006 I started walking again after a 30 year break, with my good friend Geoff Fox.  Geoff, a fellow Softball Umpire, had never been bushwalking before.  Now he is in 3 bushwalking clubs and walks several times a week.  And I go to work...

Family life, work and Softball don't leave me much time for bushwalking.   But... when I can escape to the bush... it's great.

I am a member of the Bush Club and the Upper Blue Mountains Bushwalking Club.  When I can I walk with the Clubs.  If I'm interested in something specific I will probably walk by myself.  I've found that photography isn't all that high on a bushwalker's agenda although they are pretty tolererant.

I finally did that Kanangra to Katoomba walk, solo, in May 2007.

My walking was curtailed in May 2009 by the sudden onset of Heart Disease.  At the beginning of July 2009 an Angiogram revealed I had 3 very blocked arteries (one 99% blocked).  In July/August 2009 I was treated with multistage Angioplasty (in Liverpool & here in Orange).  The 3 arteries have been opened using 4 Stents.  I was fortunate - I never had a Heart Attack.  I was treated in the Public Hospital System by fantastic Cardiologists, Doctors & Nurses.  I can never thank them enough - every day is a bonus.  It just shows that a healthy life style, good diet & lots of exercise does not make you immune to Coronary Artery Disease.

After a long period of rehabilitation & with fitness fully recovered I have been able to resume bushwalking again.

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