Take Action Steps (TAS) challenge
Monday 15th   February – Saturday 27th March

Walk your way around Tasmania for your chance to win!

Healthy Inspirations would love you to join our new 6 week challenge and be in with the chance to win a spectacular 4 day adventure doing The Maria Island Walk.  The more you walk the more chances you have to win, so put your pedometer on and start your trip around Tasmania.

All Healthy Inspirations members can join the competition and be in the running for some fabulous local prizes and also the national prize of the Maria Island Walk in Tasmania, valued at over $3,000 including return airfares and accomodation.

How it works
Collect your first entry card from your Lifestyle Consultant, grab your pedometer and start recording your steps.  Each time you do one of the below trips, your LC will mark it off as complete.  Once you have done a full trip around Tasmania, ask your LC for another entry card and start the walk again.  The more times you enter the more chances you have to win.

1. Hobart to Ida Bay, including a walk around Mt Wellington = 24,100 steps
2. Ida Bay to Strathgordon = 22,000 steps
3. Strathgordon to Strahan = 28,000 steps
4. Strahan to Stanley = 24,900 steps
5. Stanley to Devonport, including a walk around Cradle Mountain = 24,000 steps
6. Devonport to Launceston, including a walk around Arthurs Lake = 25,100 steps
7. Launceston to Dolphin Sands, via Four Mile Creek = 24,200 steps
8. Dolphin Sands to Maria Island, including a walk around the Island = 20,000 steps

Conditions
1. The competition runs for six weeks, from Monday 15th  February to Saturday 27th March 2009
2. Weight Loss members will record their steps on a daily basis using their Journal. Fitness members should ask the LC for a record sheet
3. Show your pedometer to your LC when you enter the competition, or place your order at that time
4. Submit your completed entry card/s to your LC for your chance to be in the weekly/fortnightly draw
7. At the end of the 6 weeks, on or before Saturday 27th March, if you haven’t already, submit your completed entry cards

How to enter
It’s simple!  Just pay the $10 entry, collect your first entry card closer to the starting date, have your pedometer ready and start the walk of a lifetime.

Good luck to all participants

(Sponsored by The Maria Island Walk - www.mariaislandwalk.com.au)

Last years winner, Jenny from Bunbury had this to say:

"Landing like Robinson Crusoe on a deserted island our four days of wonderment began. This amazing boat trip set the scene for four perfect days with excellent company, brilliant guides, gourmet food and drinks, scenery and wildlife to take your breath away. Maia Island has it all. Our enthusiastic, knowledgeable and highly competent guides shared their expertise about the diversity of flora, fauna, geology and history of the Island. This created a perfect balance between tranquillity and interaction. Nothing was ever too much.

I believed that brochures and websites do not always portray the real story but “The Maria Island Walk” is more than the brochure or website. It is truly amazing. Nothing is ever left wanting. Thank you. These four days will last a life time!

I would personally like to thank Steve our initial contact person. Thank you. You answered all our questions and made us feel welcome and wanted. Nothing was ever too much. To Jilley and Inger  - our brilliant guides. Ladies you did it all from cooking those mouth watering gourmet dishes, adapting to our needs, working so well as a team and making us all feel so welcome and included. Just perfect! The feeling of reaching the summit of The Bishop and Clerk was exhilarating and euphoric. Thank you. To Ian and his wife. Thank you for arranging this walk. Your thoughts, environmental concerns and love of the island shine through in all that we did. Everything we needed was catered for from the very comfortable backpacks, rain jackets, silk sleeping sheets, head torches, ginger tablets to the smooth boat trip over, great cabins and super dining areas to that very last sip of champagne as we farewelled Maria Island but not the memories and experiences.

This walking holiday has had it all - the diversity of flora and fauna, varied landscapes and breathtaking scenery, small group size, excellent guides and campsites. A perfect blend of nature, history and personal challenge.

Best wishes and thank you"

~ Jenny