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Natalie works up a sweat for

a good cause!

Reluctant trekker Money raised by Natalie and her “Melinda thought we could just wing
friends from the 20 km trek from
the 20 kilometres on the day with no
supports Coolum to Noosa will benefit the training beforehand and I was like ‘no
Heart Foundation.
way! You can’t wing 20 kilometres!’.
heart health “Sadly, almost every hour of every Now I’m training each fortnight trying
to get some walks in, going to a
day, an Australian woman will lose her
life to heart disease and thankfully we different location each time.”
Exercise isn’t something Natalie can make a big difference to raise life- Is Natalie enjoying having a post-
Bean even remotely enjoys but saving funds,” said Natalie. exercise glow?
she’s determined to give it a red- Natalie said she wasn’t too sure a “I would like to say yes, but I just feel
hot crack to raise money for a 20 km trek was the best way for her tired and sore. I know it’s good for me
good cause. to support the cause, but one of her though…I think,” she grinned.
friends insisted it would be fun.
The Sapphire by Living Gems “I hate exercise and I told my friends Natalie described a walk at Daisy Hill
Resort Manager is stepping out of Jessica and Tammy that I’d only do in Brisbane where she walked behind
her comfort zone to raise money for it if our friend Melinda, who is just some ‘super-fit people’.
women’s heart health as part of the as unfit as me, would do it. I was “I didn’t realise how hilly the Daisy
Wild Women on Top Coastrek 2024 expecting her to say no, but to my Hill walk was going to be. At the end,
challenge on the Sunshine Coast. The surprise she didn’t! That’s how I got the fit people commented that there
event will take place on Friday, 19 July. roped in,” she said. were no hills, and I was like, ‘what the
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