Woman Power

We celebrate International Women´s Day on 8 March with these made-for-women activities and tours

MIND AND SPIRIT WORK OUTS

Author of The Blossoming Heart and international trainer Robbi Zeck ND runs Aroma Tours with her partner Jim Llewellyn which focuses on aromatherapy. Zeck will lead a Bali Women’s Retreat from 8–13 September. Accommodation is in a family-owned hotel in the middle of rice paddies outside the artists’ village of Ubud. The tour explores health rituals, as well as other activities such as yoga, ensuring you’re fully buzzed back into life. Book now as there are limited places, available at AU$1,950 for the whole week. Call +61 (3) 5331 3254, email info@aroma-tours.com.

MODERATE FITNESS REQUIRED

Get active and adventurous with Driftwood Dreamers, a tour company offering adventure tours in New Zealand just for women. Their tours are one-price inclusive, so you can just bring petty cash if you want to travel light. Their 14-day South Island adventure takes place 4–17 March and includes whale watching, wine tasting, hiking, sea-kayaking, bird-watching and whitewater rafting, for an all-inclusive rate of NZ$6,950 (AU$6,136). Call +64
(7) 315 6627, email adventures@ driftwooddreamers.com.

GIRLS UNINTERRUPTED

“No mirrors, no blokes” is the guarantee that InShape Women, a new fitness and wellness studio, is making. For women serious about feeling great and looking better, the studio has a range of programmes, including a full-body workout in 30 minutes and a 12-week nutritional programme for weight loss. More studios are opening across Adelaide but the first one is already in the seaside suburb of Henley Beach (238 Seaview Rd., tel: +61 (8) 8355 4922.

CATCH THE NEXT WAVE

For something really different on your next break head to Wavecatcher, which offers women-only surfing and yoga holidays near Byron Bay, in northern New South Wales. Started by one-time TV presenter and journalist, and fitness enthusiast Pamela Ellis, learning takes place in a nurturing environment. Accommodation is in Paradiso’s four-star apartments overlooking the beach at Kingscliff. Full board and lodging for five days twin-sharing, surf and yoga lessons, plus massage and facial for one hour each, at AU$1,195 per person. Call +61 (7) 5572 9452.

A TOUR DE FORCE

Get on your bike and do some bonding with your girlfriends, mum and yes, even grandma. During Tasmania’s Bike Week (10-18 March), you can join the women’s-only bike ride – Tour de Femme. Jointly organised by Cycling South and Bicycle Tasmania, it will set out from Hobart’s Cambridge Oval on 11 March for an easy 20km ride over mostly flat terrain to the Seven Mile Beach and back. Entry is just AU$5 before 9 March, AU$10 on the day itself. Call +61 (3) 6273 4463.