Walkabout Show - Episode Highlights
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From hillwalking in Cape Breton to the rocky trails of the South Shore, Walkabout takes you on Nova Scotia's unique trails, profiling the natural beauty to be found on each one. Join host Andrew Younger as he explores the trails of our beautiful province.
Staring in September 2024, we'll post recommended episodes each month. Watch this space for new episodes or go directly to the Walkabout YouTube channel and browse through episodes from four seasons. The new season of Walkabout - Season 5 - is coming to Eastlink in October 2024.
Walkabout S3E2 Gold Brook & Cape Smokey
Western Cape Breton has changed a lot over the last century or so. Host Andrew Younger starts in the Margaree looking for evidence of an old gold mine in the Gold Brook Valley on this hike, and follows up with a trip to the top of Cape Smokey for a short hike across the top of the mountain.
Walkabout S3E6 Tancook Island & Castle Rock
A short ferry ride from Chester finds you on Big Tancook Island and
it’s where Walkabout starts this episode, by exploring the island and learning about the rich history of this island outpost, home to many families and a one room schoolhouse. Back on the mainland, host Andrew Younger heads to Castle Rock, a popular hike to the top of a rocky, and sometimes foggy, outcrop near East River.
Walkabout S3E8 York Redoubt & Herring Cove
York Redoubt is known by many as an old fortress location which is fun to explore along Halifax Harbour. But its also home to many trails, which give visitors the chance to find even more evidence of the many different lives this fortress had. A little further out along the coast, the Herring Cove Bluffs also keep watch over the harbour from a protected area blessed with beautiful harbour vistas.
Walkabout S3E10 Hobsons Lake & Sackville River
Near Kearney Lake in Halifax, you can get lost in the woods along trails,
which make you feel far from urban life. Walkabout heads out on a series of trails towards Ash Lake in the Birch Cove Blue Mountain Wilderness, before heading off to the Bedford Sackville Connector where a hike starts with a former military site at Fort Sackville and passes by a modern military installation before ending in Sackville.
