She braved snow and rain and was stopped by police but a district woman has vowed to continue her fight for press freedom.
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As previously reported in the Goulburn Post, 77-year-old Collector district woman Adrienne Carpenter and her moodle, Phoebe, embarked on a three-day 70km walk from Collector to Canberra on September 16 to highlight the need for press freedom and climate change action.
She was particularly incensed about AFP raids on the ABC and a Daily Telegraph journalist's home.
But with not as much media attention as hoped, Miss Carpenter has pledged to do the walk again, this time from Goulburn to the capital.
Like the last time, she'll also be pushing a pram emblazoned with 'Freedom of the Press' and calling for a bill of rights. It's also designed to give four-year-old Phoebe a rest.
But the feisty crossbreed didn't need it last time.
The duo covered 22km a day, arriving firstly at Anderson VC rest area. Then overnight the snow came. Thankfully, a neighbour arrived with a van, in which the duo slept.
"We got up in the middle of the night and there was a lot of snow. It was spectacular," she said.
But they continued the trek the next day amid the snow and rain, buoyed by wellwishers. Police also stopped to check what they were doing but soon left, advising them to be careful.
"We arrived at Eaglehawk later that day looking like drowned rats. The man at the cafe had passed me a few times and recognised me so he shouted me a coffee," Miss Carpenter said.
The next day they arrived at Canberra's Parliament House feeeling "physically fine."
Miss Carpenter said she felt strongly enough about the cause to do it all again, this time from Hume MP Angus Taylor's office.
"We only have one planet and we have to look after it," she said.
The pair will set off again on Monday, September 30, this time taking five days for the trek.