A Coastrek photo story

On Friday the 25th of March, the Freshie Photography team shot Coastrek Sydney, which saw some 4500 trekkers taking on the 60km, 45km, or 30km routes stretching from La Perouse to the finish line at Kirribilli. In doing so, the trekkers raised over $2 million for Beyond Blue.

Coastrek is my favourite event of the year. It is a massive day requiring around 18 hours of shooting, but there is just something magical about the vibe around the event. The emotions that start to flow at the finish line as the sun goes down is incomparable to anything else we shoot. There are no "winners", it is not a race and it is not a competition, but the support that every trekker gets along the way is simply amazing. It is an event where even as photographers, we feel invested in the participants. We are there to see them off into the darkness at 6 am in the morning, and we are there to capture them crossing the finish line late into the evening. I've even been known to get a bit misty-eyed at the finish line, when you come to recognise how much of a personal achievement it is for some of these teams to complete the event, and how much it means to them.

The photos below give a brief snapshot of our day out on course shooting Coastrek Sydney for Wild Women on Top.