Hunter teacher embarks on 440 kilometre trek through Simpson Desert

Step by step: Teacher Emma McCabe, pictured with mini adventurers, planned to trek through Kakadu last year for Jenny's Place. When it was postponed due to COVID-19 she gave her fully-paid spot to a former Jenny's Place client.Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

EMMA McCabe has trekked the Larapinta Trail and the Kokoda Track for Camp Quality, but nothing as long as 440 kilometres through the Simpson Desert.

Ms McCabe, who works at Waratah West Public School as its assistant principal curriculum and instruction and a kindergarten teacher, will fly on Saturday from Sydney to Alice Springs and then catch a charter flight to Dalhousie Springs.