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Trekking from Taroom

Amanda (left) and Chelsey Hay with Marley and Lisa Ellis make the long trek from Taroom to Rockhampton every weekend to play softball for Frenchville Scorpions. Photo: Aaron Kelly.
By Aaron Kelly

Meet the Taroom trekkers – a group of softball enthusiasts who travel over 600km every weekend to play the sport […]

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