Caroline McKenna moved there to teach and never thought that seven year's later she'd be back home in Co Down with a huge online following.
She said: "For the last seven years I have been living in Australia working as a full time teacher and really enjoying my life out there. Caroline, who owns the A County Down Under podcast, travelled to Poland last month, on her own, to take part in an intense experience with Wim Hof. "One of the things that I love about him is that he is able to back everything he does up with science. He has proven that cold water therapy can absolutely help to look after your mental health, and boost your immune system.
"It was very intense, physically and mentally. One of the first things they made us do was to get into a below-zero lake, and tread water for seven minutes. "When I was climbing up that mountain, with every step that I took, I thought 'I am going to die here. If I don't focus, there is nobody coming to save me'. It was the most intense experience and if I let my mind wander too much, I would have started to feel the cold.