When the Great Alpine Road of Victoria was blocked off on the way to Mt Hotham, we instead had to take the road up through Falls Creek to get to the coast. It turned out to be an absolutely beautiful drive up the forested slopes to the alpine village of Falls Creek, high up on [...]
We only went to Glen Davis in New South Wales, Australia, because the campsite that we chose didn't work out. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as we would have missed out on this beautiful sight otherwise. I shot this panorama while standing in the streets of this old shale oil mining [...]
From high up on the New England Tableland in Australia, we drove down the range from Uralla towards Tamworth and stopped at Moonbi Lookout for a rest and to enjoy the view. I took this panorama from the top of a huge granite rock which acts as the lookout. You can view the New England [...]
As we made our way to Serengeti National Park from Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania, we had to climb up into the Ngorongoro Highlands before we went to Olduvai Gorge and then onto Serengeti. Although we would be visiting Ngorongoro Crater for a safari on the way back, it was great to stop in on [...]
This panorama was taken while I was hiking along the trail to Mount Cordeax in Main Range National Park, Australia. Located in South-East Queensland, Main Range National Park has some spectacular mountainous and rain forest scenery with lots of great views like this one. The Mount Cordeax track is an easy gradual climb that is [...]
Some of the most beautiful places that I have seen in the world have been while hiking. From the lush forests and mountains of the Milford Track in New Zealand, to the high altitude of the Himalayas on the Mount Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal, my love for hiking has taken me to places [...]
It's almost impossible for me to describe just how vast the Serengeti Plain is in Northern Tanzania. When I recently spent three days exploring Serengeti National Park, I was constantly speechless at the sheer size and beauty of this vast plain. As far as the eye can see, grasslands in different shades of yellow, green [...]
This is the fifth and final part of my Mount Kilimanjaro Climb. If you missed part 4, you can read it here. I awoke suddenly from a restless sleep. It was pitch black in my tent as I fumbled around in my sleeping bag to find my phone. Sleepily, I turned it on and squinted [...]
When I went on safari recently in Tanzania, one of the animals that I wanted to see most was the hippopotamus. I saw several in the Serengeti, but it was in Ngorongoro Crater that I really got my hippo fix. Not only did I see these fat noisy animals wallowing in the water, but I [...]
The blog has been a little quiet lately, but that's because I've been in Tanzania for the past couple of weeks. I'm happy to say that I made it all the way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was the hardest trek I have ever attempted, based solely on the summit day itself. I [...]
