During 2020, Kirren and I decided to pack up our lives, quit our work, and live on a sailboat in tropical Queensland. Then the pandemic happened and we got stuck on the NSW coast. during a stormy winter. These are a collection of stories from that time. The images of orange sunsets, warm turquoise waters,ContinueContinue reading “Hawkesbury Sailing”
Category Archives: Adventure Stories
mountains
It felt so good to not do anything except sleep, wake up, make coffee with a sunrise,walk, explore, swim, read, eat, sleep and repeat.I remembered what it was like to be me again. Sometimes I forget. I work and work and study and sleep and squeeze in exercise and work more. But when you areContinueContinue reading “mountains”
Introduction to New Zealand Tramping
Earlier this year I finally made it across the sea to our friendly NZ neighbours. I flew over with my friend Bede, and we planned to spend a few weeks hiking around the South Island before meeting up with the Loverboy in Queenstown. It had been a horrendously hot March, which had followed a standardContinueContinue reading “Introduction to New Zealand Tramping”
Surprise Birthday Snow
Late September, 2016. I head out on what I believed was my last backcountry ski trip of the year. The snow is melting, there are rocks and patches of grass. I say my goodbyes until next year. Late October, 2016. My birthday is approaching. The weather gods get their memos mixed up with theContinueContinue reading “Surprise Birthday Snow”
Another Australian Alpine Epic
A few months back in Autumn, I mountain biked a track called the Australian Alpine Epic. It was filled with hard work, difficulty, madness and fun, but it fell a little short of the true meaning of an adventure Epic. This weekend, I underwent something a little closer to an Australian Alpine Epic, completeContinueContinue reading “Another Australian Alpine Epic”
3 Days, 3 Flat tyres and 3 storms
It’s nearly week 3 of PrincessLua and my SE Asia whirlwind tour, and we’ve been having a wonderful and adequately chaotic time. There have been many a mishaps, serendipitous adventures and general terribly planned Mowgli-ness. There have also been plenty of lazy days hiding out under fans, reading books and doing absolutely nothing too. LikeContinueContinue reading “3 Days, 3 Flat tyres and 3 storms”
Australian Alpine Epic
Purpose-built single track. Over 2,000m cumulative descent. 40km. Epic. These words stood out on the glossy pamphlet of the Mt Buller mountain biking trails map, as Kirren drove us back down the steep and winding road from Mt Buller over a year ago. We had just finished a day of mountain biking around theContinueContinue reading “Australian Alpine Epic”
What Weather Forecast?
I am sensationally terrible at planning things. I love to dream about, write lists about, and even checklists about future adventures. But actual nitty-gritty well-thought out plans? Nope. Even though this method of living my life rarely pays out, and it is always a lot more trouble than it is worth, do you think I everContinueContinue reading “What Weather Forecast?”
winter in australia – guest starring global warming
I don’t actually know what snow is. I can talk for days about ice, about mud coloured slush and about this strange sticky wet cold stuff that you can sometimes find when you dig far enough below a layer of ice. I can tell you all about sliding down icy moguls, and pretending to skiContinueContinue reading “winter in australia – guest starring global warming”
how to bail on the himalayas
Everyone knows that Mother Nature is brilliant, fiery, untameable and unpredictable. Sometimes, when out in Her, staring up at some formidable Jaw-Dropping-Off-The-Chain-Amazeballs mountain, She gets angry or shy and shrouds Herself in storm clouds and we are forced to go home. “Better luck next time” we sigh, content in our hearts that we got toContinueContinue reading “how to bail on the himalayas”
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