Now for the not tourist trap bit - we are one of the many who no longer visit Nordkapp! For us the time and money were better spent seeing other par...

Today is a memorable day of aviation activities with a visit to the Fantasy of Flight Museum and a ride in a 1926 New Standard D25 Biplane. The ...

We left our camp by the river near Hamningberg at at 10.35am. (early for us!!)Back on the E75 we headed for the town of Vadso. Decided to check out a...

Atlantic Cod

Vagan kirke' (church)

Our Lofoten Islands journey began on Austvagoya Island .

Austvagoya has its own beauty with mountains...

Bikes and a beer. 1000s of bikes. I thought barbed wire spark plug leads on a robin reliant powered trike an interesting twist. PooleDreamMachines - ...

Departing Bad Bayersoein at 10am we headed towards the Alpine region of Bavaria through valley’s with villages and snow capped mountains.

We passe...

This morning we continued our Sound of Music theme and took the No 3 bus to Mirabelle Gardens which contains the Palace and tree lined driveway that ...

We took delivery of our new Goldstream RV from Mitch at Goldstream in Pakenham Victoria. Pakenham is on the other side of Melbourne. We arrived j...

Camino day 2 have walked 27.5k now with 790k or so to go. Today was a great day with a hard climb from up the Pyrenees from Orisson France and steep ...

About 18.5 Kilometres from Roncesvalles to Zubiri. The walk continues through beech and oak woods and gassy fields before coming to the small town of...

Camino day 5 kilometer 91. Pamplona to Purnte la Reina

Camino day 7. Estella to Los Arcos 19 km. have now walked 133 km with still lots to go. Just arrived at Los Arcos. Left late about 8am after bacon an...

Camino day 8. Kilometer 151.1k about 630k to go.

Had a good day today did the 18k to Viana and arrived at 10:30am! Rather than push on to Logrono...

Camino day 16. Kilometres completed 343.4. Walked 28k today now at Boadilla del Camino at the En El Camino Alburgue. Seems popular, nice garden and...

Jlf trek day 1. Made it. Did 45k today 42k on the trek. Missed the track so did an extra 2 k and walked back from the drop off point for an extra 3k....

DONE!! Finished the 80k Jodi Lee trek this afternoon. Thank you for all your support and donations. Day Two follows the Heysen Trail and starts at Tu...

First full backpack (13.5 kg but 3.5kg was water) Camino training hike 18k around Girraween Lagoon near Howard Springs NT. Hot 35 and humid but all f...

Near West Point with panoramic views out over the ocean towards Mt Cameron and the Studland bay and Woolnorth wind farms.

This area which has ...

Largest mural I have seen 94ms long by 4ms high.Gowrie Park lies at the foot of Mount Roland and is a former workers' village for the Tasmanian Hydro...

Had a great time exploring Honeycomb Cave an open cave system near Caveside in Tasmania. Found quite by accident while driving around the Mole Creek ...

What a day! A longer post than usual.Negotiating the French Train Strike as my Train did not arrive. Tried my French to get a bus ticket and the nice...

Camino La Puy Route Day 1. 15.52k done 804.48k to go to SJPDP.

Well I knew this Camino was going to be different. My Camino starts with attending ...

Landed in Hong Kong with a 4 hour stopover between flights. Hmmm what to do?  25 min in to city 25 min back by train plus waiting time. Doable!...

The Goldfield Trail in Wooroonooran National Park. The 19.5 km long Goldfield trail links Babinda Boulders Scenic Reserve and Goldsborough Valley 46 ...

We visited Kitava Island PNG during the wet season. Kitava is very small and one of the Trobriand Islands, an archipelago of coral atolls off the eas...

Crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria on the Maasdam way from Dili East Timor to Cairns. Still the wet season with plenty of storms and a cyclone brewing....

This is our last stop before home for this trip. Watched the surfers and strolled along the port side walk in town, and a pleasant dinner of fish and...

On the way from Warnambool to Hamilton we stopped to admire the sunset from the top of Mount Rouse Victoria. Mount Rouse is an extinct volcano that l...

Still travelling down the North East Coast. Completely different to the West Coast. Here the the palm fringed beaches here are framed by mountains, w...

The Glacier Rock Hike seemed a tough climb some 1400 ft in 4k, from the bottom of the hill up to Glacier Rock at the top of the Barron gorge near Kur...

Continuing on from Glacier Rock on the Douglas and Smith tracks.

Used the Smiths track to head back. Unfortunately the phone Battery went flat, so...

Pushed up the distance today and walked 35 kilometres (21.75 Miles) along the High Country Rail Trail from our Hume reservoir campsite at Ludlows Res...

Hiked a 28k section of the 1200k long Heysen Trail today.  Section 9 from Mount Compass to Kuipto. Also could not resist a detour to the summit ...

Today I walked the first part of the Heysen Trail Section 1 from Trig Campground in Deep Creek Conservation Park to Cape Jervis. Cape Jervis is the s...

Heysen Trail – Coastal Hike - Trig Campground to Tunk Head 22.5k. Another Heysen Trail hike as part of my Cancer Council Relay for Life Challenge.

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Walking the Australian Camino and GSWW (Great South West Walk) Portland to Cape Nelson Lighthouse 22.4 km. This walk was part of my Cancer Council Re...

Trish waved me off from Cape Nelson Lighthouse for another amazing cliff top hike and on to the beaches of Discovery Bay.

The GSWW is a well main...

 One of the best hikes! Around the cliffs of Cape Bridgewater.

The scenery includes Australia's larges mainland seal colony, blowholes, f...

An afternoon exploring the Gillies Range. With Stops at Heales Outlook, Gillies Lookout, The Cathedral Fig Tree, Mobo Creek Crater walk and Yung...

We spent 4 weeks next to the Little Mulgrave River while visiting family and friends. The crystal clear fast flowing water makes its way fr...

Broken River is located within pristine Eungella National Park a high-altitude haven that protects pristine rainforests and a stretch of Broken River...

Cape Hillsborough is a ruggedly diverse scenic park. The park includes rainforest, eucalypt forest, beaches, rocky headlands covered in hoop pines, a...

We set off for an afternoon of walking and swimming at Finch Hatton Gorge. A pleasant drive with a few water crossings.

Finch Hatton Gorge lie...

The Caboolture to Wamuran Rail Trail follows the old Caboolture to Kilcoy railway corridor that closed in 1964. The trail is a 10.5 km long, 3 to 3.5...

Time to go uphill! The Mount Beerburrum Summit Walk in the Glasshouse Mountains North of Brisbane seems like a good place to start some uphill traini...

Mount Ngungun is another peak in the Glasshouse Mountains and is the sixth tallest of the mountains at 253m. We had some time so I took the opportun...

A walk through history along the original Buderim to Palmwoods Tramway. A pleasant shaded walk on a well maintained track. This is an out and back w...

The highlights of this 13 km walk include the Nepean River, Knapsack Viaduct and the old Lapstone Zig Zag Railway. The Zig Zag Railway walk is actual...

This is my second hike along the High Country Rail Trail. The first was the 32 kms from Ludlows Reserve beside the Hume Reservoir, through Tallangatt...

Leanganook is the Aboriginal name for the 746m high Mt Alexander overlooking Castlemaine Victoria. Trish and I were joined by my Sister Nicola f...

Trish had a couple of appointments in town so no better time to walk a local rail trail. The Mount Gambier Rail Trail has recently been extended and ...

Komodo Islands are located in Indonesia and are made up of three main Islands – Komodo Island, Rinca and Padar. The Islands are located between the i...

The JLF Trek is an 80 km fundraising endurance event held over 2 days and designed to challenge you physically and mentally.  The JLF Trek this ...

The Borobudur Temple Compounds is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world and the worlds largest Buddhist temple. Some claim this to ...

We are staying in Esk for a week attending a Rotary Nomads function and today is a 'free' day. This provided a great opportunity walk our first secti...

The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, or BVRT, is a off-road adventure trail that follows the disused Brisbane Valley rail line from Wulkuraka, west of Ips...

After weighing all the options we decided on a buying folding e-bike that has a long range, that we can keep secure in the boot, with some all terrai...

We are currently in 14 Days quarantine after arriving home to South Australia from Queensland. While stuck at home we getting a few things ticked off...

We took the opportunity to call in and have a look at Spring Bluff Railway Station on the way back to Esk. Wow, we were amazed at this beautiful litt...

We have not been able to get out for a while due to lockdowns and quarantine requirements. Fortunately, we live in South Australia which is currently...

We split this ride over two days. On day one we both ride the trail North from Auburn to Leasingham and return. The following Day Steven rode South f...

Trish is resting her aches and pains from yesterdays ride so today I am riding solo and Trish driving the support vehicle!

This ride is 26.4 kilom...

A quiet day today. The Sabi-kan Resort was a pleasant surprise and much better than we expected. It is only around 800 metres from the River Kwai Bri...

Tahiti - French Polynesia

Our first overseas trip since covid starts with 6 Days in Tahiti. We left Brisbane at 2:00pm 22 Aug, overnight in Melbou...

We have made an extended stopover in San Francisco. The main reasons being the timing of flights and the need to have a Covid Test within 48 Hours of...

Some of Hawaii's most breath-taking and accessible waterfalls can be discovered along the North Eastern coast of the Big island, on the Hāmākua Coast...

Well I have taken the first step on the Voie de Vézelay with around 920 km to go to Saint Jean Pied de Port and Spain.

Only a short day today to ...

A long tough day today. Some days are just much harder than others. Nice and sunny though. I am writing this while waiting at the hospital in Nevers....

St Malo to Le Vivier-sur-Mer 18.92 km

Walking from St Malo to Le Vivier-sur-Mer offers a refreshing escape from the conventional tourist route...