Solomon Islands Diving from nicolaoutdoors on Vimeo. Right now, I’m suffering a bit of reverse culture shock after returning from the Solomon Islands. It’s pretty hard to integrate back into the city with the cars, people and the general pace of life and I’ve had many ‘what am I doing here?’ moments … We stayed …
Over Easter, we spent four nights at the idyllic King Parrot Cottages at Pennyroyal, in the Otways. Apart from lounging in or hot tub, out on the deck of or gorgeous little cottage, we … • Rode our bikes on the trails at Forrest • Rode the Old Beechy Rail Trail • Walked through the …
Sometime in mid-summer, sick of days too hot to climb and even too hot to go to the beach, we decided to take our bikes on the ferry across to French Island. We planned to cycle around the island and stay at Tortoise Head Lodge, which is only a few hundred metres from where the …
Way back in February 2006 I visited Loch Ard Gorge for the first time. The water was calm and clear. Ridiculously calm and clear. I departed from the Great Ocean Road with two plans forming in my mind. First, to get a kayak that would be easy to carry down the steep coastal paths and …
Welcome to Hanging Rock Hanging Rock, Victoria is most famous for the 1967 Joan Lindsay book, Picnic at Hanging Rock, which was adapted for film by Peter Weir in 1975. Since the autumn colours were in full display, I thought a trip to Mt. Macedon and a walk up Hanging Rock would make a pretty …
I was at Wilson’s Prom last weekend on a relaxed trip with my parents who are visiting from the UK. We stayed in a cabin, rather than camping, and had fun on the beaches and surveying the extent of the recent bush fires. I had heard from friends that there was some bouldering at the …
Last week we took a short trip to western Victoria. Our departure was a little delayed because of the fire-ban/high-wind warnings for Tuesday, but we still managed a few days climbing at the Arapiles, a visit to Naracoorte Caves, a short paddle on the Lower Glenelg and a visit to Nelson. Naracoorte Caves National Park …
I still can’t climb (yes, I’m having physio) and must also rest from repetitive upper arm movements, so no paddling either. We were pretty much down to diving or walking this weekend! For some reason diving didn’t appeal; I feel like I’ve been on and off fighting a cold for the last couple of weeks …
We left Melbourne on the Spirit of Tasmania and sailed overnight to Devonport, Tasmania. Arriving, tired but not (too) sick we picked up the groceries that customs disallows and headed to Cradle Mountain. Starting from Lake Dove we climbed Marion’s Peak and approached Cradle Mountain via the Overland Track. Spending only a shirt time …
