nicolaoutdoors

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 [...]

I love late Spring. The last few weeks have seen trips to the Arapiles, the You Yangs and the Grampians. Except for one day, when we were lucky enough to have my friend Noriko visiting from Vancouver, it has just been myself and Ross, so I haven’t taken that many photos … The highpoints for [...]

A weekend climbing trip to the Grampians. But only two of us so no climbing photos. The spring flowers are coming through, though and Saturday’s weather was beautiful. Perfect for a post-climbing evening walk to see sunset colour the inspiring Taipan Wall a bright, glowy orange. Saturday was good bouldering and several problems were sent. [...]

The picture above was taken April 2004, the picture below was taken August 2005… see the effects of climate change? … heh, not really… I first did this hike with Ross Easter w/e last year (pics here). We arrived and the trailhead and carpark was under at least a metre of snow. We had a [...]