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Solomon Islands Diving from nicolaoutdoors on Vimeo. UNDERWATER GALLERY ABOVE WATER GALLERY 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 [...]

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 [...]

The Eliza Ramsden was only one year old when it ran aground in 1875 on Corsair Rock, Point Nepean Reef. In its short career, it had made only one complete voyage from England to Melbourne, on to Boston and then back to England. Leaving Port Phillip Bay she struck hard against Corsair Rock. The ebb [...]

The Easter break was awesome : great weather, adventures, food, wine and company :) As I said, we stayed, ‘here’, Phillip Island, in a house with a couple of friends. There were kayaking trips exploring mangroves and the stunning surf bashed southern coast (thanks to some northerly winds calming the ocean down). There were cliff [...]

Photographs: Land Gallery Coral Garden and Reef Gallery President Coolidge & Million Dollar Point Gallery On Dec 12th we flew from Melbourne to Brisbane, Brisbane to Honiara (Solomon Islands) and Honiara to Santo (Vanuatu). The airport at Santo is one small building and nicer and clener than the airport in Honiara. Outside a giant sculture [...]