Just outside of the Alice Spring township is an unassuming trail, which, if followed, will lead one across a beautifully jagged landscape toward the rocky summit of Mount Gillen. The trail head is just passed the Flynn’s grave memorial (pictured left), and you can see Mount Gillen beyond. The trail snakes up the steep ridges…
Photos from a recent 3 day hike at Wilsons Prom, Victoria. The Route view my Wilsons Prom hike PDF brief: Day 1 Distance: 18.1km Elevation gain/loss: 786, -808 Max elevation: 277 Start: Trailhead (Telegraph Saddle car park) End: Roaring Meg campsite Estimated time: 7 hours (5 to camp, 2 return to southern point) possible deviations:…
Arriving half-cocked at the Purnululu ranger station at twenty to five, hurriedly shown the park-issued hiking literature we signed away our waivers (you understand it’s a remote and potentially dangerous hike: yes; you understand you are responsible for your own navigation: yes; enjoy your hike—oh, do you have a satellite phone?). The drive in took…
Northern Territory Travelling along the Victoria Highway toward the Western Australia border, we stopped overnight at the Victoria River Roadhouse. Just driving here gives you a sense of the great country which occupies Gregory National Park: towering escarpments that shadow the valley through which you travel, a reminder of how much the land has been erroded over…
Just over an hour’s drive north of Hughenden is the impressive Porcupine Gorge, where the Porcupine Creek flows through an ancient savannah landscape. The end of this hike is Pyramid rock, so called for its triangular appearance. Pyramid rock is, in fact, a sheared edge of the gorge, where a once powerful Porcupine creek eroded…
THE CAPE As you cross the sand of what feels like a prehistoric beach, huge oyster covered rocks and ancient pine trees sprout from the earth. Heading into the jungle, twisting vines and ferns block the light, the air thick with swarming bright blue butterflies. For the east coast traveler there is a little known…
Tosho-gu housed the last shogun government in Japan between the 17th and 19th century, but today the temples and shrines here are a popular tourists destination. The town of Nikko itself seems to have lapsed somewhat since the region’s popularity swayed following the current emperor’s decision to separate Buddhism and Shintoism. However, the World Heritage…
Nikko THE TOWN OF NIKKO Nikko lies to the North of Tokyo, in the high country of Tochigi Prefecture. Here, saddled between Mt Nakimushi and the dominant Mt Nyoho, which forms an immense natural water catchment, lies the small town of Nikko and the Nikko Tosho-gu shrines. The town of Nikko is an interesting enough…
The many faces of Fuji. These photos are from 2015, when I visited Kawaguchiko.
Cape Hillsborough NP A small national park camp grounds on the beach. Only 11 sites makes his place pretty special. Waking up and walking to the sand, scaring the bathing birds and watching the first rays of light touch on the cape while you have the entire beach to yourself is what makes camping out…
After a longish drive through undulating country, visitors driving north of Bundaberg to the village of 1770 will find themselves at a small seaside township mostly comprised of holiday homes, backpackers, hotels, and camping. The population here is not high; in 2011, just 76 people called this place their permanent home. No matter how a…
Heavy clouds move across a grey and endless ocean as tourists walk the wind whipped Point Lookout. A branch are ripped from the occasional tree. Someone’s dog attacks a kangaroo. The smell of of fish and chips and sea foam floats on the breeze. Tourism is North Stradbroke island’s biggest industry next to sand mining,…
The Aquila Loop, D’Aguilar NP THE LOOP The Aquila Loop is a a rough circuit using a number of tracks in D’Aguilar National Park, SE Queensland, including Joyners Ridge Road, England Creek Road, and Lawton Road. The two day walk took us from Mt Glorious down Joyners Ridge Road all the way to England…
THE LAKE Kawaguchiko lies just over a hundred kilometres West of Tokyo, in south Yamanashi prefecture. The lake is around 800 metres above sea level, and has no natural outlet, which meant the area flooded frequently before a canal was completed in the early twentieth century. AGRICULTURE AND CULTURE Leaving the hostel, I…
NEW-WORLD/OLD-WORLD I like to imagine a city like Tokyo as a Rubik’s cube. On each side you have contrasting colours of culture and influence. One side might be technology, another might be ancient teachings. Two sides are definitely old-world culture and new-world culture. When you walk around any block in Tokyo, this Rubik’s cube is…
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