Seven years and one global pandemic later, I made it back to New Zealand with my adventure and rock climbing friend Alma to hike, walk, hike some more and find as many Lord of the Rings goodies as we could fit in.
Read MoreWell, tick that off the bucket list. At the start of the year, I and five other friends journeyed through the Tasmanian wilderness on the famous Overland Track, something I’d had in my to-do list for a long time, although I hadn’t thought of actually planning to do it any time soon.
Read MoreIn the second week of November, I went on a little six day road trip down to the Blue Mountains to enjoy some solo camping in the Rav4 and relax with some long service leave. I only took a handful of proper photographs, instead opting to use my iPhone 14 Pro a bunch instead. Here are the photographs I took on the X-Pro3.
Read MoreFrom late May into early June this year, my brother and I in his Patrol and his mate Micky, Jimmy and Micky’s father in a Hilux embarked on a 4WD wild camping journey into the outback through Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Read MoreThat doubt about why I was here has since disappeared, thanks to the experiences I had on that trek as well as my brief time in Milford Sound. I made a few unplanned landscape photographs on the trek, enjoyed the stunning views and delighted in conversations with other travellers, and that has rekindled my love for this kind of adventure without the need for social media to drive it.
Read MoreEver since ramping up my landscape photography gear and getting out onto the trails more often with a more complete camera and filming kit, I've been aware that stuffing my LowePro Nova 140 AW II into my day back "sack" bag hasn't been a very good way of going about my hikes.
Read MoreIt's hard to play this down as simply hyperbole, but my brief three day road trip throughout the South Island of New Zealand was a life changing experience and has had a profound effect on my outlook on life and for the direction in which it will travel from now on.
Read MoreMillions can all experience fear of missing out in unison, and that can't be a good thing. Watching other people do what you're not can be a source of anxiety amongst people, and I'm no stranger to its effects, but knowing that this is a thing, can I justify my own insatiable need for wanderlust?
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