Nature Lovers Walks
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Bushwalks and hikes in Tasmania and the world.
Nature Lovers Walks
4d ago
From the moment I heard that the nationals were in Armidale, I was excited. We lived there for five years, and both our children were born there. Of course I wanted to go – but also, of course, I wanted to compete in the nationals anyway. The Australian Championships and the Australian 3-Days are the ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
6M ago
This weekend was a family one: a three-generation special, and our chosen mountain (at Kirsten's choosing) was Mt Hugel. Great choice ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
6M ago
Unfortunately (for photography), my focus this trip was on Orienteering, and, perhaps equally unfortunately, the weather was very hot for Taswegians (probably for everybody). Thus, on competition days, instead of having fun shooting other people, I was getting ready to run, or recovering from having done so (which basically means drinking large quantities and eating ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
7M ago
Several orienteering friends wanted to see the astro shots I took in the middle of the night while everyone else was sleeping, so I decided to do another post depicting “the other side of orienteering”, only this time, as well as including some of the scenery around our event, I will also include some action ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
8M ago
I have often stared at Walford Peak and wanted to climb it. Last year I organised to do so, but problems cropped up at the last minute. And for some reason, Marble Bluff seems to have bad street cred ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
8M ago
Over ten years ago, I said in my blog that I would like to return to the Jubilee Range, not only to reach the actual high point, but also, and far more importantly, to sleep up there ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
1y ago
Well, this post is labelled Orienteering, as that was the actual reason for the travelling, and certainly our whole programme and timetable centred around the 7 races which were part of the event; however, to say we were only there in order to compete is a gross misrepresentation of what was happening. Although I wanted ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
1y ago
I can't believe it: this is kind of the business end of the trip; the last hoorah before the end that I don't actually want to happen ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
1y ago
I was already wildly in love with Ellery Creek North before ever sunrise materialised, but emergence from night to day sure cemented this place in my mind as a slice of heaven on earth ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
1y ago
So. My moment of reckoning had arrived. This was my first big test, and if I failed, I had no idea what I was supposed to then do ..read more