Nature Lovers Walks
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Bushwalks and hikes in Tasmania and the world.
Nature Lovers Walks
1d 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
1M 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
1M 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
2M 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
6M 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
8M 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
8M 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
8M 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
Nature Lovers Walks
8M ago
I'm not sure when the name Larapinta Trail came into my awareness, or when it changed from "thing other people did" to "track I want to do ..read more
Nature Lovers Walks
10M ago
I had read that there was an orienteering women’s training weekend happening at St Helens, but entries had closed when I went to join in. On the Friday, however, I got the bright idea of seeing if there’d been any cancellations. Weee. I was in. First session was in 3 hours, but I had made ..read more