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Platypus – Crater Creek – Cradle Mountain National Park

Frank — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:41:14 +0000

Koji has kindly agreed to share some photographs of a platypus he caught in the wild in Tasmania last week. Platypus sightings are quite rare and we have never seen one in this busy day tripper area. Over to Koji: My wife, her uncle and I went to Cradle on Friday for bushwalking and stayed at Scout Hut near Crater Lake. On the way back to Ronny Creek carpark on Saturday, about noon we walked past other hikers and they said to us they saw a platypus in a little creek along the boardwalk so we kept en eye out for that. As we approached the place we saw the platypus swimming along a creek.

Overland Track Video – Winter or Autumn, you decide

Frank — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:08:05 +0000

As we all know Frank is a pretty ordinary cinematographer. Others have more refined skills that combine a great eye and terrific editing skills. Let's introduce Jeff Jennings from Bridport in Tasmania. He has a terrific selection of videos over at YouTube and maintains a site for his passion, Sea Kayaking in Tasmania.( that stuff looks really scary) We came across his video on the Overland Track in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park recently and thought it well worth sharing. Jeff has combined two different trips , one in Winter and the other Autumn. The contrast is quite spectacular.

Travel Photography – this might just help you get great shots!

Frank — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:35:43 +0000

Ok, so hiking, bushwalking or tramping is a form of travel. No question. When we travel (usually by foot) we love to capture beautiful images of what we've seen or who we have met. It is a given. Bringing home fantastic photos of mountains, scenery, sunrises, sunsets or the people we meet are treasures. A pleasure to be enjoyed for years to come as we reflect on a great trip or spectacular vista we were fortunate enough to capture as a photograph. We were lucky enough to be sent a sample copy of a new eBook called Transcending Travel - A guide to captivating travel photography . This is the latest in a series of high quality "how to's" produced by Darren Rowse at Digital Photography School. Well worth a look, it has some great tips.

Wilderness Photographer Dennis Harding – Interview

Frank — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:59:08 +0000

In this article we interview Dennis Harding one of Tasmania's leading (maybe THE leading) Wilderness Photographers. We met Dennis at Kitchen Hut, near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania a few weeks ago and following a quick exchange of contact information caught up by email and arranged this interview. Dennis is the author of eight Tasmanian books and each year releases two calendars - "Spectacular Tasmania" and "Classic Images". Of course there is also a DVD (which looks pretty cool) so you could say Dennis takes photography seriously. We hope you enjoy this insight into Dennis and the fantastic wilderness images from Tasmania he has generously shared. Our personal favourite is ......? What is your's?

Spectacular light show – with an LED torch?

Frank — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:02:05 +0000

In our family we own at least six LED headlights.

They are a terrific invention, lightweight, kind on batteries and relatively inexpensive. All in all, winners and a huge improvement on a hand held torch for bushwalking. Many of you will have one for hiking or around camp at night.

Via our internet travels we discovered what seems to be the next generation of LED (or is it the lens?) technology and wanted to share some of the images taken using one of this companies LED torches as the “lighting” for an outdoor photography shoot. Very impressive.

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We love reading about historical characters who bushwalked in the “good old days”.

Their gear is fascinating, their clothes look so different to what we wear today, equipment such as tents and backpacks look heavy and not too waterproof. They were tough trail blazers who could improvise and live off the land.

When we think about the adventures they had, and the untouched wilderness they explored, it is with a touch of envy and a huge amount of admiration.

In this post we share some of the terrific images from the Jack Thwaites Bush Diaries website. We take a particular emphasis on…

Walk a mile in Louis-Philippe Loncke shoes – Interview with a Belgian explorer

Frank — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:05:18 +0000

From hiking Australia to Explorer
In this post we continue the series of interviews with interesting outdoors people that have inspired us to keep getting into the outdoors!

Louis-Philippe Loncke is a Belgian explorer who discovered hiking in Australia back in 2004. This experience has led him to bushwalk all over the country and to become a maniac in unsupported treks to remote corners of Tasmania or deserts. His 2008 world first expedition across the Simpson desert brought him the respect from the explorers’ community. Just in Australia he has over 3000km of walking and an impressive resume of Firsts:

In just 12…

Tasmanian Wilderness Calender – 2010

Frank — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:52:24 +0000

Wow! We love checking out Tasadam’s beautiful wilderness photography. He has such an eye for detail and captures fantastic images from Tasmania’s wild places.

This year he has put together a 2010 calender, showcasing a small proportion of his fantastic work. You can find more information on the calender here.

Custom calendars can be created at no additional cost from any of his images. You can contact Adam via his site if you are interested in making your own selections for a calendar.

A small number of his images are on…

Walk a mile in Dave Douglas’ shoes – Author & Outdoor – Travel blogger

Frank — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:36 +0000

In this post we interview Dave Douglas, Fantasy Novel author and Outdoor – Travel blogger from Dave’s Photo & Travelblogue. Must say, we have been a bit naughty and “lifted” the above picture from Dave’s site to take pride of place in this interview – funny enough he did not send this one to us for the interview! (sorry Dave) Please take the time to check out Dave’s site, there is some great hiking and travel information. (He also takes terrific photographs)

1. How about a bit of background on yourself. Live where? Work where?
I’m an American, East-coaster, but have lived in…

Fungus or Fungi? Weird pictures from the Tasmanian forest

Frank — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +0000

Want to enjoy some cool pictures of fungus?

Beautiful close up photography of Tasmanian “mushrooms”?

A great reason to bushwalk in Tasmania and enjoy hidden treasures in its wettest, darkest environments.

In this guest post we highlight some of Tasadam’s excellent images of Tasmanian fungi.

Tasadam is a passionate wilderness photographer based in northern Tasmania and this post is a part of a series highlighting his work and hopefully encourage all our readers to get out in the bush and try and find some of these spectacular fungi.

In his words:
Fungus photography in Tasmania is so much fun because there is such a large…