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 his gear, clothing and tent.
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 days he crossed the entire West MacDonnells National Park…
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 Redbubble and many more can be viewed…
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 Munich, Germany for five years. After my employer went…
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 variety and there are so many places to find…
