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 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 unsupported from Mount Zeil to Alice Springs. He …
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 his gallery either in the completed images, or from the vast selection of images from the Works in Progress page.…
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 bankrupt, I took the opportunity to write …
