5 Day Blue Mountains Camino Training Walk

I’ve been staying at Glenella Guesthouse for the past month working on all aspects of a 5 day Camino style training walk. Starting at Penrith in the base of the Blue Mountains Australia and finishing 80km at the top of the mountains in Blackheath. This training walk has been running for the past 3 years and…

Cooktown and My Snake Encounter on Mount Cook

I left Cairns and drove about 4.5hrs north to Cooktown, a historical town where Captain Cook arrived in 1770 and wan’t too friendly with the local Aboriginal people. My first stop was the James Cook Museum which was previously the Sisters of Mercy convent school turned in to a museum. This housed lots of Aboriginal…

Hufflepuff on the Bump Track

I got a message from Jennie and Mike that they were in the area and were thinking of doing a hike, was I interested, sure I’m alway up for a hike. We met up and drove to the start of the Bump Track where cows were laying in lush fields. I just love the inquisitive look…

Glacier Rock with Jason

I get a phone call from Jason who I’d made friends with the week before while camping, he’s suggesting we go hiking on his day off. Since I was in Cairns visiting my uncle for a few weeks it gave me a good opportunity to take him up on the offer of a good hike….

Another Hiking Adventure With Tanya

So sorry readers, I’ve been a social butterfly the past few weeks and living life to the fullest through adventures. So I left you at Hiking with Tanya and now I’ll return back two weeks to my last day with the Clem Walton Park family. None of us wanted to say good bye or make…

Hiking with Tanya

For the past two weeks I’ve been gorging myself on yabbies, cheese, wine and apart from the occasional hike up the hill for internet I’ve done very little exercise. Today I looked over the creek and saw a hill that had good hiking possibilities, and on my way to the toilet this is where I…

Cania Gorge National Park

So another day and another location, this time a I’m driving 300km to Cania Gorge north west of Bundaberg. This looked like a good spot to visit, as I’ve only heard good things about it from my friends in Bundaberg. I think my GPS wanted to impress me with a nice scenic drive through a…

Glow Worm Tunnel at Newnes

I decided to take my cousins out again for another walk, this one was just over 9km and a little more steep than we expected. It was a nice 45min drive from Glenella guest house to Wollemi National Park. I don’t think I’ve ever driven to this part of the world but would like to…

Rainbows in The Mist

  This was a highlight for me, showing my twin cousins around the blue mountains, unfortunately they brought the bad English weather with them and no matter where we traveled around Australia For the next month the rain seems to have followed them. First stop Govetts Leap in the Blue Mountains with spectacular views into…

Difficult Hike Dunns Leap Mount Victoria

Having a rest from video editing I decided to walk over to the local markets where I met a wonderful gentleman called Keith, who has written pocket guides on bush walking. He asked me if I was into hiking, which my response was a yes with a big smile, I said I’d probably done all…