Having had a great time climbing in Nepal in 2015, I was keen to extend my climbing skills with a view to one day tackling Mt McKinley in Alaska or Ama Dablam in Nepal. Earlier this year I was looking at different options and then I saw a climbing itinerary in Bolivia...

A fantastic three weeks climbing in Bolivia! You can check out my full blog post and photos here. Here are some videos from the different mountains that we climbed, including Pico Austria, Pico Tarija, Pequeno Alpamyo, Huayna Potosi and Illimani. These mountains are in...

On our last night of our trip around Australia as a family we decided to create awards for our favourite experiences of our trip. We created categories, developed a short list and voted on our favourite experiences. Here is our list of the highlights. 

Best Outback...

First of all, at 5 o'clock in the morning Thomas and I woke up to try and open presents. Mum and Dad sent us back to our rooms because they didn't want to see us before 6am. Hmmphf. Thomas and I sat for one hour with Thomas' digital clock waiting for the time to change...

From Toowoomba we made our way down The Range to Brisbane to visit family.

Our departure from Toowoomba was eventful as the electric brakes on the van stopped working just as we were leaving. Facing a long and steep decent from The Range, we thought it best to store Ziz...

‘What are you going there for? You know there is nothing there, right?’ said the café owner in Mildura, referring to Broken Hill. After having spent a couple of days in Mildura, this seemed a little bit like the ‘pot calling the kettle black’. It was then that we reali...

After returning from the US and Canada in mid-October, we decided to have a short stay back at home. This would allow the kids to touch base back at school (to assess the damage we inflicted on them), and allow us to join in some important family celebrations. We also...

After returning from our cruise through the Bahamas and Western Caribbean, we had originally planned to spend our final few days in the US exploring the Florida Keys. Hurricane Irma put an end to that plan. With a lot of the infrastructure in southern Florida still rec...

After leaving the Grand Canyon, we headed south to the desert landscapes of Phoenix. We enjoyed a couple of days relaxing in Scottsdale before saying a sad farewell to our trusty hire care, George, and taking a flight to Fort Lauderdale.

We had really enjoyed our road t...