I’m often surprised at how small the world is. And, for all of its enormous size, how incredibly small Greenland is. The other day I received a Facebook message with 2 images (blurred by FB) from a person I didn’t know saying: Hi lisa! I don’t know if anyone has sent this to you yet. […]
A message in a “bottle” from the Arctic Circle Trail Read More »
It has long been a dream / bucket list item for me to have my own photography exhibition. In 2021, I finally achieved my ambition 😀 Origins of the exhibition In my backyard began as a personal project to document the immediate surroundings of my current home. I was conscious that while we may remember
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I wasn’t going to write a summary post for my second year of full-time travel, but re-reading my summary from last year I realise that a lot has happened, and my life has taken some unexpected turns! So I changed my mind 🙂 Here is where I ended up going over the past year (you
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Frederik Elsner! As part of my ongoing fascination/obsession with Greenland (I spent 5 weeks there last year, will spend another 4 weeks this year, and already have plans for 2019), I started listening to music by Greenlandic bands and very quickly came across Nanook. Nanook The band was formed by brothers Christian and Frederik Elsner
Greenlandic Music – Nanook and Frederik Elsner Read More »
It was always the plan this year that when I arrived in Ecuador, I would stop traveling for a while. “Why?” you may ask, given I have the resources to keep going. There are a couple of reasons related directly to me: I haven’t had any income for over a year and I need to
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Never in my life had I ever considered getting a tattoo. I didn’t like the look of them, and I couldn’t conceive of why you would want something permanently engraved on your skin. I certainly couldn’t come up with something that I would want permanently etched into me anyway. That is, until I arrived in
Did I get a tattoo in Portugal? Read More »
This is my favourite image from my trip to Greenland this year. Taken on Day 3 of the Unplugged Wilderness Trek with Greenland Adventures by Icelandic Mountain Guides, it (almost) perfectly captures everything I loved about the trek and the reasons why the experience was so special to me. Many people have asked me about
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I am a photographer. One who rarely remembers to take video (even though some of my blog posts include short clips). And even though I spent almost 10 years working on the periphery of the film industry in Australia (in particular, I was one of the main time-lapse photographers for the IMAX Movie: Hidden
Unplugged Wilderness Trek – Video Slideshow Read More »
Well, the year of travel is over. And it was absolutely awesome! So much so, that I’m avoiding “real life” for another year and heading off again! So more to come… Here is where I ended up going over the past year: View Full Size Travel Map at Travellerspoint The Places Many people
My year of travel – a summary Read More »
Between 2000 and 2004 I worked as an astronomer for the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile. ESO had 2 observatories in Chile at the time – the older La Silla Observatory that had been in operation since the 1960s, and the new Paranal Observatory where the Very Large Telescope was just starting operations with all
La Silla Observatory Read More »
