AN ADELAIDE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

Here’s the thing. When you see friends’ travel photos, or pictures in tourism brochures, or documentaries on TV about remote tribes living off the land in third world countries it’s hard to believe that they actually exist. I mean, in 2011 are there actually more than a handful of people who live in mud huts? […]

A few weeks ago I blogged about falling into an unexpected teaching position at a Ugandan primary school. I finished that email with a promise that my next blog would be about a project we undertook that the kids absolutely loved and would remember for the rest of their lives. I then proceeded to write […]

After a false start in the classroom teaching year 5s how to draw draw an equilateral triangle with only a compass and a ruler we had a chat with the volunteer coordinator about doing something that even vaguely matched the description we’d been given before the placement began. The area is renown for it’s primates, […]

We searched long and hard for volunteering opportunities in Africa. After weighing up the pros and cons of dozens of placements we settled on one based around chimpanzee protection and improving the corresponding primate tourism. We had just 2 short weeks to achieve our goals, so it’s fair to say that we were a little […]

We arrived in Fort Portal after a typical Ugandan commute. The bus was supposed to leave Kabale at 6pm but didn’t get going until closer to 7, and after being promised a 3am arrival time we were pleasantly surprised when the bus pulled in at half past midnight. If I’m learning anything about Africa on […]

Imagine half the population of Australia squeezed into a country a quarter the size of Tasmania. This is what you get with Rwanda, a tiny land locked nation in the east of Africa. We decided to begin our African adventure here on account of the critically endangered mountain gorillas which can be found only here, […]

After 3 hours sleep and a 4am rise we finally made it to the airport on our way to Rwanda (via Sydney, Johannesburg, Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi – yes, we probably could have scheduled a more direct route but it’s all part of the adventure). The next 6 weeks will be epic, if all […]

Some of you may remember around this time last year I decided to bolster the bank balance by entering a few photo competitions with a view to winning a truckload of COLD HARD CASH. In fact, so confident was I of taking out first prize I went ahead and titled one of blog posts “How […]

There’s nothing quite like falling asleep in a tent. Nothing but a thin layer of fabric separating you from the magic of the Australian bush; the kangaroos, emus, wombats, platypi, dingos and deadly spiders. Naught but a totally ineffective and stupidly thin piece of fancy plastic protecting you from the elements of rain, wind and […]

Avid readers of my blog will know that I don’t particularly love spiders. Around this time last year I was fending off huntsmen and euthanising rebacks at my place in Firle, I’ve since moved to Athelstone and this past weekend saw me return to my redback slaughtering ways. After smiting two of these fearsome creatures […]