Tag Archives: National Park Any visitor to these pages knows I love hiking. But, if the truth be told, I don’t always love it while I’m doing it! I discovered very quickly that there is nothing easy about hiking in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The ground is steep, covered in rubble, strewn in rubbish, and dotted with […]  Fresh air, mountain walks, and music – it doesn’t get much better than January in Thredbo! This year marked the 30th iteration of the Thredbo Blues Festival: three days of quality music in Thredbo Village: Australia’s highest alpine resort (albeit not very high!), known for its skiing in winter and hiking and mountain biking in […]  It was raining. But, it was early June – so still part of a wet spring – and I was only a 15 minute drive away from Prince Rupert, the rainiest city in Canada. So, wet weather was to be expected. I was staying in Prince Rupert while on a road trip around British Columbia […]  We’re going on a bear hunt. We’re going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day! We’re not scared. – Michael Rosen We were going on a bear hunt – in search of grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Canadian wilds – from the safety of the water. I had booked myself onto a […]  Not thirty minutes north – or south – of my home, I can be in Beowa National Park. This 8,900 ha (22,000 acres) park was established in 1971, and consists of two coastal sections running north-south alongside the South Pacific Ocean, on either side of Twofold Bay and the town of Eden. It was originally […] |
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