“Steak a claim” – The Australian newspaper T&I
I wish I could see this scene from above. It would look like an exquisitely detailed model laid out on a table in a...
“Rise and rise of the Tararuas” – Wilderness magazine
Photo credit: Ricky French
No longer in the shadow of the great South Island parks, the Tararuas is practically bursting at the seams with trampers.
There...
“Bringing back the sheep” – Outback magazine
Sheep and people are returning to central-western Queensland as a result of a new multi-million-dollar cluster fencing program.
It’s late afternoon and central-west Queensland sheep...
Jon Muir – last of the great adventurers – cover story for the Weekend...
What's left for Australia's greatest living adventurer?
Photo credit: Julian Kingma
When Jon Muir needs a bit of time and space to think, he likes to...
“Realm of the raptors” – travel story for The Australian newspaper
Photo credit: Ricky French
In Spike Milligan’s absurdist children’s book, Badjelly the Witch, the hero is a giant eagle named Jim who bravely rescues the...
“The Disappearing…” – cover story for the Weekend Australian Magazine
Case of the missing frogs...
At 7am on January 13, 1984, ranger Keith McDonald was driving along a dirt road deep in the rainforest of...
“Gordon Country” – travel feature for Broadsheet.com.au
Photo credit: Ricky French
For more than 40 years Brisbane campers in the know have been heading to the secluded Goomburra Valley, two hours south-west...
Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk – the Australian Newspaper T&I
Hikers get a different perspective of Victoria’s famed Great Ocean Road on this four-day adventure.
Photo credit: Ricky French
I've been around long enough to know...