PREVIOUS ADVENTURES

Completing an Open Water Dive Course in the Solomon Islands, 2012

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Waiting for Leatherbacks to come ashore on Tetepare Island, S.I

SOLOMON ISLANDS Jan 2012. We spent a few weeks scuba diving in the Solomons, first in Munda, where we completed our Open Water course, then we dived some more at Uepi Island. Saw plenty of critters, big and small. Highlights were the many sharks, manta and stingrays, kalaeidoscopic corals and pygmy seahorses. Also spent a couple of days on Tetepare Island, taking part in the local community conservation program there, spotting the resident dugongs, turtles, crocs and birdlife.

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Diademed Sifaka, Mantadia NP

Hiking in Isalo NP

MADAGASCAR July 2011. Luke and his brother, Tom, spent 3 weeks wildlife watching and trekking through Madagascar. Highlights were spotting (and hearing!) the Indri, tracking a family group of Red-bellied Lemurs through the rainforest, witnessing the elusive Fossa hunting a Wooly Lemur, as well as the hiking through Andasibe, Mantadia, Andringitra and Isalo National Parks with the brilliant local guides.

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Cirque de Salazie

Piton de Neiges, 3074m

REUNION July 2011. Luke spent 10 days in the Indian Ocean island, mostly traversing the Grand Randonee Route 1, a trek encompassing the three Cirques (calderas), Cilaos, Salazie and Mafate. A major highlight was the walk to Piton de la Fournaise, a highly active volcano, and the surrounding lava fields. A more unexpected highlight was giving an English lesson on Australia to the handful of students at a school in Mafate, a remote region accessible only on foot.

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The road to Mt. Cook

NEW ZEALAND Nov-Dec 2010. A 40 day, 3000km, fully self-supported cycle tour of New Zealand's south island. Battling hills, more hills, a few downpours, gale force headwinds and a lot of open, lonely road, there were also countless magical moments. Favourite spots were the ride to Mt. Cook, Fjordland and Milford Sound, and riding through Mt. Aspiring National Park. Luke's father, Rod, joined him for the first 10 days.

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Paddling through the 'Milky Way'

Snorkelling at Jellyfish Lake

PALAU Nov 2009. Luke and Tom spent 2 weeks in the Micronesian country, kayaking between islands and camping on uninhabited beaches. Equally beautiful above and below water, Palau is also littered with WWII wrecks and relics. The reefs here are among the most biodiverse in the world, so the snorkelling here and in Jellyfish Lake was incredible. The beaches scattered throughout the Rock Islands were some of the best I've seen.

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OTHERS...Multi-day hiking and camping trips around Victoria and Tasmania together, zip-lining and motorbiking through Laos, climbing peaks, paragliding and white-water rafting in Slovenia, talking global politics with monks in Burma, wildlife-watching in Thailand, beach combing the Philippines and Greek Islands, skydiving in the Swiss Alps, mountain climbing in Slovakia and more...throughout Europe, Asia, the Pacific and at home there is always an adventure or two to be had.

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