There are lots of places in Australia where you can see captive koalas, and in Queensland you are even able to pay a few dollars to hold one, but we had no interest in this. We were desperate to see a wild koala in its natural habitat! Our Australian road-trip took us up from Sydney … Read More
Seeing glowworms was very high up on my to do list this year when I spent the austral summer months in New Zealand and Australia travelling around in a campervan. I loved the idea of standing inside a dark cave and being surrounded by hundreds of tiny, living stars, shining down on me. In the … Read More
Last month my girlfriend and I hired a car in Barcelona and drove up to the Spanish Pyrenees for a few days of hiking and bird watching. We stayed in a small campsite in Valle de Bujaruelo beside Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. We decided to spend one of our days in the mountains … Read More
Glendalough, in the Wicklow Mountains National Park, can be a very busy place, especially in summer. One way to avoid the coaches packed full of people and the traffic jams on the mountain trails, is to visit… at night. After work one evening I looked up the forecast and the moon phase for the coming … Read More
The West Highland Way is Scotland’s oldest long distance walking route. It starts in Milngavie, just outside Glasgow, and finished 151km later at the base of Ben Nevis in Fort William. Every year, thousands of people from around the world complete the route. My corkonian companion, Sam, and I spent seven days at the end … Read More