At sea – En route to Macquarie Island
50°39’ S 166°10’ E - 54°30' S, 158°57' E Being at sea rapidly becomes my favourite time on board the ship. Of course this is mostly due to good weather allowing…
Musgrave Inlet
50°39'S 166°10'E The next morning feels a little surreal. Maybe it’s the weather - overcast with bright rays of sunlight in the distance, or maybe it’s my sea-sickness medication. Either…
Enderby Island
50° 31'S 166° 17'E Christmas morning dawns and we are at anchor in Port Ross, just off of Enderby Island. Enderby is the northernmost island in the Auckland group, and is…
The Snares
48°01′S 166°32′E The sky is thick with birds. My first sighting of the Snares was at roughly 6am on Christmas Eve, and in the wind-tossed grey blue of morning I…
White-capped Albatross/Mollymawk off Auckland Island. I spent a lot of time on deck photographing seabirds. It's quite possibly my favourite activity, enhanced by having a few very calm days at sea, and a great group of people yelling out identifications and pointing cameras in every direction. Go Team Bird!
Subantarctic Adventure – I’m back!
It’s hard to find words to describe what the last three weeks have been like. Amazing is one. Awesome. Fantastic. Wonderful. Inspiring. Unreal. Taking to the southern ocean to explore…
Cape Vultures
Cape vultures are endemic to Southern Africa - they occur nowhere else in the world. There are breeding populations in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Mozambique, and historically also in…
Bearded Vultures
Bearded Vultures - or Lammergeier - (Gypaetus barbartus) are a distinctly un-vulturine-looking vulture. They are found in most of the mountainous regions throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. Most of their…
Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays to you all! I'm somewhere in the Southern Ocean, having the time of my life. It's been an amazing year, and I wanted to thank you all for…
Packing and Polaroids
This blog is brought to you by caffeine fuelled checklists and impending departure dates! It's the last blog before I leave, and I'm spending today writing what will update while…
Butterflies and Bees
My way of curing a photographic slump is to just do everything that comes to mind. On Saturday this saw me standing in the rain photographing bees in a Wedding Day Rose…
2015- SOUTH
Sub-Antarctic Adventure!
I have some exciting news that I’ve been sitting on for a while. From the 22nd of December until the 12th of January, I’ll be off on an adventure to…
A Different Year
2015 has been a year of pushing boundaries and hard work. To be honest, it has left me a bit flat. At the moment I'm finding it hard to develop…
Baby Grebes
What's cuter than a baby grebe? FOUR BABY GREBES! This is high up on the list of favourite wildlife encounters of the year. Sitting on the shore of Lake Wanaka…
Surf Photos
Something new I did this year was photograph surfers while we were in Ballito. There was a huge competition on, and people would be out every morning before it started…
Birds in the Berg
Giant's Castle is known for its vultures, and I will write a few posts about them soon. Today I wanted to focus on the other birdlife we encountered while staying…