adventure

Ok so I ended up with a checkin bag – even I can’t manage carry on only for a 9 week trip that covers work, meetings, study/research, hiking and camping.…

So the planes are getting smaller as we head West.. Although after 17 years on and off working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service I’m used to much smaller. In…

7 July Headed back to Deer Lake today so we could meet with Dr Dave Thomas who is chief of staff at Port Aux Basques (but he was flying back…

17 July Heading north to Inuit community Kuujjaaq. Only have a brief stopover in Montreal – overnight at an airport hotel. But it’s been interesting just seeing how strong the…

Wednesday 25 July More wandering and bushwhacking today. I am pretty sure there isn’t a track left in this town we haven’t explored. The huge tundra buggies that the tourists…

Heading off into the rocky mountains of Canada… Almost didn’t make it after a few dramas with the car hire. Second time we’ve had issues with Hertz and their crazy…

Sunday 29th July On to Radium Hot Springs in the beautiful Kootenay National Park. The scenery was amazing even though the sky was quite hazy with smoke from bushfires throughout…

30-31 Jul Peyto glacier and lake is a fantastic short walk with magnificent views off the Icefields parkway in the Rockies. It’s sobering to see how rapidly many of these…

Headed out of Jasper to Miette Hot Springs – there is more beautiful scenery than you can poke a stick at here. Stopped at the site of the Jasper house…