Wildaboutoutdoors

02/02/2026

Second part to the
Lucy track along the Wimot river.

A walk along the Lucy track to Ellis flats along the Wilmot river. This is the second part which follows from walking down the track from Gentle Annie hill o...

06/01/2026

A short video about the Onion orchid.

A walk along the Allison lookout track in the Kelcey tier, Devonport to look for the Onion orchid. Talking about the history of discovery of the orchid and t...

23/12/2025

Here is the latest short video about the Flying Duck Orchid.

Looking for the Flying duck orchid, the name describes what the orchid looks like, well a flying duck. Learn how it is pollinated. Port Sorell ,Tasmania. nat...

18/12/2025

I haven't posted on here for a long time. But here is a short video about Gunns tree orchid. Hope you enjoy it.

Searching for Gunns tree orchid in a secluded valley off Dalgarth road near Bakers beach in North west Tasmania

27/10/2024

Yesterday, Mountain Huts Preservation Society, of which I am a member, had a working bee on what is now known as Tin Hut. We drove to the end of Lake Augusta car park and then walked 4 kms in to the site. Parks had flown in the gear for us, which saved a lot of time as it would have been a lot of shiffling and carrying. It was known originally as Roddas hut, and I have included a photo of it from Simon Cubits book, Mountain stories Volume 2. The photo depicts the search party looking for William Nutting, who went missing in May 1927, his remains were found in September 1927 near the Walls of Jerusalem. Anyway we spent a full day and managed to get a lot done, front wall replaced where the chimney was located, lifted the floor and put in two new base places on the outside walls and fixed up new corner footings. I wandered up to the little knoll on the western side of the hut and had gerat views towards the Walls of Jeruselm, Tin Hut lake and back towards Lake Augusta. On the way out encountered a lot of wombats and Bennetts Wallabys

29/09/2024

Hi all I made a short video on native orchids at the Henry Somerst reserve on the Railton - Latrobe road at Dulverton. Hope you enjoy it, share and provide constructive feedback. It is the first video I have made it sometime, so skills are a bit rusty. Shot on a DJI Osmo pocket 3 and Olympus TG-6.

30/08/2023

Returned home from the ' office ' A selection of photos of trips, Kimberley coast, Ashmore reef and Western Australian coast from Darwin to Fremantle on Silver Explorer. Short holiday at home before going to a new 'office' in South America, Rio de Janeiro, Falkland islands, South Georgia, Antarcticia and the Chilean fjords finishing in Valpariso Chile.

02/08/2023

Koolama bay sunrise light and Moon setting this morning.

01/08/2023

Just leaving Wyndham.

20/07/2023

Just leaving Broome on the new office, Silver Explorer

08/07/2023

Woke up this morning and looked out of the window of Hermione. Bit of a windy wet night. The mountain with a dusting of snow.

01/07/2023

Took Hermoine out for the first time with friend Phil. Down the Derwent estuary into Battery point and back to Lindisfarne.