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I couldn’t resist the striking contrast of the red canoes on the turquoise water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579865983569-12SORSJHN5J93S1AM3GN/first_day_of_winter.jpg Portfolio - First Day of Winter The night before we flew, the first snow of the season fell and it created the most beautiful textures with the black sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745354365-4CCED2Z9N0MUMXPHE77S/antarctica-mountains-glacier-travel-unforgettable.jpg Portfolio - Unforgettable Mountains like this are not particularly common in Antarctica. But for me, this is one of the scenes I will remember most from my time there. The stormy, cold atmosphere and the sheer wildness of the place will long hold a place in my heart. One day I will go back. Hopefully to work there for a period of time. 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I couldn’t resist the striking contrast of the red canoes on the turquoise water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1580091366730-VG45HH5E015SXURDNVSS/moraine_lake.jpg All images - Moraine Lake We were lucky to experience this place with relatively few people. The stillness and the crisp evening air was something I will remember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579691374704-003MIZK2C0G6331HHDLR/Bronte_suntise_sydney_sunrise_rockpool.jpg All images - Bronte Rockpool At Sunrise Sydney is famous for its ocean rock pools, and none is more famous than this. On this particular morning, even the bathers stopped to watch this light unfold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579693567613-R77BJ722K23P81FBZKGK/craigs_hut.jpg All images - Craig's Hut Who hasn’t heard the tale of the Man From Snowy River? Well, this hut featured in the film. It is a beautiful tribute to Australia’s gorgeous alpine huts. Plus the view from here is nothing short of spectacular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579350139629-HOBVK2VY4W8HI42SXRN1/image-asset.jpeg All images - Uluru Sunrise Australia’s outback is a striking scene to behold. Seeing these magnificent red rocks light up as the first rays of sunshine hit them is just about the best way to start the day. Even better if seen from a tiny chopper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1580384108920-18RP52I3ZTM42K73IU0B/day_break.jpeg All images - Day Break Seal Rocks in NSW is one of my absolute favourite places on the planet. I have been visiting this place with my family since I was a child, and we still camp here every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581051377937-8PSVINLTNBC9GL3WAJCU/mona_vale_rock_pool.jpg All images - Mona Vale Rock Pool The east coast of Australia is blessed with many ocean rock pools. This one would have to be one of the more famous and more beautiful. What a stroke of genius it was to build a rock pool here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1580383607165-GLEZNFHSL1TJL7XOZHDQ/a_land_of_sweeping_plains.jpeg All images - A Land Of Sweeping Plains Day breaks across the Australian desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581051056842-UAXFX4OM8OOGT8SMQHRU/field_of_light.jpg All images - Field Of Light If you’ve not seen Bruce Munro’s Field of Light exhibit at Uluru Ayers Rock, you really must get there before it closes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233364716-PXJF13T57AWMEE7QMZE3/wrath.jpg All images - Wrath Never underestimate the power of the ocean. She regularly likes to show us who is boss. But Camel Rock can withstand her force. As one of the oldest rocks in NSW, i was created by undersea avalanches which rumbled down continental slopes of Gondwana around 450 million years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233301121-1LD67AOITYL7U0N3LLQV/lara-the-landy.jpg All images - Lara The Landy Stockton Sand Dunes are one of the most fun places you can take a 4WD. And every time you go, it is different, as the winds shift the sand around, moulding and remoulding the dunes continuously. Here is our Landrover Defender, Lara, enjoying herself in the sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1580383816855-P2GQ67GVNHKI9QXEB2O5/alpine_australia.jpeg All images - Alpine Australia On top of the world at Mount Buffalo in the Victorian High Country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581051561163-M3EMJRIH28DITCC3JGDY/horsemans_rest.jpg All images - Horseman's Rest Australia has a romantic outback history. This hut was built as part of the film set for The Man From Snowy River, based on the celebrated poem of the same name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579692204183-SNH9SOA1UCX2GQ4WYBBP/uluru_gradient.jpg All images - Uluru Dreaming The magic of sunrise in the outback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584252090652-K9P84H35GJSIJZHMYDFG/forest-bathing.jpg All images - Forest Bathing Barrington Tops is one of my favourite places to explore. This ancient Gondwana Rainforest has been around since the dinosaurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233325530-Q4E6B57XZ42DQ60810VL/laburnum-steps.jpg All images - Laburnum Steps In autumn, people flock to beautiful Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains to see the stunning estate gardens in full colour. It is an unusual sight in a country like Australia, which is not well known for deciduous trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584252102129-FKB2KG0F2H6QO5D134SK/reflection.jpg All images - Breathe That light, huh? A gorgeous morning spent with two equally gorgeous friends - @wanderer_rachel and @treesandsea. Sadly, this bridge was badly damaged in the heavy rain in early 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584252090355-KJ5EOPA8F5EU993BYJ2X/escape.jpg All images - Escape This was my first sunrise with a camera in hand after having my little boy. I’d been awake at sunrise many times, just with a baby in hand rather than a camera. It was on this morning that I realised that I could still enjoy some of my old life (with a bit of extra planning!). Boy what a stunner of a morning it was! Thanks @treesandsea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579692418983-EZ9B3VI4O5A38MVRLKK9/uluru_winding_road.jpg All images - I Call Australia Home My last trip to Uluru was significant for me. I’d been feeling decidedly disconnected from my birth country, but going here was like coming home. I wish more Australians would visit this special place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233343503-GV2XAQBVV5Q931O6HHPX/sky-burst.jpg All images - Sky Burst We’d been out exploring Wollemi National Park by 4WD and upon arriving in Widden I looked in the rear view mirror and saw this sky behind me! My chance, we’d pulled up next this beautiful lonely tree, which made the perfect subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584258253782-GW31P4R0E7428ZZI4TN4/elated2.jpg All images - Elated Who says you need crazy colour at sunrise? This magical little rock wall at Burgess Beach in NSW, combined with the high tide, had me squealing as each wave crashed over it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233363017-JNIDI0X7VNWNPF40D0WM/under-the-milky-way.jpg All images - Under The Milky Way I don’t know which had me more captivated. The Field of Light, or the Milky Way? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233308972-IBHKGA26IVEBC6625S47/merciless.jpg All images - Merciless The moodiest of mornings at beautiful Camel Rock on the South Coast of NSW. While it does not look like a camel here, a slightly different angle of viewing shows a very different looking formation. From here, I think it looks more like a dragon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233334655-MPN4K54CEFEFEJFQ1JPY/on-the-inside.jpg All images - On The Inside New South Wales has a number of cave systems. This is the Jillabenan Cave at Yarrangobilly Caves in Kosciuszko National Park. The colour of the limestone and the shadows here made me imagine internal organs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584252101891-G798PLPDG0JAQSX10R2R/mourning.jpg All images - Mourning I’m a sucker for a tree. In this mist, with that light… the birds roosting in its boughs must have enjoyed the view too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579349759725-SSMTAOPI17R6EJH2SX4G/image-asset.jpeg All images - That Wanaka Tree The most famous tree in the world. And you can’t blame her. She is gorgeous! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581046251159-98LT634PVW8JJT27HNV3/a-new-dawn.jpg All images - A New Dawn These boulders are truly wonderful. They look just like you’d expect dragon eggs to look. They’re huge (over 1m in diameter) and perfectly round! Such a peculiarity of our wonderful world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579518962127-UT81LKQLHPDT166ET0BZ/new_zealand_tasman_lake_sunset.jpg All images - Tasman Lake Sunset One of the more magical places in the world to just sit and listen to the icebergs chink off of one another https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581047247906-S6CCBDK9R0JICJGBMYIC/inspire.jpg All images - Inspire From our tiny plane, I could see this mountain range looming in the distance and hoped this view would line up! This was taken en route from Queenstown to Milford Sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581046747191-W1XCP2FB1RNK6MWQ1S0Z/follow-your-own-path.jpg All images - Follow Your Own Path One of the absolutely best road views in the entire world. Mount Cook feels so close you could touch it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581049045860-VM4M253G4CFBCE5TW8JU/the-mighty.jpg All images - The Mighty The summit of Mackinnon Pass on the Milford Track is a reward in itself after the uphill slog involved in reaching it. But then when you are awarded with views like this too, well, it just could not get any better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581047111657-2PPZTPWYNQHHVOA4LYWK/moke-lake-reflections.jpg All images - Moke Lake Reflections Probably my favourite campground in New Zealand. The views here are just amazing, and on a still day the lake is like a mirror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581049522935-0DLOE35S3UTB8DC18TMB/waimanu-cloud-on-the-water.jpg All images - Waimanu - Cloud on the Water The incredible power of Stirling Falls in Milford Sound. If you think it looks like I would have copped a drenching taking this, you’d be right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581047496517-82RFYYHAAJJOLK5FEFDB/lindis-pass.jpg All images - Lindis Pass These beautifully triangular mountains are so recognisable to anyone who has seen them in the flesh. They’re such a work of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581046565983-K5IBKZ886FW6V11BZLUZ/far-away.jpg All images - Far Away A rare quiet moment at the famous Wanaka Tree. Even with the lights of town reflecting across the lake, you couldn’t help but be mesmerised by the sight of the Milky Way beaming down from far, far away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581049369852-O1XOJIFG1JS8NQGX9U16/upon-reflection.jpg All images - Upon Reflection Lake Kirkpatrick, near Queenstown, would have to be one of the best places to capture beautiful still reflections like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581046946557-1BYDMNQQJ3E4C9FO3J7N/healing.jpg All images - Healing There is something about this place. About this mountain. It’s just so good for the soul! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581049839943-NPTMS16CGCAE19S1ICE4/silence.jpg All images - Silence When the only sound you can hear is the chink of icebergs glancing off of one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581050166926-KM56PA5K9U9XL7TACDY3/van-life.jpg All images - Van Life When you race around in your van trying to find a southern facing viewpoint because you know this is happening! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581050035488-WRG3UYYNFTCHJTBXOM3C/monumental.jpg All images - Monumental I fell in love with New Zealand when I first spied these mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581050402328-59X1P9U5WM2DGUIOT77R/mount-cook-sunrise.jpg All images - Aoraki Mount Cook Sunrise Flying high above Mount Cook shortly after sunrise, the braided rivers below glistening in the morning light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581050598933-AR4AU7JZXCHS957R3MR5/stillness.jpg All images - Stillness A cold morning with the Wanaka Tree and her cormorants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581050802309-DTGXRZIY5H7HY8290BCH/solitude.jpg All images - Solitude These mountains are so imposing, that away from the gaggle of tourists, you truly feel like you could be the only person on the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579867015975-PDPAC45NH9TU8OAZBW3D/icelandic_horse.jpg All images - Icelandic Horse at Sunrise I’ve named this Icelandic horse Bon Jovi. Like most Icelandic horses (and Bon Jovi), his mane is his most beautiful feature. This particular sunrise caught us a little off guard and it was a mad scramble to find something worthy of shooting. Bon Jovi could not have been a more perfect subject! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581156811981-0IKIZFWJZWBGN7LUQB18/bruarfoss.jpg All images - Bruarfoss One of the most beautiful and unique waterfalls I’ve seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581156955106-CKGB2UJ33LXZC4R20GL7/a_night_to_remember.jpg All images - A Night To Remember It took me 10 days to see an aurora in Iceland. I thought I was destined to go home empty handed. But on this particular night, the sky started to light up not long after dark. I was still on the road, with a couple of hours yet to drive. On a two lane highway covered in ice, no less, and with no where to safely pull over! I finally arrived here, my campsite for the night, to the loud sounds of woohooing and cheering. I got out and could see why. The corona of the aurora was right above us! It was moving like crazy with its intense bursts of light. I barely had time to just pull out my camera and aim up! I think I got two shots of it before it was gone. However, the green light did hang about for some time afterwards and I was able to get this image of Skogafoss under the aurora. By then, the hoards had cleared out and I had this whole magical place to myself. Just me and this sky!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581160247736-F28W309UYMUF8R6DNX2S/kvernufoss.jpg All images - Kvernufoss Pretty much the coolest lesser known waterfall in Iceland. In this image, I was shooting from inside the amazing cave behind this waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581159060130-SSZSE3X2TAB6E08WE3CW/kirkjufellsfoss.jpg All images - Kirkjufellsfoss If Kirkjufell wasn’t already a popular tourist destination in Iceland, it certainly become one after it was featured in Game of Thrones! It truly is a beautiful sight to lay your eyes upon, especially with this waterfall complementing it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581159874588-P605P7T6M12CCNTO4MHA/fladrargljufur_canyon.jpg All images - Fladrargljufur Canyon I dare you to say the name of this place three times really quickly! This was definitely the place I was looking forward to visiting most in Iceland. A surreal landscape in the middle of a farm! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581160036295-G17NRL2E1QG6QVIUO5Q2/vestrahorn.jpg All images - Vestrahorn Adorned It was showering on this particular morning, so there was a real possibility that a rainbow may focus itself near the iconic Vestrahorn mountains. What a beautiful moment it was when our forecast became reality! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581158846817-MO3JPUGE9M5DDV783VQA/falling_light.jpg All images - Falling Light Seljalandsfoss is one of Iceland’s many iconic waterfalls. This one is so famous because you can walk behind it. This is a slightly different angle, but I couldn’t resist those mossy rocks and the light as it hit the mist off the waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581160416092-AHRVBJW4RCC5NXKMFM1G/ice_diamond.jpg All images - Ice Diamond Diamond Beach is is an absolute joy to behold. I felt like a child running in the freezing cold water trying to get images of these glistening beauties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581160587754-8B48UUYMUGG1EO5Y6HX1/gullfoss.jpg All images - Gullfoss We came out here hoping to catch the aurora, but instead we captured this amazing distant glow of the light from town. It gave a surreal feeling to this image. Also, after visiting this place at night in winter, I highly recommend crampons. The spray freezes on the downhill footpath and makes for a very exciting walk down!! There might have been some bruising the following day… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581160961941-FBXH8RPX8BL5X69B3VFT/black_beach_of_dyrholaey.jpg All images - Black Sand Beach of Dyrholaey Coming from Australia, the black beaches of Iceland were such an unusual - and beautiful - sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581161097898-FSILRQE0WD4XX72LECTM/moss-of-eldhraun-lava+field.jpg All images - Moss Of Eldhraun Lava Field Believe it or not, this lush green moss covers the devastation left by the eruption of Iceland’s volcano Laki in the late 18th century, which is also considered the most poisonous eruption in history. Please do not walk on the lava fields, as they are very sensitive ecosystems. Keep to the paths at all times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581161558478-E54URSJMO2WXIWMJE0GK/legend-of-the-treasure-chest.jpg All images - Legend Of The Treasure Chest Icelanders love a good story, with superstitious tales an amazing and unique part of Icelandic culture. The myth associated with Skogafoss is that behind it you can find a chest that the viking settler of Skogar, Þrasi Þórólfsson, hid in around the year 900. It is said that the first person who manages to make their way behind the waterfall to retrieve it will find great treasures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581226073475-CMHTWOLRNQMAANOQZMKM/dancing_at_jokulsarlon.jpg All images - Dancing At Jokulsarlon That’s what I felt like doing when I saw this sight unfold! I sat in my camper, eating dinner and having a wine, checking and rechecking the aurora forecast. Sticking my head out the van door and looking up every 15 mins or so. And then at about 10pm, this!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581232182518-Y5G8E2Z1MHL107NODHEO/storm-break.jpg All images - Storm Break Rain and stormy skies gave way to the most beautiful long sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581226735956-EYQOJ8OO7HOEU9KDGHO8/frozen.jpg All images - Frozen Crampons are an essential in Iceland in winter. These pebbles were coated in a slick of thick ice. Though I mist admit to finding it rather amusing to watch tourists crawl on hands and knees for the ultimate selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581228191764-28SUHFYR73P83D20LHHH/gljufrabui-waterfall.jpg All images - Gljufrabui Waterfall This waterfall represents possibly the most fun I’ve ever had shooting. I had a brand new camera, and honestly thought I was going to kill it on its first outing. The spray from this waterfall is absolutely intense!! Bring your waterproofs if you intend on visiting it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581228462358-S5GXAOX7JCBQDGNC6BBY/ice_magic.jpg All images - Ice Magic Walking inside a glacier has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever done (haha yes, literally as well). The brilliant blue of the ice is something that has to be seen to be believed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581232302202-UXA374LY3NJ9UMD9POSU/the-mountain-shaped-like-an-arrowhead.jpg All images - The Mountain Shaped Like An Arrowhead If this place wasn’t famous before Game of Thrones, it sure is now! We hiked up this little creek to get a slightly different take on the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581229055908-O0NRNSARHKGB1I5TJAV4/parliamentary-rift.jpg All images - Öxarárfoss The site of this waterfall is in the famous Þingvellir National Park, which was the place of Iceland’s first parliament in 930AD. It’s also of geological significance, with the canyons created by the pulling apart of the Mid-Atlantic rift between the European Plate and the North American Plate. I got super lucky, seeing it in these conditions. A little aurora here, a bit of town light there and a slice of Milky Way thrown in too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581230960084-1PHK0M6SI7TFUDUZT4FX/my-private-beach.jpg All images - My Private Beach You could not get any more remote than this little hut sitting above this remote bay on this remote island in this remote country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581231478509-UBPS3WZNTNO7F92KCYRB/reynisdrangar.jpg All images - Reynisdrangar The sea stacks of Reynisfjara Beach are just magic. And when the morning sun hits them like this… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581231636150-EZNF49RAFEZOUCEF9DRG/seljalandsfoss.jpg All images - Seljalandsfoss A different take on this iconic beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581233021650-5EMIIYA0FVRKNUX3RR1R/vestmannaeyjar.jpg All images - Vestmannaeyjar One of the best things I’ve ever experienced has been flying over Iceland in a tiny plane. The views leave you breathless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584193332499-F486TV8BCIVWK7XOTLAC/in-my-dreams.jpg All images - In Dreams I honestly couldn’t believe my eyes when I first laid sight on this surreal and beautiful place. Waterfalls that fall into the sea are my favourite waterfalls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676533328-MMH5LVZ8DKD50TGIMEGD/stormbringer.jpeg All images - A Force To Be Reckoned With Perched at this lookout, my introduction to the Faroe Islands was more than dramatic. Wind that wanted to sweep me off my feet and rain, hail, sleet and snow all in the space of minutes. Mother Nature is truly a force to be reckoned with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581045650874-DNXT741ZBV2YEIWYXBNJ/surrender.jpg All images - Surrender The most incredible weather I have ever seen was in the Faroe Islands. Its chaotic there in winter. I experienced everything including rain, hail, sleet, snow, wind and sunshine in the space of five minutes!! You really did feel at the mercy of the elements! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676639361-RI1GABUO1GFLK0ZO3TLN/take-flight.jpeg All images - Take Flight A bird soars on an updraft as the sun sets on another day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676523154-61OX6ADIM0BJNWEP5L7J/majestic.jpeg All images - Majestic I’ll never forget the day I hiked to Drangarnir alone. I’ll tell you the story one day. It is one of adventure, fear, courage and achievement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585389929-CTEXUS3Z4XJHVD3LEE62/chasm.jpg All images - Chasm I’m not afraid of heights, but here even I felt a touch of vertigo. These crumbly cliffs certainly proffered a splendid view though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676528785-AB5CRZFXPKXLR7XX5Y9B/chaos.jpeg All images - Chaos A fleeting moment of mesmerising beauty and wild weather that could be described as nothing less than chaotic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676608253-0K31HND1TXLBBR02JO9P/soar.jpeg All images - Soar As the wild weather raged, birds soared on the updraft created as the waterfall hit the ocean below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584157975697-TZQRRVB3LHDZROSZ44C6/nordradalur.jpg All images - Norðradalur The beautiful valley of Norðradalur is surrounded by three mountains and frames Koltur island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676555632-A8ZLKKBSTT50GMK9X68P/contemplation.jpeg All images - Contemplation “Amid those scenes of solitude… the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things” - Thomas Cole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676560184-LHWS2NI0ZQ8U2A2SL4GH/mulafossur-waterfall.jpeg All images - Mulafossur Waterfall This day produced some of the fiercest wind I’ve ever experienced. What you can’t see in this image is me huddled in my car for a couple of hours while I worried the building next to me, held down with rocks and ropes, would fly into me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676570325-OI1MZCJH7XZ7953J4KR6/hope.jpeg All images - Hope The weather is wild in the Faroes, but you quickly learn that its fleeting, no matter the conditions. The grey does give way to light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585520254-KQHI8T8FNBXIJZXOY766/mighty.jpg All images - Mighty Nothing beats Mother Nature in the Faroes. She is all powerful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585547162-8XNGDAE0PYIA1K03TBP2/stratum.jpg All images - Stratum The Faroes is full of dramatic cliff faces. This is occasionally a little dangerous when hiking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581046115845-6OWR1023RAXBIFLLAZXD/and-then-the-heavens-opened.jpg All images - And Then The Heavens Opened It was as though the sun was trying to break through a thick forcefield. It did eventually burst through! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585513096-BJEAAMGWAYFFOU0MZIDZ/look-down.jpg All images - Look Down Or don’t. It is about the worst possible thing to do when standing atop these cliffs. They’re crumbly and oh so very very high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584155898591-KDE4VN8ESX8KDMA04LIT/s%C3%B8rv%C3%A1gsvatn.jpg All images - Sørvágsvatn It took days before I got a window of weather decent enough to hike to this world famous coastal lake. This didn’t mean the weather was great though! At one point, I huddled in the open as the hail and sleet pelted down on me for a good 20 minutes. Something in that moment made me feel very far away from home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585496028-XSHAGL3LG514LE4UY1LC/gasadalur.jpg All images - Gasadalur Just a waterfall that falls into the ocean in my front yard. No big deal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676590568-2SWTFF9XWYMDO05HCSHZ/light-bender2.jpeg All images - Light Bender One of the most beautiful things to witness in nature is surely a storm at sunset. The way the light dances with the clouds is mesmerising to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585478420-W3E3GECVZ6LH2O766MEE/tr%C3%A6lan%C3%ADpan.jpg All images - Trælanípan The scale of these dramatic cliffs is something to behold. I don’t get vertigo, but standing here, I admit to worrying about the geotechnical integrity of the stone beneath my feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585487939-LKDKZU3O7544M4BVVEQB/flight.jpg All images - Flight The cliffs of the Faroe Islands are vast and frequented by many many birds who call them home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676612564-9STMVX0S6MMUO02ARCZG/risin-and-kellingin.jpeg All images - Risin and Kellingin Long ago, the giants who lived in Iceland were jealous of the Faroe Islands. Risin (the Giant) and Kellingin (the Witch) came to the Faroe Islands to capture the islands and tow them back to Iceland. Knowing their time was limited, as they would turn to stone at sunrise, they struggled to tie a rope around the Faroe Islands. Tired and all consumed with the effort, they didn’t notice morning break. They attempted to flee, but they were too slow. They now stand frozen forever in stone, out to sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581676617191-MMQUC6F3MLVRWS64BAJM/storm.jpeg All images - Storm The view of Kunoy Island in a storm. I’d dreamed of the view I’d get of this island from the highest point in the Faros, Klakkur, but it wasn’t to be. My run of wild weather and low visibility kept me at low altitude. But I won’t ever forget the few minutes of rain, hail, sleet, snow and wind that it took me to get this shot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584189813424-KS84XLA9WBJD75IKYXRC/alone.jpeg All images - Drangarnir and Tindhólmur Drangarnir translates directly to "The sea stacks" and the two sea stacks that together form Drangarnir are called Stóri Drangur or "Large sea stack" and Lítli Drangur or "Small sea stack". Tindhólmur is an islet, and its five peaks are named Ytsti, Arni, Lítli, Breiði, Bogni (Farthest, Eagle, Small, Broad, Bent). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584245738912-L1Q0H2V1OT3MPDJHE2ZC/listen.jpg All images - Listen The sound of the wind was all I could hear on my visit to this tiny village. In the distance, you can see where the lake flows out into the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1583585487943-LOWAJEQ3KCG2SJRFQ3BN/fossa.jpg All images - Fossa The Faroe Islands is home to many, many waterfalls. Fossa (which, incidentally, means “waterfall” in Faroese) is the tallest, at 140m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584191547260-3YBSAYH649EFVJ44LWBY/rainbows-and-dragons.jpg All images - Fastasy The name of this place, Drangarnir, always makes me think of dragons, even though its name has nothing to do with dragons! When this beautiful rainbow materialised for a few seconds, it certainly seemed fantastical! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584169397889-OS33IGTYEFSVMA2B2VWQ/gjogv.jpg All images - Gjógv This township is named for its beautiful seaside gorge. However, I wouldn’t want to enter and exit the narrow opening in a storm. It also features the Faroe Islands only operating railway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584185888194-55SIVJMLYA3SOSWUAH7U/funnings-kirkja.jpg All images - Funnings Kirkja Funninger Church, in the village of Funningur, is one of the 10 old wooden churches in the Faroe Islands (it was inaugurated in 1847). It also has a pretty amazing view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584160713880-DR4YMZE9UV3GUIGGNNJF/geodesic.jpg All images - Geodesic After seeing this grass roofed geodesic dome in the Faroe Islands, it has since been my dream to own one of my own. One day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584191546366-F9QJGCZTRXRVCIN5170W/fallen.jpg All images - Fallen The Faroe Islands boasts several waterfalls that fall into the sea. This is Skarðsáfossur, as seen from Drangarnir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1581045956899-DZIKQCBMO7JFRSPPDZ4F/little_red_cabin.jpg All images - A River Runs Through It Everywhere there were historic old cabins and homes. Many of which had permanent streams running right by them into the fjords. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584155993477-AMFLJ0WWIDZ08JNVWGL9/blizzard.jpeg All images - Turn Back Now My first morning in the Faroe Islands, I awoke to this. When I parked my car at the hotel the night before, there was no snow. The next morning, I awoke to a foot of snow covering everything. I naturally went higher, to get in amongst the chaotic weather! I still have no idea what these signs said. Probably something I should have been aware of in this weather! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579865983569-12SORSJHN5J93S1AM3GN/first_day_of_winter.jpg All images - First Day of Winter The night before we flew, the first snow of the season fell and it created the most beautiful textures with the black sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579865851949-1XTSYWTATZYCT4RUHJGO/braided_by_glaciers.jpg All images - Braided by Glaciers The glacial waters carve out their braids. It’s equally delicate and fearsome to behold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579865390302-PSS38YD1IYZK4BZ84HA3/image-asset.jpeg All images - Wild Iceland One of the most incredible experiences I’ve had was flying over Iceland in a tiny plane with @volcanopilot. It was the most prolific couple of hours of photography I’ve ever experienced. Nature at its most beautifully artistic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866139941-PHVEX5BPDA3EY0VCKP3W/elements_of_iceland.jpg All images - Elements of Iceland The colours were incredible. Rivers of different hues that melded together, and sands shifted by their flow. The richness of detail was like nothing I’ve seen in nature before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866296748-8YD43DF0O0QXGAAZ78LS/life_stream.jpg All images - Life Stream It was like viewing the veins of the planet, pumping its lifeblood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866412553-X42BBSISGRE3FZMNWBMD/earth_story.jpg All images - Earth Story Seeing this from above, you can’t help but be reminded that the planet has been moving and shaping itself for millions of years, and will continue to do so after we are long gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866537533-WEFX2EF4QYQIU21B88P6/ice_age.jpg All images - Ice Age Mother nature has a palate full of colours to play with, but even when she goes monochrome, she cannot be bettered. The textures in this landscape are detail enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866696504-O9RHWVH43C2IST5EH0OE/create_your_own_path.jpg All images - Create Your Own Path Nature always finds a way, even through ice or stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579919941614-UMMU6XC726PVTNGBBIMB/Rivers+of+Gold.jpg All images - Rivers of Gold I don’t know if it was the colour of the water, the early morning light, or a combination of both that created this appearance of molten gold. Whatever it was, it was a sight to behold! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866705122-6RMXKY33IQN7CCBEYSP9/water_ribbons.jpg All images - Water Ribbons Dancing its way rhythmically across the landscape, like a gymnast dancing with ribbons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866731589-BX6AI843U2IAPKNMWTE4/oil_slick.jpg All images - Oil Slick The colourful rivers make their way to sea, mixing with sea water. The colour resembles petrol and looks beautiful as it crashes on the black sand beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1579866724948-T2WW62IDCC3UYHXBQTSO/divided.jpg All images - Divided Such a simple scene, but I adore the colour and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745354365-4CCED2Z9N0MUMXPHE77S/antarctica-mountains-glacier-travel-unforgettable.jpg All images - Unforgettable Mountains like this are not particularly common in Antarctica. But for me, this is one of the scenes I will remember most from my time there. The stormy, cold atmosphere and the sheer wildness of the place will long hold a place in my heart. One day I will go back. Hopefully to work there for a period of time. It is simply the most incredible place on the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745319100-NJFP0N44E2L3CVQSPHWR/hush.jpg All images - Hush Quiet, contemplative moments were easy to find in Antarctica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745293166-W5ZMTDFBZM48S3LVPETR/another-world.jpg All images - Another World I never thought I would ever see so many penguins in my life. I must have seen hundreds of thousands of them when I visited Antarctica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745293172-17R0Q3PO8JE7UYCGUNTG/chinstrap.jpg All images - Chinstrap I think these little guys are the cutest of the penguins. They definitely have the most befitting name. Those little chinstraps make them look much like soldiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745307557-1RAV77GS8ES72J9ZETTC/expanse.jpg All images - Paradise Harbour The aptly named Paradise Bay. What gloriously glossy conditions we had upon arrival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745302785-BO3CVXE58D7BEDRT1YQE/colony.jpg All images - Colony I wish you had smell-o-vision for this image! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584965521747-7YE5KFC72Q6JDKMFD5W8/antarctica-whale-orca-ocean-icebergs.jpg All images - Orca One of the most amazing sights I’ve witnessed in the wild. A pod of orca hunting seals. They are intelligent and ruthless. But also incredibly beautiful and graceful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745329590-OPD0IFOBML4VQYC2YIEF/is-anyone-home.jpg All images - Is Anyone Home? I have no idea why these little guys set up home here, but to me it looks like they kicked the humans out and took over the place! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1585028250028-OT8TATJ2XCEQIMPEW48Q/gentoo.jpg All images - Gentoo A lone gentoo penguin keeps watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745355493-D2SZA0MJP1HY8Y1D29LD/antarctica-porthole-window-to-another-world.jpg All images - Window To Another World Sailing through the Antarctic peninsula, I had to pinch myself many times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745330282-78RC336PCJC6R02GXKVA/isolated.jpg All images - Base Brown This is the Argentinian Almirante Brown Antarctic Base. Not long after we arrived on shore, a blizzard enveloped this place in sideways snow and we lost nearly all visibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584745344868-18KQCIET64DGW05JXIAO/tranquility.jpg All images - Tranquility Antarctica can be so quiet and still that it defies imagination. Its so distant to the daily hustle we are so used to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584770256755-JJTL0QWLOYPUA3LAT342/antarctica-glacier-mountain-wild.jpg All images - Glacier Who else has visited a glacier, stared at it for what seemed like an eternity, only to see no movement? Then as soon as you turn around… BOOM! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584965533335-XZSOW0RRDGTNYMGGTLU8/antarctica-bird-iceberg-snow-petrel.jpg All images - Snow Petrel I feel so incredibly fortunate to see this beautiful snow petrel resting in a crevice of an iceberg. They are one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica. Their black eyes, beak and feet are a stark contrast to their pure white feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584770270371-HFUH8T1TO05ITJYK2EC2/antarctica-mountain-glacier-reflection-wait.jpg All images - Calm Some moments in Antarctica truly felt like the calm before the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584965522077-4RDH5TGZ9TSW8WMKZQC6/antarctica-mountaineering-travel-explorers.jpg All images - Explorers Taken on our trip to the Argentinian Base Brown, the glassy reflections soon gave way to fierce wind and snow. I grabbed this shot of a group of mountaineers walking through the featureless landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1584965531494-D8KO47BQ9Z0SZ8ZJZ4UV/antarctica-iceberg-blizzard-snow.jpg All images - Blizzard The snow was falling in incredibly heavy clumps as we made our way back to the ship via zodiac. But I couldn’t take my eyes off the scenery that surrounded us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1585037233835-T8JLLBR7IYV7J2ELX86M/antarctica-ship-snow-blizzard-plancius.jpg All images - Plancius Our home for 10 days. The captain of the Plancius navigated us through 20m swell and sea ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1585053189941-YK5SWVXBH5UKW8MHSLRU/Antarctica-landscape-water-travel-mountains.jpg All images - Antarctica A beauty like no other I’ve ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1585054553523-N7HMSR7J73F3HMSUNGHP/antactica-iceberg-tall.jpg All images - Towering The sheer scale of some of the icebergs in Antarctica is amazing. It makes me wonder what lurks beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ccbe8b494d71ae57b2f494d/1585054549697-BRXS3VP0WT22610QX66A/penguins_snow_waddle_antarctica.jpg All images - Waddle Did you know that the way a male penguin woos a female is with pebbles for her nest? They will slide and waddle hundreds of metres or more down to the rocky coastline to fetch one pebble at a time to bring back to her. The lazy ones will just steal a pebble from a nearby nest!