Tag: wildlife
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Life as a Voluntary Castaway
Our current situation in Panama is interesting, familiar, and yet new and exciting. In the last six years of our life this will be the longest we have stayed continually, in one place (we’ll be outdoing that next year, but you’ll have to stay tuned for that story). Four and a half months voluntarily removed…
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Rottnest Island
We have heard we are currently experiencing the worst winter in Perth in a number of years, so we counted ourselves lucky to be able to get out to Rottnest Island on one of the few sunny pleasant days. Other than a few isolated areas in Western Australia, and a few islands off the WA…
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Diving South Australia
On a recent road trip between Melbourne and Adelaide we took the opportunity to do a couple of days of diving. In Geelong, just outside of Melbourne we went out for a single tank dive and a snorkel. To be honest, not the best diving we have done in a while. The operators were good…
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Birds and Other Creatures
When it comes to Australia, typically people tend to think of koalas and kangaroos. And though there are koalas and kangaroos to be seen the most overwhelming animals we have noticed have been the birds, everywhere. We affectionately refer to them as the “DB’s” (damn birds) due to the habit, no matter where we are,…
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G’Day Australia!
Waiting to board our delayed Jetstar flight for Brisbane, Australia. First things first…What a wonderful country Australia is! Despite the 18 page visa application and required x-rays and fees, once you do what they ask it is an incredible easy country to enter. Even though on the eve of setting off for Australia things looked a…
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Photographic Wonderland
We have settled in Costa Rica and are enjoying our longest stint yet as house sitters. It is comforting to establish a routine of sorts and have an idea of what you will be doing day to day. You are guaranteed amazing photographic opportunities and be assured that 5 or 6 evenings a week you…
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Living in a Zoo
When we first agreed to this house sitting job we were told that there was a good possibility of seeing monkeys and even sloths. That ended up being an understatement. In our first three weeks here we have been bowled over with the diversity of the wildlife we see in our yard every day. Though…
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Turtles on the Beach
After sunset one evening we set off to witness the incredible sight of an arribada at La Flor la playa. A beach 20km south of San Juan del Sur. It is one of about seven beaches in Central America where turtles arrive en mass to lay their eggs in the sand. We did not see…
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La Paz Waterfall Gardens
After getting a feel for the local pace over the last couple of weeks, Karen and I decided to do a touristy outing. Karen found a destination nestled up in the mountains on the way to the Poas Volcano, La Paz Waterfall Gardens. This is a great attraction for seeing some local sights and learning…
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Wildlife from our Deck
Due to the rather damp conditions over the last week we have spent a fair amount of time in our place or reading out on the covered deck. Despite the rain it has maintained a steady 28C so it has not been too difficult to deal with. The nice thing about rain is you don’t…