Challenges
The challenge here is to visit the far reaches of every geographical point in Australia, being: North: 8th Aug 2010: Cape York, Queensland South: Wilsons Promontory, Victoria East: 10 January 2012: Cape Byron, Byron Bay, New South Wales West: May 2011: Steep Point, Western Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Australia When Bushman Bud reaches each geographical location we will ”SPOT” and blog the location with [...]
G’day all, I thought I would list all the mountain peaks that we climb during our trip around Australia and rate them based on difficulty of the climb. List of mountain peaks climbed in date order (most recent first), including height and state. 16/09/2010 Mt Bartle Frere, QLD (1,622m)Highest peak in Queensland***(also 5/10/2010 with Joey Jess) [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud Peak Bagging – Check Out The List
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ3EOYn4F4A (At the summit with Bushman Bud) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auB-UCoXC6g (Must See, Bushman Bud reflects on epic trip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1lLxSE-Dl4 (Vista 360 degrees at Mt Ossa) Rising from a restless night sleep at 5:00am I grabbed my back pack of basic supplies and headed for the Arm River Track. The information on this track suggests a 40 klm return to be [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud Bags Mt Ossa Peak in 40klm Return Hike in Single Day
G’day all, With a short break in the weather and winter closing in; tommorrow is my chance to claim Tasmania’s highest peak Mt Ossa. I am all packed and ready for a 5am start, sunrise at 7:15am so I should get a good start on a 36 klm return hike that I plan to do [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud Sets Sights On Mt Ossa – Now or Never!
Yesterday was just dragging out back at camp so with a spur of the moment decision was made to climb Cradle Mountain…again. This time I was on my own, which kind of suited me as firstly I wanted to see just how quick I could climb the mountain and secondly it would be good training [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud climbs Cradle Mountain in Record Time – Check This Out!
G’day all, this was one sensational adventure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMmfSBbw-Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adZAqCL7d4A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52yvzWKpcmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poAO1_JE6_8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHqN39DD-04 We arrived at the Cradle Mtn-Lake St Clair National Park about 10:30am and it took half an hour to work out, firstly where we could drive in the park (for anyone who doesn’t know, you can’t just drive up to the car park, [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud Climbs Cradle Mountain in Adventure Scramble
Getting to the top of Mt Bogong had been a goal of mine for quite sometime. The day had finally arrived. We had prepared for an early start but didn’t find ourselves at the bottom of the “Staircase” until 10:10am. Hardly early considering a forecast of 34 celcius for the day. Mt Bogong is 1986m [...]
Continue reading about Bushman Bud Bags Mt Bogong – Adventure Challenge
The day had finally come. I had dreamed of this day many times, not because of the challenge, but because of being able to stand atop of Australia for a brief moment in time. I always find it fascinating standing on top of a geographical location and wondering what the world is doing below you. [...]