It’s so tempting to feed wild animals, but there’s many reasons why you shouldn’t.
HERE ARE five reasons to simply watch wild animals from afar and not tempt them with food:
1. Animals might starve – if enough people feed wild animals then…
Why can't I leave my mark?
Tens of thousands of years ago our ancestors wrote on rocks, shifted nature around to make dwellings and generally acted just as they pleased. Even a couple of hundred years ago people emblazoned their initials into…
You don't even believe them yourself, but you say these 4x4 lies anyway.
GENERALLY, 4X4 people are good people. They tend to be self-reliant, outgoing, adventurous and as travel widens the mind, open-minded. But in specific situations they are also outright liars.…
If it goes fast and can be driven, I'm up for it.
And that's how I found myself astride a three-seater jetski, with my 15yo daughter and a young feller sat behind. It was an ocean ride, so pretty choppy and I…
It’s clear the Australian fauna has been engaged in one long inter-species competition for the last several million years. I wonder which animal started it. Which one was the first to think that there had to be better ways of subduing prey…
Many years ago I left home and thus life changed. I rented a small room in a house, and lived happily there with two brothers as joint landlords. It was a peaceful existence, with only a few noisy moments when the younger…
If you don’t eat, you die. That’s primarily why I eat. Of course, if the experience can be pleasurable that’s all the better, but in general I sacrifice pleasure for speed. Left to my own devices, I would purchase a fridge only…
Hmmmm”.
“No.”
“We’ll be ok”.
“No!”
“It’s not that bad. Bit steep, but it won’t be a drama.”
“No way are you taking that vehicle up there!”
“Why not?”
“Why not? Why not? Because it’s dangerous! Because we don’t need to do it! Becau..”
“It’s not dangerous. It’ll be ok,…
Another month and another accident at Fraser Island, again involving a rented 4WD, although one driven by Aussies. Still, doesn’t matter, they’re idiots wherever they come from. Probably loaded the vehicle wrongly, tyre pressures too high and any fool can see those…