Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is situated off the coast of Queensland, in relatively shallow waters rarely more than 60 metres deep. This is the world’s largest coral reef province, and it extends over an area of 230 000 square kilometres from the Gulf of Papua along...
Autumn Harvest

Autumn Harvest

Summer has moved into Autumn and for us that means the fishing and diving change into more focus on hunting and dog work. Except for the annual Paradise Duck shooting weekend late February the anticipation had been for the season to kick off in early May. As Aidan and...
European Travels & Fishing

European Travels & Fishing

We’re back in New Zealand after having spent a year traveling in Europe. Naturally, a lot of that time was spent with family in my birth country Norway and also some in my later adopted country of Sweden. The picture on the right was taken by my wife Hayley, in...
Thoughts from Europe

Thoughts from Europe

I am writing these updates from a restored old farm house in the Saône-et-Loire department of eastern France, as we are four months into our year long sabbatical travels in Europe. We left an interesting Lyon the other day in a scorching 37C heat and even up here at...
Coastal Feasts

Coastal Feasts

John Dory for dinner! The sights and smells of summer.. Finnefupster digging into some late night crab. Snapper treated like a piece of meat – inspired by Jamie Oliver. Early up to hit the water at dawn. This is first light at Bream Bay before Aidan and I went...