Expedition | Diary | Australia

"Footprints" thats all we leave behind

Ancient tracks of the "New World"
- Australia, Tasmania, U.S. America and Canada -

In the years 2006 and 2007 we are going to explore historical tracks and untouched nature in the "new world" like Australia, New Zealand, U.S. America and Canada in order to find "different views of the nature".
"Tracks that's all we leave behind" and sometimes not even that, when the wake vanishes behind our kayaks. Due to the immense photo/movie equipment we carry we do have to use a transport this time. After our 10 years of Africa experience on safaris we take an old Toyota Bushcamper without electronics as our base camp and home for the first year. From here we will discover "the world" by foot and kayak and document it on "film". It is very well known to us from other expeditions that the adventure can make an "ambush" everywhere and therefore we are curious what's coming up next. We take one day by the other and let the nature make the detailed plan where we are trying to fit this schedule - time is not on sparse.
Photographing and filming while discovering the unknown is our major within these two years. No stress nor hectic of normal all day life enables us to find "different points of view" to document our surrounding environment.

Time schedule:

Flight to Australia: Dec. 29th, 2005 "Tracks that's all we leave behind" Using a Toyota Landcruiser as our base camp for the first year in Australia we are going to explore untouched "nature" by foot and kayaking as well as visiting the most famous National Parks.

Flight to South Africa: Mid December, 2006
As there is no use to go to Germany we try to use the time more useful in Africa. We will see what we can find out about southern Africa and that specific desert animal in the Central Namib (No! I won't name it, yet!).

Flight from Jo-burg, South Africa to New York, USA: March, 2007

In the new century of mad people terrorising the world it has been shown that it will be more easy to sell our beloved bushcamper in Australia and get a new one in US, otherwise one never knows... and as petrol prices has become more unstable it seems that there will be MUCH MORE hiking in US. More news to this topic later.

....................................................................................................

Video »Australia« Beyond the Behind 2078 km dust, heat and bugs on the "Canning Stock Route"

Diary entries:

    49. Week: (December 2^nd 2006 – December 8^th, 2006 ): "A quiet" last week in OZ

    48. Week: (November 25^th – December 1^st 2006): Homeless again

    47. Week: (November 18^th – November 24^th 2006): Strange feeling

    46. Week: (November 11^th – November 17^th 2006): Doomsday weather

    45. Week: (November 4^th – November 11^th, 2006): "It never rains in California ..."

    44. Week: (October 28^th – November 3^rd 2006): New friends and a Wombat...

    43. Week: (October 21^st – October 27^th 2006): Mt. Kosciuszko 2,229 m

    42. Week: (October 14^th – October 20^th 2006): Sydney and acclimated Aborigines!

    41. Week: (October 8^th - October 13^th 2006) : Lamington National Park

    40. Week: (October 1^st - October 7^th 2006) : Bunya Mountains or from worms, ticks and birds

    39. Week: (September 23^rd – September 30^th 2006) : Carnarvon National Park

    38. Week: (September 16^th - September 22^nd 2006) : A kayak regatta without water!

    37. Week: (Sept. 9^th – Sept. 15^th , 2006): Uluru and the Kings Canyon

    36. Week: (Sept. 2^nd – Sept. 8^th 2006): Birdsville- and Oodnadatta Track

    35. Week: (August 26^th – September 1^st 2006): Ozzie druid meeting in Stonehenge

    34. Week: (August 20^th – August 25^th 2006): Platypus or what is that?

    33. Week: (August 12^th – August 18^th 2006): "R & R"

    32. Week: (August 5^th – August 11^th 2006): Cairns – back to civilisation again

    31. Week: (July 29^th – August 4^th 2006): Cape York

    30. Week: (July 22^nd – July 28^th 2006): Monsoon tropics

    29. Week: (July 15^th – July 21^th 2006): The end of a legend

    28. Week: 28. Week (July 8^th – July 14^th 2006): Disneyland and an early summer start

    27. Week: (Juli 1^st – July 7^th 2006): ThanXahelluvalot to our sponsors

    26. Week: (June 23^rd – June 30^th 2006): Disney World

    25. Week: (June 17^th – June 22^nd 2006): The Bungle Bungles

    24. Week: (June 10^th – June 16^th 2006): On the Gibb River Road

    23. Week: (June 3^rd – Jun 9^th 2006): Lonely beaches and the first wild crocs

    22. Week: (May 29^th – Jun 2^nd 2006): Happy Birthdday and Hansel & Gretel

    21. Week: (May 20^th – May 26^th 2006): Broome, back in the tropics again

    20. Week: (May 13^th – May 19^th 2006): A track. Ok, a long one but just a track!

    19. Week: (May 6^th – May 12^th 2006): The Canning Stock Route

    18. Week: (April 29^th – May 5^th 2006): The paradise but still riots

    17. Week: (April 22^nd – April 28^th 2006): 2.3 billion Old red

    16. Week: (April 15^th – April 21^st 2006): Whale Sharks, new Flooding and Monica

    15. Week: (April 8^th – April 14^th 2006): Hubert didn't come but ...

    14. Week: (April 1^st – April 7^th 2006): Happy swimming or No risk, No fun

    13. Week: (March 25^th – March 31^st 2006): Waiting for Glenda

    12. Week: (March 18^th – March 24^th 2006): "Yarn Rope ~~Day~~ Week" or "hang loose"

    11. Week: (March 11^th – March 17^th 2006): The Gunbarrel Road

    10. Week: (March 4^th – March 10^th 2006): Gold and Ghosts

    9. Week: (Feb. 25^th – March 3^rd 2006: "Highway to Hell" and the 3rd Cyclone

    8. Week: (Feb. 18^th – Feb. 24^th 2006): The Balladonia Track

    7. Week: (Feb. 11^th – Feb. 17^th 2006): Gypsies, CALM, Grey Nomads & two ronin

    6. Week: (Feb. 4^th – Feb. 10^th 2006): Elephant Rocks and Mad ~~Max~~ Fish Bay

     5. Week: (Jan 28^th – Feb. 3^rd 2006): Jasper Beach a hidden paradise

    4. Week: (Jan 22^nd – Jan 27^th 2006): Hikes, kayaking and a big bushfire!

     3. Week: (Jan 14^th – Jan 21^st 2006): First Attempts and Where is What!?

     2. Week: (Jan 6^th – Jan 13^th a Friday! 2006): About two Kayaks!

     1. Week: (Dec 29^th, 2005 - Jan 5^th, 2006): Gettin' started

Expedition | Diary | Australia

made by "Katrin Frommhold"

"Footprints" thats all we leave behind

Video »Australia«

Video
»Australia«