Australia

This is the second board-bite we’ve heard about this year, the news this time coming from Australia.
A New South Wales surfer, Stephen King (no joke, his name is actually Stephen King), calls himself “the luckiest guy on two legs” after an encounter with a hungry shark left him with… Read the rest

Over the past year, we’ve gathered our own little collection of incredible time-lapse videos. In time-lapse style, we’ve showed you the Milky Way, the Northern Lights, a serious snow storm and even the growth of a beard in one year’s time.
The newest time-lapse vid we’ve come across shows off… Read the rest

As illegal, stupid or dangerous as this may be, what we’re deeming ‘dam boarding’ looks like a lot… Read the rest of fun.
[Via: Paul Fisher on Vimeo]

Hot surf spots are all too often overcrowded. And understandable as that is, it can be exceedingly… annoying.
For many surfers, it’s a rare occurrence to find oneself alone in the midst of a beautiful day among equally beautiful waves. Lucky for us, Argentina native and fantastic female surfer, Jorgelina… Read the rest

In what is probably some of the weirdest national park news I’ve read in awhile, police in New South Wales Northern Tablelands have removed 1,720 marijuana plants from the Nowendoc National Park, according to the Herald Sun.
Police were called to the park yesterday morning (their time) after hearing information… Read the rest

Malvern Star, an Australian bicycle manufacturing company that draws its namesake from an inner-east suburb of Melbourne where the streets are famously lined with Jacranda trees and colonial wrought iron residential buildings, does not seem like the kind of business that would push the limits of social acceptability in its… Read the rest

The winner of this week’s Adventure to Dominica contest is Jen Klewitz, who submitted this photo of Solea Falls in the Kimberly region of Australia, showing “members of a 35-day canoe expedition through the remote outback taking in the view of the falls at flood levels, while scouting for a… Read the rest

Australian Professional Surfer Clint Kimmins recently posted to his Facebook page, “Just saw a guy’s leg get ripped off by a bull shark at Burleigh Cove. Soo heavy.”
He posted this as he looked out on the crowded waves, right before he went out to catch a few. Apparently, the… Read the rest

Residents of Lajamanu of the Northern Territory in Australia have been worrying about more than a light drizzle when they’ve stepped outside in the last couple of days. An ordinary umbrella would do nothing to protect an individual from the massive downpour they are dealing with — because it’s raining… Read the rest

Massive volcanic craters, acres of raw jungle and stretch of deserted sand dunes: the work of Mother Earth is beyond our imagination. Thanks to these natural wonders, our Earth has been blessed with gorgeous landscapes and undulating backdrops. Without environmental protection, they might be gone sooner than we expect. To… Read the rest

Last November, a peculiar pest ran rampant in the Docker River indigenous community near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory in Australia. Trampling through in search of water, a group of over 6,000 camels destroyed homes and broke water tanks in the process. Marksmen were brought in with helicopters to… Read the rest

One of the many reasons why people travel is the challenge it poses. Diving into shark-infested waters, climbing the towering peaks or trekking through dense jungles – they all jolt adventure travelers to life. Here’s a round-up of 8 extreme adventures and where best to do them.
1. Mountain Trekking… Read the rest

Surfers around the world know that they very well might be sharing the wave with something else. But this photo, taken two miles off the coast of Perth, shows us just how close our encounters might be.
[Via: Environmental Graffiti]
Follow me on Twitter @SustainablYours… Read the rest

Last year, the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park board proposed a climbing ban on Uluru, a sacred indigenous rock in Australia’s central red desert. On Friday, however, the government vetoed the ban, allowing visitors to continue climbing the giant monolith commonly referred to as Ayers Rock.
Although Ayers is a world… Read the rest

In all the hub and bub about the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver it’s easy to forget that thousands of gold medal hopefuls across the world are packed away in warm gyms, sculpting their bodies for the 2012 summer Olympics in London. Being an Olympian means being the best. And… Read the rest