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Australia's Top Ten Surf Beaches | Cameron Wilson | Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
As the home of iconic surf labels Quicksilver, Rip Curl and Billabong and birthplace of a long line of world surfing champions, Australia could probably be forgiven for taking itself a bit too seriously when it comes to surf culture
Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast | Cameron Wilson | Croatia, Dalmatia and the Adriatic Islands, Dubrovnik
Along the sea-facing wall of the former imperial residence, the current inhabitants hang out their underwear on laundry lines strung between the windows of what were once the emperor’s private apartments
Diving HMAS Swan | Cameron Wilson
The destroyer escort HMAS Swan became the first Australian Navy ship designated to become a dive site and artificial reef
Diving Ningaloo Reef | Cameron Wilson
What at first I think is a moray eel winding its way among the bommies turns out to be an olive sea-snake, a highly venomous six feet long, coloured yellowish khaki and with a black head
Diving the Solitary Islands | Cameron Wilson
These waters are able to support tropical species such as corals, anemones and turtles alongside coldwater fish like bream, leatherjacket and the endangered grey nurse shark
Isle of Wight Zoo | Cameron Wilson | United Kingdom, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight
Zena could hardly have been anything else: a pure white tiger with the bluest of eyes, an aptly named princess of the tiger world
Kimberley Traverse Tour | Cameron Wilson | Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley
I walked the trail alone, glad for an hour’s solitude and the chance to take in some stunning stone escarpments that glowed in a hundred shades of red and gold
Kings Creek Station | Cameron Wilson
Nicko gave me the word on picking the best riders. "Surest way is to look at their socks", he reckoned. "No-one wearing white socks is ever any good. Seen a few decent riders in blue socks and one or two in brown, but we always keep an eye on anyone who fronts up in red ones..."
Lawn Bowls Australia | Cameron Wilson | Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
In Australia, discussing lawn bowls strategy has traditionally been the preserve of older folk, usually kitted out in club whites for an afternoon on the green
Namibia | Cameron Wilson | Namibia, Etosha National Park, Etosha National Park
My first sunset game drive left me similarly moved; the light soft and brilliant all at once, picking out colours on the birds so startlingly pure that words like turquoise and magenta were invented just to describe them
New Orleans Top Ten Things to See & Do | Cameron Wilson | United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
New Orleans is well and truly back in business, still dedicated to the art of eating, drinking and having a good time
Power Living Yoga Retreat | Cameron Wilson | Australia, New South Wales, Otford
“By the end of the weekend, some of you are going to hate me.” Duncan Peak, instructor and ringmaster of this, my very first yoga retreat, is nodding his way around the room
Rafting the Franklin | Cameron Wilson | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania
Such is the challenge of expedition rafting and the truth is, I was loving every minute of it.
The Berlin Wall | Cameron Wilson | Germany, Berlin, Berlin
These physical symbols will undoubtedly remain, yet oddly enough, the Wall’s legacy is not so much that it once divided the old Berlin, but rather that an entirely new Berlin has evolved so quickly in the wake of its fall.
The Pompeii Excavation | Cameron Wilson | Italy, Campania, Pompeii
The city is so well preserved that the hum of a normal day’s activity seems to echo in the stone streets as you wander among its houses, temples, public buildings and amphitheatres
Winter in Yellowstone | Cameron Wilson | United States, Wyoming, Jackson Hole
I beamed at Campbell, who was now glancing nervously at the trees on either side of the faint trail we’d been following. “Yep, it looks to me like there’s a bear about in these here woods”.
Wolf-watching in Yellowstone | Cameron Wilson | United States, Wyoming, Jackson Hole
At that precise moment, an ethereal howling rose from the valley and expanded like a mushroom cloud over the park, stopping every living thing in its tracks