I am a Mont Ambassador, adventurer and wilderness and landscape photographer based in Tasmania, Australia.
Tasmania has some of the finest untouched wilderness landscapes on Earth.
I invite you to enter and see Tasmania and other places on this wonderful planet from my perspective.
I have been representing Mont as a Mont Outdoor Equipment Ambassador for the last 20 years and I love using their high quality outdoor gear. I sincerely believe it is some of the best designed and highest quality gear available in Australia. It never lets you down!
The gear I use
I started with the venerable Pentax K1000 35mm film camera then moved on to Nikon 35mm film cameras using Fuji Velvia film before stepping up to medium format cameras. I had a couple of Mamiya 7 6x7 rangefinder cameras then I bought a Horseman 6x9 view camera. This was a magnificent tool to use….but it was a brick!
Then, once digital had reached a level of maturity I moved through a couple of Nikon DSLRs before buying my current camera, a Nikon mirrorless Z7ii along with a selection of Nikon Z lenses. 20, 14-30, 24-70, 24-200, and 105 macro. This is a superb kit and will likely last me for many years. After owning a succession of Manfrotto and Gitzo tripods I have settled on a Leofoto LS284CEX tripod coupled to a Leofoto VH30R head which gives a very stable and versatile setup while keeping weight to a sensible level.
My bushwalking gear consists of a selection of Mont sleeping bags… Zero Superlight, Helium 450, Helium 680 and Spindrift XT1000. Tents include Mont Moondance 1 and II FN, Krypton, Epoch, Supercell and Supercell EX, Dragonfly and Hypermid. I am kept dry and warm by clothing supplied by Mont. I use Lowa Tibet boots which are simply superb.
Other notable items are a Soto Windmaster stove paired with a Firemaple Petrel G2 pot which is brilliantly windproof and very fast to boil.
A little while ago I retired my old Garmin Fenix 5 watch and replaced it with the latest Fenix 8 Amoled watch. It baffles me how they squeezed so much incredible technology into such a small space. It is a really, really useful bit of kit.
I have just received a Luciferlights M6+ headlamp which is a wonderfully bright and efficient headlamp. I really enjoy walking in the bush at night and this makes it a real pleasure.