Destinations

Thank you to everyone who participated in Paddy Pallin's Wild Rivers Photo contest in any capacity - whether you entered, signed the petition, educated yourself or helped spread the word! For those of you tuning in for the first time, the "Save Our Wild...

Raising the Warragamba Dam in New South Wales by 14 metres will destroy over 4,700 hectares of Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park, inundating 48 threatened plant and animal species and 65 km of Wild Rivers. "What is a Wild River?" “A “Wild...

Heavy breathing and the crunch of loose rubble underfoot filled the empty alpine air as we made our last steps before reaching our ultimate destination, Everest Base Camp. It was here, among the rugged mess of debris and ever shifting ice of the Khumbu...

If we don’t act soon, by 2050 there’ll be more plastic in our oceans than fish.* One million marine animals die each year due to marine debris. For many reasons, marine life is fast disappearing due to unsustainable over-fishing, climate change...

The journey is more important than the destination. It’s a saying that you often find on travel blogs or as a motivational Instagram post on some fitness gurus feed. In the trail running scene, which as an athlete is a world I’m immersed in, you could...

If you’re the type of traveller who savours the journey more than the destination then 2018 should be an exciting year. There are more destinations to visit than ever before and while many other ‘top trips’ lists focus solely on cities and countries...

2017, what a year!! This year Paddy Pallin's humble little blog has strived to give you an entertaining & educational mix of inspirational destinations, camping, adventure photography & hiking tips and reviews on the latest in outdoor...

Since 1987 when founded in Seattle, Washington, by Rick Hemmerling and Joe Boldan, ExOfficio has celebrated the traveller and outdoors enthusiast by crafting clothing that allow you to experience the world unhindered. Intelligently designed products with...

The Torres del Paine Circuit in Patagonia is consistently voted as one of the best hikes in the World and in January my wife and I spent 9 days hiking the “O”. We had everything from sunshine to snow, 95km + winds and amazing views around every...

Rock climbing indoors and outside is one of the fastest growing sports in Australia, offering a wide variety of disciplines and types of climbing from indoor top roping to the explosion of social bouldering in new gyms. The outdoor experience includes the...