Author Archives: Ben Southall

10NOV2011

Messing about on the river…

Ahhh Brisbane, my home. The more time I spend here, the more I love it as a city

To expand on my last post about the reasons why – it’s not…

04NOV2011

Throwing myself off a bridge…

Getting back into the groove of city-life I had this horrible feeling that things could become a little mundane and boring.

As I strive to find challenges and adventures within the mass of people, buildings and noise, life is very…

28OCT2011

The New 7 Wonders of the World…

Personally it’d be a crime if the Great Barrier Reef wasn’t one of the Natural 7 Wonders of the World…but then I am a little biased of course!

On November 11th public voting closes to…

19OCT2011

The Best Expedition wrap movie…

I’ve been back on terra firma now for nearly a month. My land legs have returned, my butt no longer looks like it’s been shot with a blunderbuss and my diving gills have retracted back into my neck…for…

15SEP2011

Cooktown the finale!!!

After four gruelling months on the Coral Sea and having travelled just over 1600kms on my Hobie Adventure Island, yesterday I rounded the final headland of the expedition.

Captain Cook sailed into the same river mouth in 1770 with a…

09SEP2011