A Little Bit About Me And My Travels.
Welcome Travellers, to 'Travel and Adventure'.
I have always been an avid watcher of travel shows and surfer of websites showing wonderful places from around the globe. As a child in Australia my family were always going away on driving holidays and I think that kicked off my obsession with looking at maps of far off places and wondering what it looked like and felt like to be there.
In 1997, I moved to a different state and completed a tourism course which led to me travelling to the United States and working in a ski resort in Lake Tahoe for the 97/98 season.
From there I travelled accross the U.S.A by car and bus with friends before flying out to the U.K.
Two weeks later, (which was way to short to see all that I wanted to see) and we were off to China for only a week (way too short again) before heading back to the beauty of Australia again.
I still have a passion for travel and maps (I love Google Earth now) and now share that joy with my wife and children.
This lens is for sharing my travels and anything else travel related that I come across online that I think will help and inspire people to travel and have a more adventurous life.
It is a great big world out there with so many fantastic places to see and things to experience and we are only going to live this life once, so I think that we all deserve to make it a fantastic one.
Enjoy your travels, Bill.
PLANET EARTH! An Amazing Place!
Work Experience USA, Camp Counsellors USA
This is the company that organised a job for me in America
Why not do something entirely new . . .a working adventure in the USA!Camp Cousellors USA are a company that organise work visas and jobs in the USA for international students from all over the world. They have a Summer job program which offers work in Summer Camps and a Winter job program called Work Experience USA that offers work in Ski resorts.
These guys make the whole process easy, they were great to deal with and hooked us up with people that we would work and even live with before we even left the country.
These days they offer more than they did when I went through the program, when I did it you had to be a full time student. They now have a program for non students and have work programs in other countries in Europe and Asia as well.
I made some amazing friends in 1997/98 that I still keep in touch with today. I owe their friendship to the fact that Work Experience USA made it so easy for me to travel and work in the United States.
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WORKING OVERSEAS
Lake Tahoe Sunset
Heavenly Ski Resort, Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, USA
This amazing place is where I worked for the winter of 97/98
Heavenly is Lake Tahoe's premier winter playground.Straddling the border of California and Nevada, and located on the shore of Lake Tahoe, no other mountain compares to the inspiring scenic beauty and exhilarating experience of Heavenly.
- 4,800 acres - largest resort in California
- 3,500 feet - California's longest vertical drop
- 10,067 feet - Lake Tahoe's highest summit
- 380 inches of average snowfall
- 300 days of famous California sunshine
- 95 trails ranging from wide-open cruisers to plunging 1,200-foot chutes
- 30 lifts (nine high-speed)
- The largest fleet of Prinoth350 snowcats in the country
- The West Coast's largest and most powerful snowmaking system (powerful enough to cover 70 percent of the trails in machine-made snow)
- Some of the best tree skiing on the planet
- Oh, and jaw-dropping views of Lake Tahoe
Visit skiheavenly.com to check out one of the world's best ski resorts.
Me in front of a Giant Sequoia tree, Sequoia National Park, California, U.S.A
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley, California, U.S.A
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Great United States & Canada Vacation and Adventure Websites
- Ski Heavenly.com
- A famous ski resort in Lake Tahoe on the California and Nevada border.
Find the latest snow conditions, ski reports, live ski cams, discounted ski passes, blogs, and more.
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Swim in pristine lakes and rivers.
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Features & Events - Parks Canada Agency
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National Parks of Canada
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National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada
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Natural Wonders in the U.S.A.
USA Travel Books
1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2008 (Unofficial Guides)
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
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Rand McNally 2009 The Road Atlas Large Scale: United States (Rand Mcnally Large Scale Road Atlas USA)
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Photos of some of my favourite places in the United. States.
Came across beautiful Emerald Bay while driving around Lake Tahoe. There's a cas...
Wawona Tunnel View as a storm approached, leaving only half the Valley lit.Can...
This series is from my family's recent summer vacation. For our vacation we dec...
Well, a month after my arrival in Arizona, I finally made it. The Grand Canyon!!...
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We went to Niagara Falls to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday a couple years ago....
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Rocky Mountain National Park - Near Estes Park Colorado.
Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure Park - Anaheim, Californ...
Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River just below the Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Arizona...
I still think Yosemite is the single most beautiful spot on Earth!Shot with a ...
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Yosemite Valley, California
Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite more...3 points
Niagara Falls, Ontario, New York.
Niagara Falls are massive waterfalls on the Niagar more...3 points
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to more...2 points
Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada
Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the more...2 points
Disneyland, California
Disneyland is an American theme park in Anaheim, C more...1 point
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the state o more...1 point
The Grand Canyon, Arizona
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by more...1 point
Arches National Park, Moab, Utah
Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural more...1 point
San Francisco, California
San Francisco is part of the much larger San Franc more...1 point
New York City, New York
New York City (officially The City of New York) is more...1 point
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and t more...0 points
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska more...0 points
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Sites of historical significance in the United Kingdom.
UK Travel Books
Best Castles - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Essential Guide for Visiting and Enjoying
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Castles: England + Scotland + Ireland + Wales
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Photos of some of my favourite places in the U.K.
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London in my eye.
october 2007 london abbey road and cd cover
This part of the wall was tough going for me,but at least I had good walking sho...
Loch Ness ScotlandI've been very lucky here! It was very cloudy, but when I to...
They said they would return; in smoke and blinding fire.Reached number 1 in Ex...
Not too bad for a picture taken through 2 layers of dirty glass on a hazy day!...
Remember the song?
...or, as I like to call it, Guilt Abbey. William the Conquorer built it after ...
The Magical Mystery Tour bus near Penny Lane.Liverpool, England.
Yes I know. This is a typical postcard shot but.... it looks quite dramatic and ...
U.K travel Websites!
- UK Travel Guide - travel tips, tourist maps, accommdoation guide and more
- Other travel sites: Home Insurance
London hotels
Cheap holiday insurance
Hotels and Weekend breaks
Cheap flights to New York
London Flat
UK Travel Guide
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- UK travel guide, England Scotland Wales, Hotels, Tours, Car Hire, UK Destinations
- English Heritage - Stonehenge & the History of England : English Heritage
- English Heritage exists to protect and promote England's spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood.
- English history and heritage guide - History of England
- English history and culture from prehistoric Britain to the Victorian period. Biography, battles, and English architecture.
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