Did you do the Ultra-Trail Australia this year and are wondering how the champions manage to run all those stairs even late in the race? Perhaps you need an Ultra Trail Australia training plan. Lithuanian elite runner Andrius Ramonas, who has been living in New Zealand for the past year and a half,…
The Australian Lyrebird has the unique ability to perfectly imitate the songs of other birds as well as human sounds, including mobile phones or camera shutters. Personally, I think I hear some video game sounds as well. How many different bird songs can you identify? I recorded this footage just before sunrise near Jenolan Caves, some two hours inland from Sydney….
Trail running has taken off in recent years and an increasing number of athletes take their cameras for a run. Nicky Redl spoke to Robert Rhodes, who is the tour director for the Trails in Motion film festival in Northern California. Trails in Motion offer an inspiring mix of insights from around the world. In…
Listen to the full interview with Karen Low: Ten years ago, you wouldn’t have picked Karen Low for a runner. A heavy smoker for two decades, getting into running for health and fitness didn’t just help her steer clear of cigarettes, she also dropped 20 kilos along the way. “I gave up smoking in…
50 Shades of Green – or so it looked as the sunlight fell through leaves and ferns. But I wasn’t exactly bounding along with 7.2 kilos on my back and every step hurting after an intense speed session two days earlier. I had gotten up early to jog the three kilometres from Katoomba to the start of…
Who needs roses when you can have a thousand ukuleles? On Valentine’s Day 2015, more than a thousand musicians shared their love for ukes in Katoomba at the annual ukulele festival, entertaining crowds with 120 acts on nine stages throughout the picturesque town in the Blue Mountains National Park. Performances were staged in the iconic…
Heading to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia? Good choice – it’s hiking and trail running paradise. Here are some of the views you can expect to see. Races in this area include the Six Foot Track Marathon (March) and the UltraTrail Australia (May). Both start in or near Katoomba.
Video broadcast on March 1, 2011 on ABC national television News 24 and audio on ABC Radio National. Cyclone Yasi hasn’t just wrought havoc on land in northern Queensland. The destructive winds of the category five system have destroyed coral and marine life in the Great Barrier Reef and disturbed fish stocks. The Great Barrier…
Broadcast on ABC TV News24 on January 3, 2011. Heavy rains and flooding have brought destruction from many communities in northern Queensland, but on the positive side many water storages are full. The Peter Faust dam near Proserpine in northern Queensland, has spilled for the first time since it was built in 1990. Water suppliers are…
Broadcast in June 2010 on ABC Radio Australia, an ABC international broadcast service. Poor yields and unpredictable weather are part and parcel of any farming operation, but imagine the impact it can have when your average income is less than a dollar a day. That’s what farmers earn in East Timor…