Moonwalking. While it raises connotations of Michael Jackson blowing minds by moving backwards while seemingly walking forwards, it also has a newer, geekier meaning. Walking in the moonlight. Sydney tour company Understand Down Under has launched a nighttime walk through the Royal National Park, using moonlight and glowsticks to guide you through the bush.
The tour starts with a photography lesson on night photography, as well as instructions on how to paint with light. The treks include candlelit dinners and sunrise breakfasts, offering a chance to get intimate with the Australian bushland.
You can choose between a 4km or 8km trek, offering options for all levels of fitness, with the whole experience lasting between 14 and 18 hours.
Costing $249 per person, it sounds like an amazing experience for anyone looking to learn a bit more about shooting at night, or just want to enjoy a different experience in one of the country’s most iconic natural areas.
amy
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 1:48 PMA bit expensive but Im sure the experience will be awesome!
Angus Kidman
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 1:51 PMAdmit it Nick, you constructed this entire post just so you could use the phrase “Michael Jackson blowing”.
Danny Allen
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 1:54 PMOh no you didn’t!
Tony
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:17 PMDon’t get me wrong, this sounds cool and really enjoyable. I’m not sure that walking around in the dark (well, moon-lit dark) with glow sticks is really a “geeky” activity. Even the light painting is quite a mainstream thing today. Maybe I’m confining it all to my own ideas of what “geeky” means, though?
Tony
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:19 PMWish I could delete that comment now. I’m reading this at work, so I can’t watch the video — I bet that something in the video proves me wrong :P
Matt L
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:04 AMThat. Plus there’s a lot of people here who might want to start photography, which in itself involves a level of geekiness. Glowsticks and moonlight sounds geeky to me though… Boomsticks and moonshine are also a popular geek topic and sometimes get featured and happy comments on Gizmodo. Some people see both those things as the opposite to geeky… It depends who you are, and what geeks you out.
This is interesting to me simply because I love bushwalking, I’m shit at photography and it’s just up the road from me, so is good to know theres something to do nearby… But because it doesn’t involve either boomsticks or moonshine, I don’t think I’ll go.
Andy
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:43 PMHehehe, Matt L it does actually involve Moonshine! http://www.moonwalks.com.au
Matt L
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:00 PMMoonshine as in the illegally manufactured alcoholic beverage, often made in poor standards at a very cheap cost, yet creating a highly effective drink?