This is Your Last Chance to Enter MOMENTS

Alright folks, time is ticking to get your entry into MOMENTS and have a crack at winning $3000 cashola. Don’t snooze on it – entries close on the 15th of August!

If this is the first you’re hearing of this, welcome, come in, take a seat. Let me give a quick rundown on what I’m yapping about. 

MOMENTS is We Are Explorer’s inaugural photo, video, and writing competition, in which we’re celebrating the creativity and adventurous spirit of our community over the last decade (yep, we’ve been around that long!). 

With five categories to enter – Dometic Adventure Photo, Bush Heritage Nature Photo, Freely Travel Writing, G Adventures Video, and Up Phone Photo – you can pick your poison and enter as many times as you like.

Each entry costs $10 and goes towards running the comp and the prize money!

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The five entries with the most votes in each category will be shown to our expert panel of judges who’ll make the final call on the winner.

Don’t waste another day, make your submission now! And don’t forget to vote for your favourites as well. You can vote as many times as you like.

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We’ve had some ripper entries so far with tales and snaps from all around Australia and across the globe. Here are a few fan faves!

Check Out Some Favourite MOMENTS Entries

Bush Heritage Nature Photo

Intricacies of a Beast

By Hamish Harty

Veins of Life

By Mackenzie Logan

Freely Travel Writing

Don’t Book With Us Again

By Kate Reynolds

‘It’s just the two of us, plus our guide – if you don’t count the five humpbacks ‘mobbing’ us. I’d booked the ‘Kayak with dolphins’ tour for my husband’s birthday, and we knew being July, there’d be a high chance of spotting a migrating whale on our trip. We couldn’t have ever dreamed of this, though.

“Does this happen much?” I yell out to Lynchy, our effervescent guide who’s as much a surfy Byronite as you can get, despite growing up in Emu Plains.

“Nah!” He shouts back, before pointing behind us. “She’s coming back!” And indeed, mama and calf beeline towards us. We watch in silence as they dive below.

It is surreal, I acknowledge, but there’s something I can’t quite put my finger on that’s making this encounter all the more special.

The whales start to move away from us, but as though we’ve dropped some salacious gossip at a dinner party, they soon meander back.

All of this is on their terms, I realise. We simply paddled out to sea, and the whales decided we must have been interesting enough to come inspect for a closer look. This was not a human-manipulated encounter, like so many wildlife activities are. This was whale-initiated.’ 

Unmoored by Invisible Forces

By Ivy Stanton

‘A tempest, as if summoned by the mischievous gods of weather, descended upon the peak. Winds roared with a fury, gusts reaching 60kmph, as though the mountain had been awakened with rage.
Ivy woke up to the sound of the tent battling the elements, flapping, shaking, screaming. And in the mist of audio chaos, the squeak of their tent zipper opened, revealing Emmas terrified, frozen, face. ‘I need help’ she alarmed.

They clamber outside to assess the situation, her tent poles had snapped like bones. It was in this moment they realised that camping on an exposed summit, close to the edge of a sheer cliff drop, was not the smartest idea they had had.
And then, as if the god of wind agreed with their mediocracy, it took one more mighty breath, and Emmas tent, unmoored by the invisible forces, transformed into a haphazard sail. It took flight, a colourful speck against the night sky, trailing a ribbon of chaos. Laura and Ivy, clutching their remaining tent as if they were sacred relics, watched in disbelief.

“Holy shit, your tent’s a dragon!” Ivy shouted through the cacophony, her voice struggling to compete with the gale. Emma, now watching her tent riffle down the mountain, could only laugh as her shelter waltzed away into the darkness.’ 

Up Phone Photo

Into the Night

By Chris Fletcher

Underground

By Alex Motyka

G Adventures Video

South Australian Circuit Breaker

By Aidan Mair

Yosemate

By Tim Winterflood

Dometic Adventure Photo

Major Sendage

By Kat Hayhoe

Best Seat in the House

By Rob Embury

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