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Louis-Philippe Loncke

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🌍 20 expeditions 👉 14 World Firsts 🌍 🏅European Adventurer of the year 2016 🏆 2012 London Olympics Torchbearer 🏆 🐵 Jane Goodall ambassador and Knight 🎬2 Films, more coming, 2 YouTube shows Follow ▶ @MeetExplorers ▶ @LouPhiTest M.Sc. Eng. Louis-Philippe Loncke is a Belgian adventurer, explorer and filmmaker. He is a Life Fellow of The Explorers Club (FI '10) and the only Belgian in the Société des Explorateurs Français. He is a specialist in unsupported treks mostly in deserts with 14 world firsts among his 20 expeditions. He has visited over 55 countries and done expeditions in countries like remote corners of Australia, Peru, Bolivia and Iceland. He is an outdoor guinea pig for a French scientist in her program Decision taking under stress in extreme environment. He is the founder of the Expedition Database. He holds a Master in Electromechanical engineering and a post-Master in Industrial management in IT. He is nicknamed "The Mad Belgian" in Australia after being the first person to cross the length of the Simpson Desert and Tasmania in winter. He enjoys geek stuff as well as climbing a remarkable mountain each year or a kayak/packraft trip. He is based in Brussels 🚩.
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The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Hamelin Pool, Australia

The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Warning signs at the Phillip Island penguin site

Ventnor, Australia

Penguin Parade At Phillip Island

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

"Heads from the North" (Dadang Christiano).

Canberra, Australia

National Gallery Sculpture Garden

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

Jewel Cave

Deepdene, Australia

Jewel Cave

This ancient limestone cave system contains many impressive geological features.

Kiama Blowhole

Kiama, Australia

Kiama Blowhole

This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.

Magnetic Hill

Pekina, Australia

Magnetic Hill

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...

Cloaca machine at MONA

Berriedale, Australia

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

SS Maheno

Fraser Island, Australia

SS Maheno

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

Crocodile Harry's Underground Nest & Dugout

Coober Pedy, Australia

Crocodile Harry's Underground Nest & Dugout

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

Old Melbourne Gaol

Melbourne, Australia

Old Melbourne Gaol

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

Bungle Bungle Range

Purnululu, Australia

Bungle Bungle Range

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

Port Arthur Penitentiary

Port Arthur, Australia

Port Arthur Penal Colony

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

(Flickr/F.d.W.)

Davenport, Australia

Devil's Marbles

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

Cosy Corner North, Bay of Fires

Ansons Bay, Australia

Bay of Fires

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Three Sisters

Katoomba, Australia

Three Sisters

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Shell Beach

Francois Peron National Park, Australia

Shell Beach

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

Twelve Apostles March 2019

Princetown, Australia

The Twelve Apostles

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Sydney Observatory

Millers Point, Australia

Sydney Observatory

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Wineglass Bay. (prasitmankad/Flickr)

Freycinet, Australia

Wineglass Bay

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

A little penguin.

St Kilda, Australia

St. Kilda Pier Penguin Colony

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Royal Botanic Gardens

Sydney, Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

The Pinnacles.

Cervantes, Australia

The Pinnacles

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Cape Pillar Sea Cliffs

Tasman Island, Australia

Cape Pillar Sea Cliffs

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Lake McKenzie

Fraser Island, Australia

Lake McKenzie / Boorangoora

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

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