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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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Pancake Rocks

Punakaiki, New Zealand

Pancake Rocks

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Rotorua

Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

View in an ice cave

Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Fox Glacier

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Takapō (Lake Tekapo)

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Takapō (Lake Tekapo)

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Milford Sound, New Zealand

Milford Sound

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Balladonia Heritage Museum

Balladonia, Australia

Balladonia Heritage Museum

A chunk of Skylab debris adorns this small museum at a roadside motel in Western Australia.

Remarkable Rocks

Flinders Chase, Australia

Remarkable Rocks

Impressively shaped, perfectly balanced boulders perched on the edge of a sea-cliff.

Jacob’s Ladder

West Perth, Australia

Jacob’s Ladder

Western Australia’s heavenly staircase is not for the faint of heart.

Comet Windmill

Penong, Australia

Penong Windmill Museum

A tiny town's spinning, whirling propeller collection holds Australia's largest windmill.

Caiguna Blowhole

Caiguna, Australia

Caiguna Blowhole

One of the breathing caves of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

Aerial view of Walgun / Cape Byron

Byron Bay, Australia

Walgun / Cape Byron

The most easterly point on mainland Australia offers dramatic ocean views.

Joffre Gorge

Karijini, Australia

Joffre Gorge

This natural amphitheatre has been carved over millennia into the layered sedimentary rock of Karijini National Park.

Sovereign Hill

Golden Point, Australia

Sovereign Hill

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

Rainbow Sea Container

Fremantle, Australia

Rainbow Sea Container

This work of public art symbolizes the maritime history and the modern creative industry in Fremantle.

Qantas Founders Museum

Longreach, Australia

Qantas Founders Museum

The museum describes the story of how an Australian airline with a single biplane became one of the biggest in the world.

Tin Camel Roundabout

Norseman, Australia

Tin Camel Roundabout

A tribute to the role camels played in the region's industrial development.

Fremantle Prison

Fremantle, Australia

Fremantle Prison

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.

Murphy’s Haystacks

Mortana, Australia

Murphy’s Haystacks

These oddly shaped pink granite formations got their name after being mistaken for massive piles of hay.

Mawson's Huts Replica Museum

Hobart, Australia

Mawson's Huts Replica Museum

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

Matilda at Hobart Harbor.

Hobart, Australia

The Matilda

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Busselton Jetty

Busselton, Australia

Busselton Jetty

The longest timber-piled jetty in the world has an underwater observatory.

Center of Mount Imbiah Battery

Singapore

Forts of Sentosa

Forgotten forts that were pivotal in Singapore’s military history.

CHIJMES

Singapore

CHIJMES

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

The bar inside the Long Bar

Singapore

Long Bar

Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.

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