I hail from the Yarra Valley, a beautiful area close to Melbourne, Australia. While at home, I am a student and a hot-air balloon pilot. Through this job I have flown balloons throughout Australia and various parts of the world. I recently returned from a 5 month backpacking trip, that turned into a year of traveling around the world. Through this I got a job as a naturalist/guide in Antarctica, now I have been doing that for 2 years. I get to go and do this in the Russian Arctic aswell.