Walking along a little rainforest trail, fallen leaves crunch under foot and the Wompoo Fruit Doves calls are heard over the sounds of insects. You’d be forgiven if you thought you had somehow fallen into a time vacuum and travelled back in time some 100 million years.

This is tropical north queensland’s daintree rainforest. the oldest and most ancient rainforest in the world. it’s been dated to be over 180 million years old, which is about 10 million years older than the largest rainforest on the planet, the amazon rainforest.

I never would have thought that I would be flying to Bali in Indonesia to do conservation work and filming. Bali is a well-known tourist destination with nice hotels and a tropical party atmosphere. When I told people, I was going there to find snakes and film them, people thought I was crazy. Why aren’t I going to Bali to relax and drink cocktails by the pool like a normal person?

It’s the middle of the day, it’s hot, I’m sweaty. But when I heard those words – tiger tracks – I was suddenly up and about. We traded our walking for scooters, as the elderly man led us along the bumpy road toward the jungle. It was barely ten minutes of riding in the direction that we had already walked from when the man stopped and pointed to a puddle. There in the mud was a massive tiger track. What was even better was behind the big track: a slightly smaller track. The elderly man said they see a mother tiger and her two sub-adult cubs quite often.

This is the story of a love of conservation and a dream to bring awareness to the world. If someone had told me five years ago, when I first came out to Africa, that I would be living here, working with the wildlife and capturing incredible moments while looking down the viewfinder, I would have told them they’re dreaming. But I also would have taken that offer in a heartbeat.

The sound of Sumatra plays back and forth like a tennis match as the local White Handed Gibbons and Siamangs start a vocal battle over territory, which goes on forever. It’s a beautiful sound and I have no idea who the winner is.