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Chapter 1 – Before the Great Journey
Chapter 1: The Compilation One film stitches every story so far… from Tongariro’s volcanic trails to Moogerah Dam, Box Flat, and our suburban creeks. It’s where my mum Liz’s diaries first surface, where I find my voice, and where a small habit (plogging) turns into a way of seeing. New here? Start here. Been with…
Keep readingCedar Creek Falls & Death Frees Liz – Plogging & Story
This episode marks the final part of Plog Vlog: Chapter 1. Next week, we’ll release a Chapter 1 compilation video, followed by a short recap episode… so there’ll be three videos coming your way! In this episode, Cedar Creek Falls in the Tamborine National Park, Queensland, Trinity Anderson, producer and narrator of Plog Vlog, visits…
Keep readingBribie Island Aquarium Ruins & Meeting Liz Again
At the haunting ruins of the Bribie Island Aquarium in Queensland, Trinity Anderson, producer and narrator of Plog Vlog, shares a story that blends environmental care, local history, and personal discovery. Once a pioneering marine exhibit fed by natural seawater, the aquarium now stands as a graffiti-covered shell, overtaken by rust, vines, and memories. While…
Keep readingPlogging the Box Flat [mine disaster] Memorial
In this episode, Trinity Anderson (producer and narrator of Plog Vlog) takes a brief detour from her mother’s diaries to honour a tragedy that shaped Queensland’s history: the Box Flat mine disaster of 1972. As Trinity reflects on the 17 lives lost underground, she also reveals another entry from her late mother Liz’s journals (this…
Keep readingPlogging Turitea Pa Lookout and Lizzy’s Story
Trinity Anderson travels to the Turitea Pa Lookout in Palmerston North, New Zealand, unravelling more of her mother’s childhood through the pages of an old school exercise book. In this episode, Trinity reads aloud Lizzy’s first diary (written in 1976 when she was just nine). What begins as scattered schoolwork slowly gives way to loneliness,…
Keep readingPlogging the He Kupu Rangatira Proverb Pathway and Manawatū Observatory
Trinity Anderson takes viewers on a plogging journey down Palmerston North’s He Kupu Rangatira Proverb Pathway, from the Manawatū Observatory to the river below. Along the way, she explores carved Māori wisdom, environmental care, and personal memories stitched into every step. As the wind whips along the ridge, Trinity reflects on her mother’s diaries, uncovering…
Keep readingPlogging Spicers Gap at Governor’s Chair Lookout (and Trinity’s Introduction)
Plogging takes a reflective turn at Spicers Gap, a rugged stretch of Queensland’s Scenic Rim rich in convict history, volcanic origins, and Indigenous pathways. Trinity, the producer and narrator of Plog Vlog, takes viewers through the geological and cultural layers of this iconic site… including Governor’s Chair Lookout, a place once visited by colonial governors…
Keep readingPlogging Moogerah Dam and Mount Edwards
Tucked within Queensland’s Scenic Rim, Moogerah Dam is more than just a body of water; it’s a reservoir of history, resilience, and shifting responsibilities. Originally proposed in the 19th century and completed in 1961, it was built across Reynolds Creek to support irrigation and secure water supplies for local communities. Ghost stories, sunken farms, and…
Keep readingQuirky Prop
I’ve only ever wanted to be a quirky prop in eco-focused videos. Just the guy picking up rubbish while the story unfolds around him. And I think I’ve finally found someone who can make that a reality. We’ve been creating videos together for a while now, and she’s finally agreed to take on a bigger…
Keep readingPlogging Kingston Pioneer Cemetery
My wife and I recently plogged Kingston Pioneer Cemetery. The place isn’t loud about its history. It rests behind a quiet fence, tucked between suburbia and industry, where lives once lived are marked by headstones that lean a little now… some broken, some unreadable, some gone altogether. There’s peace there; not manufactured stillness, but the…
Keep readingThe Double Toxicity of Litter
Plogging, to me, is about removing the toxic potential of litter. That’s why I focus on picking up plastics—because they’re doubly dangerous. Plastics not only contain harmful chemicals; they also act like sponges, soaking up toxins from their surroundings and releasing them as they break down. They are physical poisons. But litter has another kind…
Keep readingFirst Plog Back
This morning was my first plog since coming back to Australia. I walked the route I’d jogged yesterday and collected three 20L buckets full of rubbish (mostly plastics). It was hard not to compare Australia’s trashiness to New Zealand’s pristineness. The hardest bit was that I had to leave a lot of rubbish because I…
Keep readingPlogging Agency
Here in New Zealand, I feel like my plogging is making a sustainable difference. Even in the urban areas, it seems that I’m collecting litter faster than it’s being littered. Along the walking trails, this is even more so. I recently plogged trails around Whakapapa and only found a handful of rubbish. It’s harder to…
Keep readingMental Impacts of Living in Littered Environments
In the Plog Vlogs, I’ve often discussed the positive impacts of plogging on mental wellbeing. This morning, I decided to do a bit of reading about the negative impacts of living in littered environments. I found that there’s quite a bit of research on it. People living in areas with visible litter report higher levels…
Keep readingThe Audience for Plogging Videos
I woke this morning with the realisation that I have become the audience for my plogging videos. There was a time when I made videos to promote plogging, to try to instil positive change. I’ve moved away from that goal towards making a difference by leaving places I visit cleaner than I found them. The…
Keep readingA Little Message to Fellow Ploggers
A memory from my recent time in the New Zealand city of Taupō prompted me to send this email: Dear Taupō District Council I travel around picking up litter in beautiful places and I recently visited Taupō. Firstly, congratulations on how litter-free your beautiful city is. While going around Taupō, I saw people in volunteer…
Keep readingPlog Vlog Log of Plogs
Out plogging in New Zealand, I wished for other ploggers to follow after me when I return to Australia. I can’t keep a plogger’s eye on all these beautiful places, but I can identify them as oases worth plogging. I’ve decided to share my GPS records for these places so that others can follow and…
Keep readingPlace as the Protagonist
The Plog Vlog video I published this week is the first where I’ve really focused on the place being the protagonist, telling its story rather than using Plog Vlog to encourage others to participate in plogging. There are a few reasons why I’ve made this change, but I’ll stick to explaining the most important one…
Keep readingFor My Own Enjoyment
I enjoy plogging, I enjoy filming, and I enjoy writing. Perhaps that’s the purpose of this blog for me? It fulfils the enjoyment trio, giving me a chance to write about plogging and the things that happen when I plog. I think that sounds like a good purpose for this Plog Vlog Blog! Today is…
Keep readingPlogging as Adventure
The blog that came along with obtaining the http://www.plogvlog.com URL is an opportunity that I still haven’t quite decided how to use. I think that it might be a chance to share the adventure side of plogging. Today, I plogged the trail to the active volcano Mt Ngauruhoe and took a swim at the freezing…
Keep readingFree Ride to Plog a Supervolcano
I bummed a ride this morning from Palmerston North (in the North Island of New Zealand) to the little city of Taupo, which sits on the rim of a giant volcano crater. While it’s currently dormant, scientists keep a close eye on it because of its supervolcano status. Lake Taupo is one of the largest…
Keep readingPlogging Mt Cleese
The comedian John Cleese took some deathly piss out of Palmerston North many years ago, so another comedian Fred Dagg named a huge pile of local litter after John. It’s now a recycling station, topped with green waste compost. Maybe I could be buried there after I “take my terminal breath”?! When I grow up,…
Keep readingIs Plogging a Biohazard?
Mystery solved: My bag wasn’t lost. New Zealand biosecurity officers were stumped by my padlock and couldn’t check out something dubious inside. It wasn’t my new plogging tongs (deliberately brought to avoid biosecurity concerns); it was my wife’s hand cream, because it looked like a jar of honey 🤣. I’m now ready to start plogging…
Keep readingPlog Vlog Ended Up with a Blog
Capturing the plogvlog.com URL came with a convenient blogging platform and the question “What to do with this opportunity?”. Feijoas growing at where I’m staying – No luggage but no lack of free food! Plog Vlog is about plogging beautiful places, with the places being the protagonists of the vlogs. Plog Vlog isn’t a travel…
Keep readingCancelled and Bagless in Auckland, New Zealand
Getting to New Zealand from Australia was uneventful, but both the transport south and my bag have gone AWOL. Let’s hope that the bag shows up before my next opportunity to head to Palmerston North (502km away). At least I have my cameras, so I can still film plogging.
Keep readingOff to Plog New Zealand
It has been exactly a year since I was last in New Zealand, and that’s way too long! I’m going to plog some beautiful places while I’m there. I might even find Mt. Cleese.
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