Hello, I'm Aquila

I am an archaeologist, an anthropologist and a global traveller. For the past 18 years I have travelled full-time, studying and working as I go, and along the way I have also worked as a model and a travel journalist.

The dreams came early. At eight, I knew I wanted my own history and travel show on National Geographic, and I am still working towards it. At twelve, I added a second: to one day own a sailboat and take people to the islands less travelled.

When lockdown came in 2020, I took to the water. I sailed out of Cairns to Bali, then across the Indian Ocean to Durban and down the coast to Cape Town. You can follow the crossing on the map.

Since then I have joined archaeological expeditions in Laos and Thailand, and worked as an anthropologist and filmmaker in Botswana and Namibia, documenting remote cultures and the languages that are fading with time.

I am bound to be somewhere, always.

Home, when I do stop, is Noosa in Australia or Sardinia in Italy. Paradise Found is where I share the culture and history behind the places I travel to: the people, the traditions, the sacred sites and the stories that shaped them. Alongside it comes the raw stuff from everywhere in between: the good, the bad, the what-the? moments and every challenge along the way.

Pull up a chair, take a bearing, and stay as long as you like.