November 2010 - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Signs #7 – Today’s the Day!

November 23, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Queensland, Signs, Tambo

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ Note to overseas visitors: DON’T PANIC! This ISN’T a standard Australian road sign. In fact, it just MIGHT be the only one of its kind in Australia! Let me know if I’m wrong … Other than consistently having the coldest minimum winter temperatures in Queensland, the town of Tambo on the Matilda Way is[…]

Don’t Miss This! The Plane in the Paddock, Longreach QLD

November 19, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Longreach, Outback, Queensland, Travel

Last Updated on November 17, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Well OK, it’s not actually a ‘paddock’ as such. And it’s certainly NOT just a plane! It’s a fully operational Qantas 747 Jumbo Jet (aka 747-200 VH-EBQ for those who care about such things!), the centrepiece of the Qantas Founders Museum – today celebrating 90 years of Qantas. It’s parked on[…]

Weird Stuff #2 – Bowen, QLD

November 18, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Bowen, Other Stuff, Queensland, Travel, Weird Stuff

Last Updated on October 25, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ After a wet and windy flying flit from Cairns, we arrived in Bowen intending to set off early the next morning. Why the rush? We’d foolishly dallied in Cairns for too long, so had limited time to meet pre-arranged commitments in Ballina. As it was 12 years since our last visit, we[…]

Ambulance Train in Blackall Museum, Queensland

Only in OZ #7 – The Ambulance Train, Blackall,

November 15, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Ambulance Train, Blackall, Outback, Queensland, Travel

Last Updated on May 13, 2020 by Red Nomad OZ Medical emergency, but too far from the nearest doctor or hospital? Never fear! Help is at hand from the Blackall Ambulance Train!! Or possibly could have been if your emergency had been a) last century; b) in Queensland’s central west and c) within cooee of the train line to or[…]

Traveller SHAME Files #4 – The Hills are Alive!!

November 13, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Flinders Ranges, Other Stuff, South Australia, Travel

Last Updated on November 14, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ I can’t wait to see the most recent addition to South Australia’s ‘anti-hoon’ laws enacted! For those unfamiliar with laws peculiar to this sometimes draconian state, legislation penalising certain automobile related behaviours – such as drag racing, laying rubber and doing burn-outs – can result in the offender’s vehicle being[…]

Signs #6 – Dune!

November 7, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Largs Bay, Signs, South Australia

Last Updated on August 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ If not for my mate pointing it out, I would never have noticed this sign on the dunes near the Largs Bay Jetty, South Australia. It’s pretty small, and doesn’t have any of the visual cues that indicate warning. If I noticed it at all, it would have been to subconsciously[…]

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #8 – Gunnedah, New South Wales

November 3, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Gunnedah, Koalas, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets, Travel

Last Updated on March 21, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ At first glance, this public toilet in Gunnedah, Central NSW seems unremarkable, right? Especially when compared to the wonders and delights of the Australian public toilets already on display in these pages … BUT … Gunnedah’s offering can hold its head high in the public toilet pantheon, because it offers a complete poetry-themed[…]

Sunset over the Richmond River, 10 Budget Travel Tips

7 Days in … Ballina, NSW

November 1, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Ballina, Bird watching, Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Lighthouse, National Parks, New South Wales, Richmond River, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on February 5, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Thank goddess for Byron Bay! The Byron tourist magnet sucks a conglomerate of backpackers, yuppies, new age-ists, surfers, whale watchers and regular local and overseas tourists into its vortex, leaving the fabulous, diverse and bakery-filled Ballina region relatively uncrowded. This is good. This 7 day teaser is only an introduction[…]