November 2012 - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Victoria River Cruises Pontoon AND Scenic Loo! Via Timber Creek, Northern Territory

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #29 – Crocodile Cruise Conveniences!

November 25, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Crocodile, Loos with Views, Northern Territory, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Timber Creek, Top End, Victoria River

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Maybe the multiple crocodile sightings did it. Or the 70 km (~45 miles) cruise from the Timber Creek landing to the middle of nowhere. Or perhaps the sunset drinks and snacks, taken incongruously in the middle of the crocodile-infested Victoria River were responsible. Whatever it was, the public amenities on[…]

Victoria River Escarpment, Northern Territory

The 5-Experiences-in-24-hours Victoria River Roadhouse Action Plan!

November 20, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Campsites, Joe Creek Walk, Northern Territory, Outback, Road Trips, Things to do, Top End, Travel, Victoria River, Victoria River Roadhouse, Walks

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ I don’t know what made us decide to stay overnight at the Victoria River Roadhouse as we pulled in for fuel, late on a Northern Territory July morning. Perhaps we took the Grey Nomad’s experimental driving technique involving an inexpertly executed U-turn directly in front of us without warning as[…]

Hikers at Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park, Western Australia

Mind over Madness … Joffre Falls, Karijini National Park

November 14, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Joffre Falls, Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park, National Parks, Oxer Lookout, Pilbara, Travel, Walks, Western Australia

Last Updated on May 26, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ The edge of the gorge was no place for a recovering acrophobic*. Despite its well-made viewing platform with solid handrails, the lookout overhung the sheer drop to the Joffre River far below, many more metres than I wanted to count**. I don’t think I’ll EVER get used to being on[…]

Crops on Southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

“Red and Pilchard’s Day in the Country” by Red

November 9, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Edithburgh, Lighthouse, Other Stuff, South Australia, Sultana Point, Things to do, Travel, Troubridge Point, Yorke Peninsula

Last Updated on May 7, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ My Story by Red Nomad OZ Today we went for a drive in the country on the Yorke Peninsula. The fields were all dry but the sky was very blue. We stopped to look at flowers. There were lots of white everlastings. We had to look for snakes but we[…]

1942 ex-Fire Tender, Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia

2 Million Miles … and counting!

November 8, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Edithburgh, Other Stuff, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula

Last Updated on May 7, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Anything RED will catch my eye. An interesting history will hold my attention. But it takes more than hue and back story to boggle my mind! And this ordinary looking 1942 truck sitting inside an old shed behind a Yorke Peninsula country town museum with magpies roosting on its rusting[…]

Eagle Bluff, via Denham, Shark Bay, Western Australia

What to see at Eagle Bluff, Shark Bay, Western Australia

November 4, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Denham, Eagle Bluff, Shark Bay, Steep Point, Useless Loop, Western Australia, Wildlife, World Heritage

Last Updated on April 15, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ ‘Shark! Everyone out of the water!!’ he yelled, and I involuntarily jumped back from the guardrail high above Eagle Bluff, my movement triggered by that most primeval of Australian fears: Shark Attack!! The amphitheatre of crumbling white rock plunging down into the green shallows of the bay below from the[…]