December 2013 - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

View across the Bunbinyunna, Elder and Red Ranges from Bridle Gap, Wilpena Pound, South Australia

Walk the Bridle Gap Wilpena Pound Trail, Flinders Ranges

December 28, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Bridle Gap, Campsites, Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges National Park, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Walks, Wilpena Pound

Last Updated on December 4, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ The last few kilometres were heavy going as I trudged back to camp. The bright daylight faded into twilight as the sun sank below the eroded peaks surrounding the amazing Wilpena Pound valley, centrepiece of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges National Park. The evening coolness rose as we entered the campground.[…]

12 Days of Christmas … AUSSIE Style!

December 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana, Travel

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ In the 12 months of this year Australia gave to me … 12 Veterans Medals 11 Wind Turbines 10 Mountain Peaks 9 Mallee Tree Trunks 8 Points of Interest 7 Mile Beach 6 Strata Layers 5 Telescopes 4 Turtle Cakes 3 Plump Seals 2 Wild Orchids and a Beetle near[…]

Aussie ABC: O is for Opal!

December 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australian Round Up, Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge, Opal, Outback, Quilpie, Random Adventures, Road Trips, Things to do, Travel, White Cliffs, Yowah

Last Updated on May 5, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Australian Opal I didn’t understand all the fuss about SiO2.nH2O until 2004. That’s when I first visited Coober Pedy. It’s slap bang in the middle of absolutely freakin’ nowhere in the South Australian Outback. And it’s where I first found a piece of SiO2.nH2O I wanted to take home with[…]

Western Treatment Plant with Avalon Airport and You Yangs in the distance, Victoria, Australia

The Aussie Scenic Public Loo that WASN’T!

December 13, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Loos with Views, Melbourne, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Travel, Victoria, Werribee, Western Treatment Plant, Wildlife, You Yangs

Last Updated on May 26, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ I’ve got Pilchard to thank for some of our more obscure travel destinations. If not for him, I wouldn’t be out birding. And if not for birding, I wouldn’t have been in this marvellously scenic spot near Werribee on the outskirts of Melbourne’s west! As I photographed the sunlight glinting[…]

Postcard from … Marree South Australia

December 7, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Birdsville Track, Lake Eyre, Marree, Oodnadatta Track, Outback, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ Hi there! Tiny town Marree South Australia is the first major sign of civilisation in over 500 km (~310 miles) for travellers heading south down the iconic Oodnadatta or Birdsville tracks – both LOOOOONG stretches of dirt, rocks, gravel and bulldust. But we approached it over several days from the[…]

View of HIGHEST Loo in OZ at Rawsons Pass from Mt Kosciuszko Summit, Snowy Mountains, NSW

Rawson Pass: Scenic Public Loo #37

December 1, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Charlotte Pass, Loos with Views, Mt Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Rawsons Pass, Scenic Public Toilets, Snowy Mountains

Last Updated on May 5, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Some get to Rawson Pass en route to Mount Kosciuszko for the record. Others do it for the challenge. And still others do it just because it’s there. But I climbed Australia’s highest mountain for the chance go as HIGH as I could go – at Rawson Pass, the highest Scenic Public[…]