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Lord Howe Island

How to Spend 7 Days in Paradise – Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

Last Updated on August 29, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ ‘I’ll take TEN kilos off for your RED hair,’ the baggage handler announced as I stepped on to the scales clutching my hand luggage. Just as well, I thought, sneaking a peek at the reading. Boy, were those scales defective, or WHAT?! Luckily, the scales faced away from the crowds[…]

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Dugouts, Dirt and Dunnies! 3 reasons to visit Andamooka, South Australia

Last Updated on May 26, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ I don’t know if anyone ever struck it rich in the old days – or even the new days – by hitting a seam of opal while sinking a dugout dunny shaft. But if it’s going to happen anywhere, the chances of it happening in Andamooka are better than average.[…]

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Boulders on Bald Rock climb, via Tenterfield NSW

Climb Bald Rock – Australia’s BIGGEST Granite Monolith! via Tenterfield, NSW

Last Updated on May 4, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ There’s no shame in taking the easy option. Is there? That’s what I kept telling myself on the Bald Rock climb, anyway. It’d been too long since I clocked up an Australian exclusive, so climbing Bald Rock, largest exposed granite rock in the Southern Hemisphere and centrepiece of the boulder-studded[…]

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