Arkaroola Archives - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Goolwa Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

Red’s BEST Activities in South Australia!

August 3, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Coober Pedy, Farina, Flinders Ranges, Goolwa, Head of Bight, Heysen Trail, Kangaroo Island, Naracoorte Caves, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Troubridge Island

So what are Australia’s best activities? A simple state by state word association test will more than likely give you results like these: Northern Territory = Uluru. Queensland = Barrier Reef. New South Wales = Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Tasmania = Cradle Mountain. Victoria = The Great Ocean Road. Western Australia = Wildflowers. Australian Capital Territory = Parliament[…]

Windorah Landscape, Outback Queensland, Australia

Red’s TOP 10 Accessible Outback Experiences

March 2, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Australian Round Up, Bedourie, Gibb River Road, HOT Touring Tips, Kalgoorlie, Marlgu Billabong, Nullarbor, Ormiston Gorge, Outback, Quilpie, Things to do, Travel, White Cliffs, Windorah

If you’ve ever decided against touring the Aussie Outback because you don’t have a 4WD, today is your lucky day. You CAN visit the Australian Outback in a standard, non-4WD car! Just follow these simple rules: Choose destinations that don’t require an especially equipped vehicle – there are more than you think! Know your vehicle’s limitations – consider fuel economy,[…]

Arkaroola Wilderness Adventureland!

November 1, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Outback, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

For a place explored, surveyed and ravaged by pastoralism, mining and smelting; overrun by sheep, camels, donkeys, rabbits and dingoes; and more recently under threat from an avaricious government looking to sell off uranium mining rights, Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is looking mighty fine! That’s due to the extraordinary Sprigg family* – visionaries, eco-tourism pioneers and explorers – who bought this[…]

Coulthard Lookout View, Arkaroola Ridge-top Tour

Ride the Arkaroola Ridgetop Tour!

May 27, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Australia, Lookout, Loos with Views, Outback, Ridge-top Tour, Sillers Lookout, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

‘Now we’ll see some REAL scenery!’ Doug announced, herding us away from the spectacular outlook from Coulthard’s Lookout towards our convoy of two vehicles. The Arkaroola Ridgetop tour was well underway. But I was sceptical. The ragged mountain ranges (yes, I’m channelling Aussie poet Dorothea Mackellar*) glistened and glowed in a glorious 360° panorama in the perfection of a clear Outback[…]

Looking towards the coast from the Eungella Plateau, Queensland

Aussie ABC – L is for Lookout!

January 11, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Aussie ABC, Gosse Bluff, Kalbarri National Park, Keep River National Park, Mt Buffalo, Mt Warning, Mt Wellington, New England, Point Lookout, Sillers Lookout, Tasmania, Tylers Pass

Downunder, a sign pointing to a LOOKOUT isn’t a warning to LOOK OUT! – it’s a vantage or viewing point from which to better admire the surrounding landscape. Like this completely gratuitous one above – serving no other purpose in this post but to attract your attention! It worked, didn’t it?! In this relatively flat land, where the highest mountain is[…]