Mallee Archives - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Why Hopetoun Victoria is a TOP Aussie Town!

January 28, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Hopetoun, Lake Lascelles, Mallee, National Parks, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Victoria, Walks, Wyperfeld National Park

I don’t know why it is that travellers are routinely described as ‘weary’. If I’m describing myself, I just say I’m a traveller – not a weary one. But when travel publications refer to havens for the weary traveller; and weary traveller’s resting places; and recharging the weary travellers batteries and the like, you start to believe the hype. So after[…]

Late Afternoon from the Bushman's Rest Caravan Park at Lake Cullulleraine, Victoria

Lake Cullulleraine: So COOL it’s HOT!

June 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Campsites, Cullulleraine, Lake Cullulleraine, Mallee, Mildura, Murray River, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Victoria, Walks

I’m not sure why it’s never occurred to us to stop at Lake Cullulleraine, 58 km west of northern Mildura and deep in the heart of the Victorian Mallee. Until now. Only 3½ hours from Adelaide, Cullulleraine (as it is shown on more modern maps) is a perfect example of why it’s SO worth exploring places not so far from[…]

The Big Malleefowl overlooking the Patchewollock Railway Station, Victoria

Only in OZ #22 – The Big Malleefowl, Patchewollock, Victoria

June 15, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Big Malleefowl, Big Things, Mallee, Outback, Patchewollock, Victoria, Wyperfeld National Park

The insatiable curiosity that leads me off the main road to explore an interesting sounding place or rumoured oddity isn’t always rewarded. But in the tiny town of Patchewollock, deep in the Victorian Mallee and just off the Hopetoun/Walpeup road, I hit paydirt. Big time! Unmarked on any tourist literature (that I’d seen) Patchewollock hosts one of the most bizarre[…]

View from Mt Wycheproof Summit, Victoria

World Mountaineering Exclusive! Mt Wycheproof, Victoria

May 25, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Mallee, Mt Wycheproof, Victoria, Wycheproof

It’s getting increasingly difficult to do something that no one else – or at least very few – have done. Even the ‘I’ve-climbed-Mt-Everest’ club is not the insider clique it once was … But conquering Mt Wycheproof, deep in the heart of Victorian Mallee country should cement my mountain climbing credentials once and for all. Because I’ve now done what[…]