Northern Rivers Archives - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

World Exclusive at the Lismore Turf Club Loo! OZ Scenic Public Toilet #39

June 24, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Loo Book, Lismore, Loos with Views, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Rainbow Region, Scenic Public Toilets

On a fine and sunny non-race-day Saturday morning, the Lismore Turf Club’s sensational sub-tropical setting is generally race-horse-and-people-free. And the Lismore Turf Club Loo is generally unused and unappreciated with an uninteresting view! But last Saturday morning the sunny serenity of the Lismore Turf Club Loo was disturbed by a sight never before seen anywhere in the WORLD. On that[…]

Capture the Colours of OZ Country Towns!

October 3, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australian Round Up, Australiana, Brunswick Heads, Carnarvon, Marree, Northern Rivers, Outback, Shepparton, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Windorah

The FAAAAAABULOUS colours of OZ make the life of a downunder blogging, photographing, writing traveller with a penchant for bakeries REALLY easy … Getting a good pic from right in front of a spectacularly AWESOME panorama, a weird and wacky BIG Thing or a KILLER sunset is what’s called, in the technical photographic terminology used by us amateurs, a SURE[…]

Postcard from … Nimbin, New South Wales!

July 29, 2013 Red Nomad OZ New South Wales, Nimbin, Northern Rivers, Rainbow Region

Hi There! Amongst Nimbin’s main street throng of weekend hippy trippers, bong-brain backpackers and Rainbow Region locals I stood out like a tourist. The specially chosen bright orange chain store T-shirt I’d worn to Australia’s alternative lifestyle capital just didn’t stack up against the psychedelia of wildly experimental natural-dyed organic hand-woven fibres in daring and cutting edge styles. The locals[…]

Good enough to EAT! Big Prawn, Ballina, New South Wales

The Controversial Crustacean! Big Prawn Ballina, New South Wales

July 25, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Ballina, Big Prawn, Big Things, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Richmond River

Once upon a time – WAAAAAAY back in the dim, distant world of 1989 – Ballina’s tail-less BIG Prawn sat atop the West Ballina transit centre and restaurant. Inside, visitors could climb up into its head and view a distorted world through the thick perspex of its concave eye. Over time, as businesses came and went below, the passive prawn’s[…]

Surf's UP at Sharpes Beach, Ballina, New South Wales

Drama Queen Dreaming … Ballina, New South Wales

June 29, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Ballina, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Skennars Head, Things to do, Travel

Being a drama queen is a good thing, right?? So the naturally monochromatic landscape of a stormy day on Australia’s east coast where an offshore low made mountains of the waves and piled the sky high with clouds thrilled my little DQ soul to bits. And has given me a rare opportunity to silence those who, based on my photos, ask if[…]