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Big Bend, Murray River via Swan Reach, South Australia

13 Australian Place Names that WON’T keep you guessing …

September 16, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australian Round Up, Big Bend, Black Mountain, Black Rock Falls, Boulder Beach, Circular Pool, Five Rivers Lookout, Mt Buffalo, Pink Lake, Porcupine Gorge, Redbank Gorge, Redbanks, Rhino Head, Snowy River, The Pyramid, Yellow Water

Even without maps to guide them, Australian place names mean visitors to Australia – whether overseas tourists or aliens from beyond the Southern Cross – need not fear losing their way. In some parts of Australia, anyway. Thanks to the daring imagination and colourful speech of our colonial past, working out your location can be as simple as describing what[…]

Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia*

Aussie ABC – G is for Gorge

December 4, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Brachina Gorge, Cania Gorge, Carnarvon Gorge, Golton Gorge, Gorges, Katherine Gorge, Kings Canyon, Lawn Hill, National Parks, Northern Territory, Queensland, Redbanks, Standley Chasm, Trephina Gorge, Victoria

Gorging yourself silly in OZ doesn’t mean what you’re probably thinking it means. For a start, I’m not even talking about food – although you haven’t lived until you’ve eaten at a fine OZ bakery – but I digress! No, I’m talking about gorges. OZ is riddled with them. And in some parts, you can’t swing a long-tailed[…]