Tasmania Archives - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

The Ten Commandants, Port Arthur, Tasmania

February 7, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Port Arthur, Tasmania, Things to do, Travel, World Heritage

There’s a million dollar view over Mason Cove from the failed flour mill when the conditions are right. As they were for me on this fine and sunny autumn day. I was outside. It was warm. And I was there by choice. I was lucky. Those three factors aren’t always present on prison visits. They’re even less likely in a[…]

Bald Rock, via Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia

Aussie ABC: R is for Rocks

December 22, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australian Round Up, Balancing Rock, Bald Rock National Park, Ball's Pyramid, Bunda Cliffs, Chillagoe, Devil's Marbles, Hollow Mountain, Kalbarri, Kalbarri National Park, Kangaroo Island, Kununurra, Lord Howe Island, Mirima National Park, Mt Moffatt, Narrabri, Northern Territory, Nullarbor Plain, Remarkable Rocks, Sawn Rocks, Tasmania, Tenterfield, Tesselated Pavement, Things to do, Travel

With the world’s biggest rock AND largest monolith*, Australia’s the land of the ultimate ROCK – or at least the coolest Australian rock formations! But where’s a keen rockhound to go once they’ve seen Mt Augustus (biggest rock) and Uluru (biggest monolith)?? Check out a few more Australian Rock Stars – otherwise known as distinctive and unusual Australian rock formations – with[…]

OZ Scenic Public Toilet #40 – Mt Wellington, Tasmania

December 2, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Loo Book, Hobart, Mt Wellington, Scenic Public Toilets, Tasmania

Spotting a scenic loo was a FAIL on my first Mount Wellington ascent 30 minutes up from Hobart’s docklands on the River Derwent 1271 metres below. But I didn’t care. After a LOOOOONG conference, I had a few hours to kill before heading back to the mainland. Hanging out at the airport with the same work buddies I’d been closeted[…]

Beauty and the Beasts: Bruny Island Cruises

October 12, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, National Parks, South Bruny National Park, Tasmania, Things to do, Travel

Bruny Island As far as I could tell, the fashion police hadn’t made it down to Bruny Island’s Adventure Bay. Just as well. If they had, they’d have been handing out infringement notices left, right and centre on board our purpose-built Naiad. We were donning the Bruny Island Cruises complimentary waterproof onesies – our only protection from the winds[…]

The Neck from Truganini Lookout, Bruny Island, Tasmania

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilet #38 – The Neck, Bruny Island

May 1, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Bruny Island, Lookout, Loos with Views, Scenic Public Toilets, Tasmania, The Neck, Things to do, Truganini Lookout

If you like your landscapes complete with killer views, superb natural attractions, unusual wildlife and a touch of history, Truganini Lookout overlooking ‘the Neck’ on Tasmania’s Bruny Island ticks all the boxes. Pretty good, huh?! But this already FINE outlook is elevated from pretty good to perfect by its scenic public toilet. That’s it, right down there near the car[…]

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[…]