October 2010 - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Only in OZ #6 – The Flying Combi, Lightning Ridge, NSW

October 27, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Opal, Outback, Travel

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ The combi van is generally accepted as a symbol of surfie/hippie culture, but a decorative, airborne one with the label ‘surfing art’ in the middle of the outback town of Lightning Ridge in north central New South Wales far, far from the ocean SURELY deserves its own classification! I just don’t know[…]

Signs #5 – Well, THAT clears THAT up then!

October 22, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Cowley Beach, Queensland, Signs

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ Readers who enjoyed ‘Signs #2 – Huh???’ will appreciate these photos from the Cowley Beach Army base, sent to me by reader Russell Constable. Russell is a keen conservationist, and his blog ‘Ella Bay Forever!’, details some of the issues this wonderful area faces. The more observant will note that Russell[…]

Only in OZ #5 – The Musical Ship, Cooktown, Cape York, Queensland

October 20, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Cape York, Cooktown, Musical Ship, Queensland, Travel

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ While it’s not quite a replica of Captain Cook’s vessel when he explored the north coast and disembarked where Cooktown (geddit?!) now stands, the musical ship is completely landlocked in the linear park along the mouth of the Endeavour river. Perhaps the kindest way to describe the array of noise making apparatus (apparati??)[…]

OZ Top Spot #3 Gundabooka NP, Bourke, New South Wales

October 17, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, Bourke, Gundabooka National Park, National Parks, New South Wales, Travel

Last Updated on November 14, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Two wrongs don’t make a right – but maybe three do? If the Bourke visitor information centre staff had been less busy; AND our tour of Bourke more comprehensive; AND our allocated campsite spacious and attractive, we’d have spent more time in Bourke itself! That would have been a tragedy because[…]

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #7 – Cairns Botanic Gardens, Queensland

October 14, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Scenic Public Toilets, Travel

Last Updated on March 21, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ It’s amazing how the public toilets in the superb Cairns Botanic Gardens are a match for its visual delights! Set on a rolling green lawn, surrounded by lushly growing tropical plants and flowers, it’s a delight to do business there!! In addition to the setting, the amenities have a superb[…]

Don’t Miss This!! Daintree River Dawn Cruise, Far North Queensland

October 11, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, Crocodile, Daintree, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Travel, Wildlife

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ The third-hardest part of a Daintree River dawn cruise is selecting one. The second-hardest part is rising well before dawn to get there. But the hardest part of all is getting off the boat when it ends over 2 hours later! Yes, it really is that good! Although now you’re[…]

Signs #4 – Loud and Proud!

October 9, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Isisford, Queensland, Signs, Travel

Last Updated on March 23, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ You gotta love a town that puts its money where its mouth is! This sign, at the Barcoo River crossing into Isisford, Central Western Queensland, leaves visitors in no doubt as to the town’s allegiances. Regular readers will already know Isisford as not only the historic site where Isisfordia Duncanii was[…]

Traveller SHAME Files #3 – Space Invaders

October 5, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Blackall, Grey Nomad, Isisford, Other Stuff, Travel

Last Updated on November 14, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ Some time in the future, we’ll reach a higher plane of consciousness and what we now know as mysteries will be made clear. I guess I’ll just have to wait until then to find out why Type #1 Space Invaders, faced with the choice of multiple sites in wide open[…]

Weird Stuff #1 – Mt Molloy, Queensland

October 2, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Mt Molloy, Queensland, Weird Stuff

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ Did a double-take while wandering down Mount Molloy’s main street after a burrito at the Mexican cantina! Maybe we’d had too much chili? Was that REALLY a dinosaur in the trailer?? The most logical explanation was, of course, that we’d somehow strayed into a parallel universe … But no, the dinosaur[…]