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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[…]

Entrance to Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Favourite Place #5 – Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, SA

September 29, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, Innes National Park, Inneston, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Wildflowers, Yorke Peninsula

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ It’s a mystery to me why Innes National Park (INP) isn’t on any Top 10 Australian National Parks lists. At the south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula’s ‘toe’ (you’ll see what I mean on the map) its wild and remote beauty is unique. BUT … perhaps the unparalleled coastal scenery, historic[…]

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #6 – West Cape Lighthouse, SA

September 26, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Innes National Park, National Parks, Scenic Public Toilets, South Australia, West Cape, Yorke Peninsula

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ Innes National Park on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula has (arguably!) some of the most magnificent coastal scenery in the country. Any amenities in such a setting are duty bound to be scenic, and these eco-friendly composting toilets are no exception! Artfully placed among the dunes below the West Cape Lighthouse, the conveniences[…]

Signs #3 – Honey, where are the kids?

September 24, 2010 Red Nomad OZ National Parks, Signs, South Australia

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ Now doesn’t that give you a disturbing mental image?!?! This sign, found in Innes National Park, South Australia, is pretty self explanatory. The only thing missing is a graphic to go with the third line!! But sometimes the imagination can provide a better picture … Stay off the edge!! RFBBPTYKV5MQ

Only in OZ #4 – The Big Park Bench, Broken Hill, New South Wales

September 15, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Big Park Bench, Big Things, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ So you’re in a mining city, on top of the slag heap. What’s up there? No, it’s not a trick question – but it MAY be a trick answer!! Unless mining towns are different where you come from … Broken Hill, half an hour over the South Australian border into New[…]