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Only in OZ #14 – Tractor Monument, Wentworth, New South Wales

June 10, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Darling River, Murray River, New South Wales, Wentworth

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ TE20 Harry Ferguson Tractor Monument, Wentworth In a parallel universe, the Australian government and public service pantheon would have been well placed to see first hand the effects of ‘policies’ governing the Murray Darling Basin in the capital Wentworth, at the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers.[…]

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #15 – Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

June 7, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Scenic Public Toilets

Last Updated on September 29, 2016 by Red Nomad OZ You can blame the public amenities block at Kata Tjuta, near Uluru in the Northern Territory for my obsession with the odd juxtapositioning of Australia’s most spectacular scenery with the often mundane conveniences that service its admirers. The view from this loo MUST be the best in Australia, I thought.[…]

Weird Stuff #6 – Little Topar, New South Wales

June 3, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Little Topar, New South Wales, Outback, Weird Stuff

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ The 5 hour* drive between Broken Hill and Cobar in western New South Wales generally scores a pretty high ‘tedious’ rating. Unrelieved except for the township of Wilcannia on the Darling river and a couple of roadhouses, the scenery is mainly dusty, dry and desolate, like this picture taken near Broken[…]

Signs #15 – BYO Waterproof Matches …

May 31, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Signs, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula

Last Updated on September 15, 2014 by Red Nomad OZ Maybe South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula is riddled with pyromaniacs. Or maybe a fire-bug convention is headed for town. Just maybe the local school hasn’t got to the bit about fire and water yet. Perhaps it’s a popular site for shipwreck survivor re-enactments. Then again, maybe fisherfolk can’t wait to cook up[…]

Random Adventure #1 – Isabella Falls, Cape York, Queensland

May 28, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Cape York, Cooktown, Endeavour Falls, Isabella Falls, Queensland, Random Adventures, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on June 22, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ The Cape York Road The customary morning rain had finally let up. Even the locals had remarked on this dry season’s uncharacteristic wet spell – normally by mid-July they’d have the sprinklers going to kill the dust and save the lawns. But 2010 was an aberration. Of course! Now[…]

My Lord Howe Island Triathlon!

May 24, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Things to do, Travel, Walks, World Heritage

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ *WARNING*: Real triathletes may find this post offensive! Please select another post!! Lord Howe Island visitors seeking inertia are likely to be disappointed. Getting from A to B usually involves walking or cycling – and the best island activities are high-energy, hands-on and outdoors based. So after[…]

Aussie ABC – D is for Dune!

May 21, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australiana

Last Updated on October 2, 2016 by Red Nomad OZ It’ll take massive advances in virtual reality to develop a lounge-room based version of ‘sand dune sports’ – if it ever can be! BUT for the moment, pretty much the only way to slide down, climb up, frolic in, pose on, admire, photograph or otherwise enjoy the dunes of Australia[…]

Signs #14 – DUCK!!!

May 19, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Signs

Last Updated on September 24, 2016 by Red Nomad OZ Pterodactyls, Rocs and pieces of Skylab are regrettably long absent from our skies – as are the signs warning of their presence. And apart from the lovely Wycliffe Well, Aussie UFO sightings are rare. And Superman is a myth. Isn’t he?? So … the danger of injury from large flying[…]

Don’t Miss This! Daintree Discovery Centre, Queensland

May 15, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Daintree, Daintree Discovery Centre, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Things to do, Travel, World Heritage

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Looking 23 metres down – the Canopy Tower The Demon Duck of Doom (Dromornis stirtoni) at the Daintree Discovery Centre is unlikely to cause panic unless you’re of a particularly nervous disposition. That’s because it’s a metal cutout, the real life version having been extinct since the late Miocene period.[…]

Mounts Lidgbird and Gower, Lord Howe Island

Favourite Place #6 – Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

May 11, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Ball's Pyramid, Bird watching, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Things to do, Travel, World Heritage

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ OK, I admit it. I’m shallow. For a favourite place to make it onto my favourite places list, it’s got to be able to deliver experiences I can’t have anywhere else. In Australia, if not the world! And a selection of good bakeries doesn’t hurt either … Stepping onto the[…]