June 2012 - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Standley Chasm, MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory

OZ Top Spot #13 – Standley Chasm, via Alice Springs, Northern Territory

June 27, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Alice Springs, Central Australia, MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Outback, Red Centre, Standley Chasm, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ ‘It’s just a short walk up the gorge starting over there,’ the kiosk attendant told the three fit young women in front of us, waving casually towards the trail head. Then it was our turn. Pilchard produced his senior’s card. ‘The track is uneven and rocky, and there’s a couple[…]

The Big Malleefowl overlooking the Patchewollock Railway Station, Victoria

Only in OZ #22 – The Big Malleefowl, Patchewollock, Victoria

June 15, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Big Malleefowl, Big Things, Mallee, Outback, Patchewollock, Victoria, Wyperfeld National Park

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ The insatiable curiosity that leads me off the main road to explore an interesting sounding place or rumoured oddity isn’t always rewarded. But in the tiny town of Patchewollock, deep in the Victorian Mallee and just off the Hopetoun/Walpeup road, I hit paydirt. Big time! Unmarked on any tourist literature[…]

Daly Head, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Australia: The Magnificent Emptiness

June 10, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana

Last Updated on January 26, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ So many days at sea before a wondrous land loomed broad and high Its lush and glittering shores so far from home And no one there! So its emptiness, its bountiful emptiness They claimed for a faraway queen. But the proud and ancient race who roamed these vast and trackless[…]

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #25 – Mt Hotham, Victoria

June 5, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Lookout, Loos with Views, Mt Hotham, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Travel, Victoria, Victorian Alps

Last Updated on November 17, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Snow on Mt Hotham, Victorian Alps As the car gained altitude – all 1861 metres of it, to be precise – the temperature gauge was dropping faster than a beach towel in the tropics. Entrance to Hotham Heights, Mt Hotham, Victoria All the same, it was a warm-ish April day[…]