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The Wonderful World of Western Australian Wildflowers!

August 27, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Things to do, Travel, Western Australia, Wildflowers

Last Updated on September 30, 2016 by Red Nomad OZ My mother was born and bred in Western Australia, right in the heart of the fabled wildflower zone. If I had a dollar for every time I heard how wonderful the Western Australian wildflowers were compared to anywhere else in Australia – if not the world – I could have[…]

An Aussie Colour Cocktail – with a TWIST!

August 22, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Uncategorized

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ I’m a technophobic dinosaur. Losing my – gasp – film camera to economic rationalist anti-technological conspiracy* was a devastating blow from which I’m still recovering. Then after I’d cut my digital photographic technique teeth on partner Pilchard’s 2 year ‘old’ camera, he gave me a new one for Xmas! Too[…]

White Crocodile, Victoria River, Northern Territory

7 Crocodile Hot Spots in Australia’s Top End

August 17, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide River, Australian Round Up, Australiana, Crocodile, Daintree, Far North Queensland, Kakadu, Kununurra, Lake Argyle, Marlgu Billabong, Northern Territory, Timber Creek, Top End, Victoria River, Western Australia, Windjana Gorge, Wyndham

Last Updated on November 9, 2024 by Chris Dinham Crocodiles are a weird combination of Aussie ‘Big Thing’ and perilous prehistoric predator. Maybe our fascination with crocodiles in Australia is what makes this my most viewed post of all time*. Or maybe it’s because of the awesome photos and superlative writing … read on, and decide for yourself 😀 But before you[…]

Yes, that's a Cane Toad in his mouth! Thommo at Kununurra Agricultural Show

I was a Cane Toad Race Virgin! Kununurra, Western Australia

August 3, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Cane Toad Racing, Kimberley, Kununurra, Things to do, Weird Stuff, Western Australia

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ The pairing of Australians and Cane Toads works well. Almost as well the pairing of pavlova with pepperoni! Although, come to think of it, while the Cane toad is an introduced species, so are its colonial counterparts … but I digress! 77 years after ‘experts’ deliberately introduced the Cane Toad[…]

Mirima National Park, Kununurra, Western Australia

Good morning from … Kununurra, Western Australia!!

July 9, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Kununurra, Mirima National Park, National Parks, Things to do, Travel, Western Australia

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ A good morning in Kununurra starts really early. That’s because this town in the East Kimberley is just west of the Northern Territory border and the Central Australia time zone. Crossing the border into Western Australia means you gain 1½ hours so what was 7:30 am in the Northern Territory is now[…]

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 November 11, 2024 by Chris Dinham 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 (that[…]

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[…]

View from Mt Wycheproof Summit, Victoria

World Mountaineering Exclusive! Mt Wycheproof, Victoria

May 25, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Mallee, Mt Wycheproof, Victoria, Wycheproof

Last Updated on November 17, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ It’s getting increasingly difficult to do something that no one else – or at least very few – have done. Even the ‘I’ve-climbed-Mt-Everest’ club is not the insider clique it once was … But conquering Mt Wycheproof, deep in the heart of Victorian Mallee country should cement my mountain climbing[…]

Looking South over 4 mile Beach, Port Douglas

7 Days in … Cairns!

March 17, 2012 Red Nomad OZ 7 Days in ..., Bakery, Beaches, Cairns, Far North Queensland, Islands, Port Douglas, Queensland, Rainforest, Things to do, Travel, Wildlife

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ Cairns is one of the best Australian travel destinations – and I’ve got the photos to prove it! This laid back city 2000 km north of Brisbane between World Heritage Listed Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef, has come a long way from its sugar-cane farming roots to become Far[…]

White Cliffs Waterhole, Outback New South Wales

7-and-a-half Minutes in Paradise! White Cliffs, New South Wales

February 10, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, National Parks, New South Wales, Opal, Outback, Paroo-Darling National Park, Random Adventures, Things to do, White Cliffs

Last Updated on August 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ Think of ‘Australia’ and ‘Paradise’ in the same sentence and I’ll bet you’re thinking tropical. White sandy beaches, palms and and clear blue sea. Colourful fish, corals and lush rainforest. Balmy, moonlit nights and cocktails under the stars. But that splendid vision – while undeniably fabulous – is only one[…]