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Yarrie Lake, via Narrabri, New South Wales

6 MUST-visit Aussie Campsites

September 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australian Round Up, Barcoo River, Campsites, Caroline Pool, China Wall WA, Devil's Marbles, Goolwa, Halls Creek, Halls Gap, HOT Touring Tips, Isisford, Lake Alexandrina, Narrabri, Yarrie Lake

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ Searching for Australian campsites or caravan parks that we won’t regret in the morning adds that little frisson of uncertainty that makes road-tripping round Australia so exciting. Although sometimes it’s a little TOO exciting when darkness is falling and we’ve got NO clue as to where we’ll spend the night. That’s[…]

Big Bend, Murray River via Swan Reach, South Australia

13 Australian Place Names that WON’T keep you guessing …

September 16, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australian Round Up, Big Bend, Black Mountain, Black Rock Falls, Boulder Beach, Circular Pool, Five Rivers Lookout, Mt Buffalo, Pink Lake, Porcupine Gorge, Redbank Gorge, Redbanks, Rhino Head, Snowy River, The Pyramid, Yellow Water

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Even without maps to guide them, Australian place names mean visitors to Australia – whether overseas tourists or aliens from beyond the Southern Cross – need not fear losing their way. In some parts of Australia, anyway. Thanks to the daring imagination and colourful speech of our colonial past, working[…]

Hazards of Travel in Australia

August 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana, Hazards, HOT Touring Tips, Travel

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Hazards of Travel in Australia Wild, rugged mountains. Ancient, arid deserts. Weird, wonderful wildlife. Magnificent beaches, lush rainforests, untamed islands. These – and other amazing wonders – are just part of everyday life in the mystical, magical land of OZ! What could possibly go wrong?? Most of the time, nothing.[…]

Lake Cullulleraine Sunset, Victoria, Australia

Lake Cullulleraine and the Singing Camera! via Mildura, Victoria

August 9, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Campsites, Lake Cullulleraine, Mildura, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Victoria

Last Updated on April 24, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ OK, so I’d been reading a photography magazine as we approached Lake Cullulleraine at the end of a long day on the road, and I was itching to try a few things out. So what if my camera was ‘only’ a point & click, and not one of the fancy-schmancy-hi-tech[…]

Sunset at Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park, Western Australia

Walk Dales Gorge! Karijini National Park, Western Australia

August 4, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Campsites, Circular Pool, Dales Gorge, Fern Pool, Fortescue Falls, Gorges, Karijini National Park, Lookout, National Parks, Outback, Pilbara, Things to do, Walks, Western Australia

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ The Evening Before … I gripped the railing and looked through the deep shadows down the deep RED gash of Dales Gorge. WAAAAAY down. Late afternoon at the lookout meant the sun was long gone from the gorge floor. Even though it had lit up the eastern wall quite spectacularly.[…]

Sunset over King Sound from Derby Jetty, Western Australia

The HIGHEST Tide in OZ! Derby, Western Australia

July 31, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana, Derby, Kimberley, King Sound, Things to do, Travel, Western Australia

Last Updated on February 5, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ The splendiferous sun sank into the shadowy waters on this balmy OZ winter’s evening with a sensational splash of colour. The superb sunset would make a good stand-alone shot. But a prop or two would turn it into a GREAT one! Luckily for me, this July 2012 Derby sunset over stunning[…]

Postcard from … Nimbin, New South Wales!

July 29, 2013 Red Nomad OZ New South Wales, Nimbin, Northern Rivers, Rainbow Region

Last Updated on March 1, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Hi There! Amongst Nimbin’s main street throng of weekend hippy trippers, bong-brain backpackers and Rainbow Region locals I stood out like a tourist. The specially chosen bright orange chain store T-shirt I’d worn to Australia’s alternative lifestyle capital just didn’t stack up against the psychedelia of wildly experimental natural-dyed organic[…]

Good enough to EAT! Big Prawn, Ballina, New South Wales

The Controversial Crustacean! Big Prawn Ballina, New South Wales

July 25, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Ballina, Big Prawn, Big Things, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Richmond River

Last Updated on March 3, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Once upon a time – WAAAAAAY back in the dim, distant world of 1989 – Ballina’s tail-less BIG Prawn sat atop the West Ballina transit centre and restaurant. Inside, visitors could climb up into its head and view a distorted world through the thick perspex of its concave eye. Over[…]

Mt Nameless, Tom Price, Western Australia

Why Tom Price Western Australia is a TOP Aussie Town!

July 16, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Karijini National Park, Mt Nameless, National Parks, Outback, Pilbara, Things to do, Tom Price, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Western Australia, Wildflowers

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ I had no idea that at 747 metres (2450 ft) above sea level Tom Price is the highest town in Western Australia. I also had no idea Tom Price is at the foot of the highest Western Australian mountain with a summit accessible by road. And I had no idea[…]

Waterfall at Natural Bridge, Springbrook National Park, Queensland

Beauty at Natural Bridge!

July 10, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Bird watching, National Parks, Natural Arch, Natural Bridge, Queensland, Rainforest, Springbrook National Park, Things to do, Travel, Walks

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ It’s the bird du jour around almost any given sub-tropical picnic area and car park, so it should have been easy to get a good shot. However, my shots of Australian Brush-turkey in the dark depths of Natural Bridge*, part of Springbrook National Park’s lushly magnificent rainforest, all had something missing.[…]