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Radio Telescope #1, Australia Telescope Compact Array, via Narrabri, New South Wales

Australia Telescope Compact Array – Loo #36

July 6, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Compact Array, Loos with Views, Narrabri, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Australia Telescope Compact Array At the Australia Telescope Compact Array, the future of Southern Hemispheric radio astronomy was in my hands, at least for the next 30 minutes or so. Staggering advances in technology channel radio signals from deep, DEEP space through the 6-Dish Australia Telescope Compact Array. The dishes[…]

Surf's UP at Sharpes Beach, Ballina, New South Wales

Drama Queen Dreaming … Ballina, New South Wales

June 29, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Ballina, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Skennars Head, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on January 21, 2016 by Red Nomad OZ Being a drama queen is a good thing, right?? So the naturally monochromatic landscape of a stormy day on Australia’s east coast where an offshore low made mountains of the waves and piled the sky high with clouds thrilled my little DQ soul to bits. And has given me a rare opportunity[…]

Sawn Rocks, Mt Kaputar National Park, New South Wales

Sawn Rocks, Narrabri, New South Wales

June 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Mt Kaputar National Park, Narrabri, National Parks, New South Wales, Sawn Rocks, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Chris Dinham Risking it all at Sawn Rocks! ‘You’d be REALLY unlucky to be underneath when a rock column fell,’ the Grey Nomad to his wife as I stood, camera pointed up at the rock face directly above me, waiting for the sun. They laughed merrily. While the notoriety of being the first[…]

Late Afternoon from the Bushman's Rest Caravan Park at Lake Cullulleraine, Victoria

Lake Cullulleraine: So COOL it’s HOT!

June 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Campsites, Cullulleraine, Lake Cullulleraine, Mallee, Mildura, Murray River, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Victoria, Walks

Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Chris Dinham I’m not sure why it’s never occurred to us to stop at Lake Cullulleraine, 58 km west of northern Mildura and deep in the heart of the Victorian Mallee. Until now. Only 3½ hours from Adelaide, Cullulleraine (as it is shown on more modern maps) is a perfect example of why[…]

Surviving Nature’s Window – Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia

June 8, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Kalbarri, Kalbarri National Park, Lookout, National Parks, Nature's Window, Western Australia

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ The sun wasn’t that hot. The track wasn’t that long. The going wasn’t that tough. And yet, all along the short Kalbarri Natures Window walk, people were dropping like flies. Nature’s Window Warnings There are detailed warning signs above the steep staircase accessing the track below the gorge rim. But[…]

90 Mile Straight, Nullarbor, Ten Budget Travel Tips

Aussie ABC: N is for Nullarbor

June 4, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australia, Australiana, Great Australian Bight, Great Southern Ocean, HOT Touring Tips, Nullarbor, Nullarbor Plain, Road Trips, South Australia, Travel, Western Australia

Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Chris Dinham I was 4 – nearly 5! – the first time I crossed the Nullarbor. Christmas day, and we were on the Indian Pacific* heading for Adelaide. We’d spent Christmas eve in a pub somewhere in rough as guts Western Australian gold-mining town Kalgoorlie, but I don’t remember that. Maybe I had[…]

Corrugated Iron, Eurelia Railway Station Goods Shed, South Australia

Corrugated Iron and Eurelia Railway Station

May 31, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Eurelia, South Australia

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ My liking for neatness, order and logic most likely explains my affinity for corrugated iron. Although the unkind might attribute it to control freak tendencies! Whatever it is, corrugated iron’s neat rows and precise undulations, and patterns of light and shade hold an artistic appeal. This appeal actually increases as[…]

Coulthard Lookout View, Arkaroola Ridge-top Tour

Ride the Arkaroola Ridgetop Tour!

May 27, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Australia, Lookout, Loos with Views, Outback, Ridge-top Tour, Sillers Lookout, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on May 6, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ ‘Now we’ll see some REAL scenery!’ Doug announced, herding us away from the spectacular outlook from Coulthard’s Lookout towards our convoy of two vehicles. The Arkaroola Ridgetop tour was well underway. But I was sceptical. The ragged mountain ranges (yes, I’m channelling Aussie poet Dorothea Mackellar*) glistened and glowed in a[…]

The Bizarre Back-of-Beyond Bakery – Farina, South Australia

May 19, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Farina, Outback, Road Trips, Ruins, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Chris Dinham STOP PRESS! 2020 Farina Bakery Update: Due to COVID-19 the Farina Bakery South Australia will NOT be operating in 2020. However, the Farina historic township and Farina campground will be open and can be visited in line with South Australian state government border closures and travel restrictions. The sign shimmered through[…]

The Magnetic Hill Magnet, via Orroroo, South Australia

Magnetic Hill South Australia

May 14, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Magnetic Hill, Mid North, Orroroo, South Australia, Things to do, Weird Stuff

Last Updated on November 11, 2024 by Chris Dinham A Taste of the Paranormal Magnetic Hill South Australia promised to be a little bit weird. Up to now, my discovery of the Daleks of Khancoban in a remote Snowy Mountains hideaway had been the pinnacle of my paranormal participation in the world of real-life Australian sci-fi. Now, the sign in[…]