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Adelaide, Autumn and the Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens

April 10, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Mt Lofty Botanic Garden, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on March 1, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ As any South Australian pedant (is that a tautology?) will know, Mount Lofty isn’t South Australia’s highest mountain. That honour, as said pedant/s would confirm, goes to the 1435 metre high Mount Woodroffe in South Australia’s far north up near the Northern Territory border. But Mount Woodroffe is a long[…]

7 Wonderful Walks in Innes National Park

April 2, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Innes National Park, Inneston, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Walks, Yorke Peninsula

Last Updated on May 4, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ Sand dunes and shipwrecks. A wild and windswept heli-pad. Magnificent cliffs, an old wooden railway transport line and exotic lighthouses. Historic ruins and a sailor a long way from home. None of these are visible from the entrance to Innes National Park. And you can’t see them from the ~30[…]

Royston Head, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula SA

Red’s TOP 10 Aussie Pests (and where I found them)!

March 26, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, HOT Touring Tips, TOP Ten, Travel

Last Updated on March 18, 2019 by Red Nomad OZ Travelling downunder isn’t all surf and sunshine; kangaroos and koalas; or moonbeams and magic. A fabulous holiday can also be an opportunity to share the sights with some of Australia’s lesser known – and MUCH less popular – creatures! Like I did when I met my TOP 10 Aussie pests[…]

Random Adventures in the Scenic Rim: Part One

March 19, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Cunninghams Gap, Koreelah National Park, Lake Moogerah, Main Range National Park, New South Wales, Random Adventures, Scenic Rim, Spicers Gap, Things to do, Travel

Last Updated on October 24, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ There’s a magical, mystical land where ancient, dense rainforests cloak majestic mountains, their serrated silhouettes marching across a dramatically sensational skyline. Where vertically columned cliffs fall into fertile valleys patch-worked with produce and criss-crossed by rocky streams. Picturesque hamlets dot the landscape providing shelter, food and a base from which[…]

Sydney Harbour Bridge from the Opera House

See Sydney in 4 hours between flights!

March 12, 2015 Red Nomad OZ New South Wales, Sydney, Things to do, Travel, Travel Tips

Last Updated on October 24, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ As if to make up for being half an hour late, our baggage emerged almost immediately after we disembarked at Sydney’s domestic terminal. I’d been SO looking forward to this long layover because nothing does it for me quite like sitting in a large airport with nothing particular to do, nowhere[…]

Windorah Landscape, Outback Queensland, Australia

Red’s TOP 10 Accessible Outback Experiences

March 2, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Arkaroola, Australian Round Up, Bedourie, Gibb River Road, HOT Touring Tips, Kalgoorlie, Marlgu Billabong, Nullarbor, Ormiston Gorge, Outback, Quilpie, Things to do, Travel, White Cliffs, Windorah

Last Updated on August 19, 2020 by Red Nomad OZ If you’ve ever decided against touring the Aussie Outback because you don’t have a 4WD, today is your lucky day. You CAN visit the Australian Outback in a standard, non-4WD car! Just follow these simple rules: Choose destinations that don’t require an especially equipped vehicle – there are more than[…]

The Secret Language of Trees

February 25, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Art, Australia, Australiana

Last Updated on December 19, 2015 by Red Nomad OZ The creativity gene passed me by. So did most (all?) of the essential abilities and skills required for success at the Arts. And being described as ‘artisan’, ‘inventive’ or ‘patient’ is about as likely as me ever winning the Archibald Prize. So back in the dark ages when I picked[…]

Aussie ABC: S is for Slang

February 20, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australiana

Last Updated on October 24, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ Most Aussies speak English – but with a twist that turns it into Australian English, otherwise known as ‘Strine’. Strine? Say ‘Australian’ REALLY quickly without any too much emphasis on diction or correct pronunciation – an Aussie will be able to say it in just one syllable – and you’ll[…]

Crocodile from Cruise Boat, Victoria River, via Timber Creek

Cruising with Crocodiles on Australia’s WILDEST River

February 14, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Crocodile, Northern Territory, Things to do, Timber Creek, Top End, Travel, Victoria River, Wildlife

Last Updated on September 4, 2017 by Red Nomad OZ ‘There it is,’ shouted Pilchard, pointing towards the bank. I looked, but there was only an old tyre on the edge of the water nestled in the grass. Typical bloke. All excited about nothing. The boat moved closer to the river banks. ‘Where?’ I whined as cameras clicked all around[…]

The Ten Commandants, Port Arthur, Tasmania

February 7, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Port Arthur, Tasmania, Things to do, Travel, World Heritage

Last Updated on February 10, 2021 by Red Nomad OZ There’s a million dollar view over Mason Cove from the failed flour mill when the conditions are right. As they were for me on this fine and sunny autumn day. I was outside. It was warm. And I was there by choice. I was lucky. Those three factors aren’t always[…]