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U is for Uluru: 11 Photos; 9 Bloggers; One Awesome Rock!

October 2, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Central Australia, Interview, National Parks, Northern Territory, Outback, Uluru, World Heritage

Uluru. When a Google search produces over 6.5 million results, writing anything else about Uluru becomes SO redundant I’m tempted not to use it for my Aussie ABC. What’s left to say about this massive monolith of sandstone 348 metres (1141 feet) high, 3.6 km (2.2 miles) long, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) wide and 3.33 km² (1.29 miles²) in size? With[…]

Outback near Blinman, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

P is for Patriotic: 26 Reasons to ROCK Australia Day!

January 26, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australia Day, Australiana, Facts about Australia

As this FAAAABULOUS January 26 gets under way, the ozone layer prepares itself for a high carbon emission onslaught and the planet’s remaining trees breathe a sigh of relief. It’s Australia Day and almost compulsory to have a barbecue and PROVE your Aussie pride. Do this by putting Aussie flags on every conceivable product from toothpicks to tablecloths; serviettes to[…]

Aussie ABC: O is for Opal!

December 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australian Round Up, Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge, Opal, Outback, Quilpie, Random Adventures, Road Trips, Things to do, Travel, White Cliffs, Yowah

Australian Opal I didn’t understand all the fuss about SiO2.nH2O until 2004. That’s when I first visited Coober Pedy. It’s slap bang in the middle of absolutely freakin’ nowhere in the South Australian Outback. And it’s where I first found a piece of SiO2.nH2O I wanted to take home with me. You might know SiO2.nH2O better as Hydrous Silica. Or[…]

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

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 blanked it out … Many years later, I made[…]