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Four Mile Beach from Flagstaff Hill Lookout, Port Douglas, Queensland

Road Trips, Sea Treks and your next Aussie Adventure!

March 18, 2019 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Cruise, Travel, Travel Hints and Tips, Travel Tips

I was WAY too young to remember much detail from my first Aussie road trip. I’m a road-tripper from WAY back! But the photo of me and my sister on the Mt Kosciuszko summit in the good old days when you could actually drive almost to the top of the highest point in OZ is a dead giveaway. That trail-blazing[…]

The Secret Language of Trees

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

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 up my first (film) camera and peered through the viewfinder,[…]

12 Days of Christmas … AUSSIE Style!

December 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana, Travel

In the 12 months of this year Australia gave to me … 12 Veterans Medals 11 Wind Turbines 10 Mountain Peaks 9 Mallee Tree Trunks 8 Points of Interest 7 Mile Beach 6 Strata Layers 5 Telescopes 4 Turtle Cakes 3 Plump Seals 2 Wild Orchids and a Beetle near a Gum Tree!! Merry Christmas! Want MORE? Check out the[…]

Pondalowie Bay from West Cape Lighthouse

The Jewel in the Toe – Innes National Park, South Australia

November 21, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Cape Spencer, Emu, Innes National Park, Inneston, Kangaroo, Lookout, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, West Cape, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Yorke Peninsula

Visit Innes National Park on a fine day and if you don’t end up with a photo that looks close to the one above, you’re just not trying! But joining the ‘Entrance to Innes National Park’ photo club isn’t the only reason to visit this smallish 9400+ hectare National Park. It’s around 300 km from Adelaide on the toe of[…]

Australian Watercolours made EASY!

November 3, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Art, Australia, Australiana

There are only a few small obstacles standing between me and international superstardom as a painter. Things like talent, aptitude and skill. Patience. Vision. Technique and vision. Ability and patience. Artistic temperament, creativity and patience. And a pathological inability to starve in a garret. Or starve anywhere … So I got all excited when I saw how this reflection of trees in[…]

Hazards of Travel in Australia

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

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. But road-tripping round Australia isn’t always beaches and bakeries, sunlight[…]

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

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 King Sound in Australia’s North West had three: a massive[…]

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

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 time, as businesses came and went below, the passive prawn’s[…]

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

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 that the town was named for American geologist Thomas Moore[…]

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

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. Clarity. We’d driven up the impossibly steep Border Ranges from[…]