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Only in OZ #4 – The Big Park Bench, Broken Hill, New South Wales

September 15, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Big Park Bench, Big Things, Broken Hill, New South Wales

So you’re in a mining city, on top of the slag heap. What’s up there? No, it’s not a trick question – but it MAY be a trick answer!! Unless mining towns are different where you come from … Broken Hill, half an hour over the South Australian border into New South Wales, boasts a killer slag heap with a stupendous view[…]

Only in OZ #3 – The World’s Largest Deckchair, Winton, Queensland

September 7, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Big Deck Chair, Big Things, Outback, Queensland, Things to do, Travel, Winton

World’s Biggest Deckchair, Winton Outdoor Cinema, Queensland You don’t visit outback Queensland expecting to see the world’s largest deckchair do you? Of course you don’t! BUT whether you expect it or not, Winton, smack bang in the middle of Queensland is home to this record breaking construction! Yes, it really IS the world’s largest deckchair – apparently authenticated in the Guiness[…]

Only in OZ #1 – The Golden Gumboot, Tully, Queensland

August 27, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Big Gumboot, Big Things, Golden Gumboot, Queensland, Travel, Tully

The Golden Gumboot, Tully, Queensland Yes, this is the fabulous Golden Gumboot in Tully, Queensland that my blog devotees will recall from previous posts. As it was pouring with rain both times we passed it on our 2010 trip, here’s some photos I prepared earlier! Yes, that is a frog crawling up the side. Sadly, the photo doesn’t show the[…]