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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[…]

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

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 person killed by a falling organ-pipe column in living[…]

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

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 the walk to Kalbarri National Park’s favourite attraction still looks[…]

Charlotte Pass Amenities Block, Mt Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales

Australia’s TOP Toilet! #33 – Charlotte Pass, New South Wales

March 17, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Charlotte Pass, Lookout, Loos with Views, Mt Kosciuszko, National Parks, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets, Snowy Mountains

The road wound ever upwards through rocky peaks and alpine meadows studded with non-operational chairlifts. The temperature dropped, then dropped some more. Fresh from the 39°C of an Adelaide autumn heatwave, we’d plunged (right along with the temperature!) into a parallel universe. We’d gone all alpine near Charlotte Pass in the Mt Kosciuszko National Park in the heart of Australia’s[…]

Yardie Creek Gorge, Cape Range National Park, via Exmouth, Western Australia

6 ALMOST Secret TOP Australian National Parks!

March 12, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Boodjamulla National Park, Cape Range National Park, Great Australian Bight, HOT Touring Tips, Keep River National Park, National Parks, Nullarbor Plain, Paroo-Darling National Park, Wyperfeld National Park

At LAST I’ve got the answer to that irritating question – Have you been to all the Australian National Parks? I’ll just get out my recently released 2nd edition of Explore Australia’s excellent Explore Australia’s National Parks! And point out that to visit ALL of Australia’s 500+ National Parks would be a life-long project. The question comes up because lots of visitors stop[…]

The Carnamah Connection, Western Australia

March 4, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Carnamah, National Parks, Tathra National Park, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Western Australia, Wildflowers

Watch your coincidences, the writers manual said. Spread them out, with no more than three or you’ll lose readers. So just WHAT was I supposed to do about all the Carnamah coincidences? We arrived in Carnamah on Mum’s birthday. Coincidence #1. A distant relative I’d never met before was staying in the caravan park. Coincidence #2. The Carnamah Historical Society[…]

The Pinnacle Lookout with Lake Bellfield below, Grampians National Park, Victoria

Walk the Pinnacle – Grampians National Park

January 23, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Boroka Lookout, Grampians, Halls Gap, Mackeys Peak, National Parks, Pinnacle Lookout, Things to do, Victoria, Walks, Wildflowers

WARNING: Do NOT attempt the Pinnacle walk if you don’t like A) heights; B) snakes; C) wildflowers; or D) looking uncool! Whether or not D) applies depends to a certain degree on physical fitness levels – and possibly hiking fashion sense! Although tragically that’s not a factor if you’re like me. That red face, heaving chest and death-rattle puffing after[…]

Geikie Gorge, via Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

The Incredible “Icebergs” of Geikie Gorge!

January 3, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Fitzroy Crossing, Geikie Gorge, Geikie Gorge National Park, Gorges, Kimberley, National Parks, Things to do, Travel, Western Australia

‘Look out for the cat snakes on the rock ledges,’ our guide warned. ‘We saw one stalking a bird the other evening’. CAT Snakes? ‘But don’t take my word for it – I failed the snake identification exam!’ she laughed. Pilchard and I exchanged glances. The previous day a gaggle of grey nomads had shown us a photo of the[…]

Native Waterweed on the surface of the Crater pool, Mt Hypipamee National Park, Queensland

The Hypipamee Heebie-jeebies …

December 4, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Atherton Tableland, Bird watching, Far North Queensland, Millaa Millaa, Mt Hypipamee National Park, National Parks, Queensland, Rainforest, Travel, World Heritage

‘I would NOT like to fall down there,’ the backpacker remarked to his mates with that peculiarly British mixture of overconfident understatement and blinding obvious as he stared down into the depths of the crater. They nodded wisely, unsure whether or not they’d heard something profound, but deciding to play it safe. Banal though his utterance was, however, he was[…]