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Khancoban Pondage at Sunset, New South Wales

The “Daleks” of Khancoban Pondage

March 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Khancoban, New South Wales, Snowy Mountains, Snowy Mountains Scheme

Aglow in the setting sun, the Khancoban Pondage encircled with impossibly high mountains* was a calendar shot just waiting to happen**. So picturesquely pleasing, the scene seemed perfect. We looked out from the vantage point of our campsite in the Khancoban Lakeside Holiday Resort. Perhaps instead of crossing the River Murray border from Victoria into New South Wales, we’d inadvertently[…]

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[…]

5 Cool BLUE and 5 RED Hot Aussie TOP SPOTS!

October 30, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Bitter Springs, Evans Head, Grampians National Park, Lake Argyle, Mataranka, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Outback, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Yorke Peninsula

Is BLUE the new RED? It is downunder where blue and red have been interchangeable for YEARS! But before you start thinking us Aussies are a nation of colour-blind fools, it’s all due to the colloquial contrariness that means we call things the opposite to what they are. So a tall person becomes ‘Shorty’. A skinny person becomes ‘Fatso’. And[…]

Public Amenities, Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #24 – Ned’s Beach, Lord Howe Island, NSW

April 11, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Beaches, Bird watching, Loos with Views, Lord Howe Island, Neds Beach, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets

These conveniences could be ANYWHERE, right? Anywhere with tropical vegetation and killer blue skies, that is. But that doesn’t narrow it down much. Nor does its proximity to a beach and picnic and barbecue areas! Unlike many of its tropical counterparts, however, this public loo at Neds Beach on gorgeous Lord Howe Island has no predators such as snakes; the[…]

Mounts Gower and Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

Aussie ABC – I is for Islands!

April 1, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Albrohos Islands, Aussie ABC, Griffiths Island, Islands, Kangaroo Island, Lord Howe Island, Magnetic Island, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Victoria, Western Australia

I’ve spent my entire life on Islands large and small. But only if you count Australia! Some say it’s the world’s biggest island, some the smallest continent, others don’t actually care … But me? Of COURSE it’s an island! Anything to add more bragging rights another world class experience to my loud, proud Aussie portfolio! But while my devotion[…]

Only in OZ #20 – Steel Wings, Jerilderie, New South Wales

February 24, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Bushranger, Jerilderie, Ned Kelly, New South Wales, Steel Wings, Things to do, Travel

After the thrill of finding a bread tin tribute to Aussie bushranger Ned Kelly at the bakery, downtown Jerilderie could hold nothing further for Aussie explorers like us. Could it? But according to the Jerilderie official visitor’s guide, as well as the Ned Kelly connection, this small New South Wales Southern Riverina town is also on Billabong Creek – longest in[…]

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #22 – Perry Sandhills, Wentworth, New South Wales

February 21, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Darling River, Loos with Views, Murray River, New South Wales, Perry Sandhills, Scenic Public Toilets, Wentworth

Amenities Block, Perry Sandhills, Wentworth New South Wales If time travel and/or tele-transportation leave you stranded at the Perry Sandhills amenities block, you’d use your deductive powers to interpret the clues around you. Blue sky, tall sand hills and arid-land vegetation – that’d be the desert, right? RIGHT?? Or somewhere in the Outback at the very least! Sandhills, Perry Sandhills[…]

White Cliffs Waterhole, Outback New South Wales

7-and-a-half Minutes in Paradise! White Cliffs, New South Wales

February 10, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, National Parks, New South Wales, Opal, Outback, Paroo-Darling National Park, Random Adventures, Things to do, White Cliffs

Think of ‘Australia’ and ‘Paradise’ in the same sentence and I’ll bet you’re thinking tropical. White sandy beaches, palms and and clear blue sea. Colourful fish, corals and lush rainforest. Balmy, moonlit nights and cocktails under the stars. But that splendid vision – while undeniably fabulous – is only one of many versions of utopia in this country of diverse[…]

My FavouRED OZ Things #3*!!

January 26, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australia Day, Australiana, FavouRED Things, New South Wales, Outback, Queensland, South Australia

It’s amazing how easy – and fun – it is to compose doggerel a new stanza for my favourite RED Aussie things! AND what better way to celebrate this fabulous Australia Day with some new RED OZ stuff!! I’m a loud and proud Aussie – so of course I’m going to show off all the OZ good bits to inspire you[…]

Looking towards the coast from the Eungella Plateau, Queensland

Aussie ABC – H is for Holiday

January 21, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Far North Queensland, Holidays, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Things to do, Victoria

‘Now you’ve ‘done’ Australia, are you going overseas?’ If Pilchard and I had a dollar for every time we’ve been asked that question, it’d pay for a round-the-world ticket! BUT … the answer would still be the same … Don’t get me wrong. I’ve got nothing against the concept of ‘overseas’ – after all, I was born, and have[…]