Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Category: Porcupine Gorge

Big Bend, Murray River via Swan Reach, South Australia

13 Australian Place Names that WON’T keep you guessing …

Australian Round Up, Big Bend, Black Mountain, Black Rock Falls, Boulder Beach, Circular Pool, Five Rivers Lookout, Mt Buffalo, Pink Lake, Porcupine Gorge, Redbank Gorge, Redbanks, Rhino Head, Snowy River, The Pyramid, Yellow Water

Even without maps to guide them, Australian place names mean visitors to Australia – whether overseas tourists or aliens from beyond the Southern Cross – need not fear losing their way. In some parts of Australia, anyway. Thanks to the daring imagination and colourful speech of our colonial past, working out your location can be as simple as describing what[…]

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OZ Top Spot #4 – Porcupine Gorge NP, QLD

Dinosaur, Gorges, Hughenden, National Parks, Outback, Porcupine Gorge, Queensland, Travel, Walks

We only made three mistakes when we visited Porcupine Gorge National Park in Northern Queensland’s Outback. The wild, natural beauty of this spectacular gorge is a short drive (by outback standards) north of nearby Hughenden – with various points of interest along the way outlined in a self-drive tour guide available from the ‘Flinders Discovery Centre’. The town of Hughenden[…]

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