Travel Archives - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Salt and Charcoal Acquires Iconic Australian Travel Website Redz Australia

October 21, 2024 Chris Dinham Australia, National Parks, Travel

Salt and Charcoal is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the popular Australian travel website Redz Australia (redzaustralia.com), formerly known as Red Nomad OZ. For nearly six years, Redz Australia, created by the adventurous travel author, Marion Halliday, has captured the hearts of travel enthusiasts through its outback focussed blog posts, rich storytelling and stunning photography. Marion, also known as[…]

Freddie and the Flight over Lake Eyre! Coober Pedy, South Australia

January 23, 2022 Red Nomad OZ Coober Pedy, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, Lake Eyre, South Australia, Travel

I suspected it when I first saw him in the distance. Then he slipped on his super-cool aviator sunnies* and I knew it for sure. Our pilot and tour guide for the flight over Lake Eyre was a dead ringer** for Freddie Mercury! Of course looking like the Queen ex-frontman didn’t guarantee anything. But a top priority—not just for Freddie[…]

Beauty and Bushfires: Exploring Kangaroo Island, South Australia

October 14, 2021 Red Nomad OZ Baudin Conservation Park, Cape Willoughby, Dudley Peninsula, Flinders Chase National Park, Islands, Kangaroo Island, Kingscote, Lashmar Conservation Park, Lighthouse, Penneshaw, Remarkable Rocks, Ruins, Seal Bay, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Vivonne Bay, Walks, Wildlife

Kangaroo Island Bushfires Choking back tears, he told me “I looked out over the plain and howled. It’ll take a long time to recover, and it probably won’t be in my lifetime”. I was talking to David, a now-retired guide who had spent 15 years conducting eco-tours in Flinders Chase National Park and the adjoining Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection[…]

Mt Sonder from the Larapinta Trail, via Ormiston Gorge, Central Australia

My Top 7 Things to Do – Ormiston Gorge, Central Australia

May 6, 2021 Red Nomad OZ Central Australia, Glen Helen Gorge, Gorges, MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Ormiston Gorge, Things to do, Travel, Walks, West MacDonnell National Park

For a good time, spend a few nights at Central Australia’s Ormiston Gorge and surrounds. On our stay, we managed 6 fun-filled days (and nights)! Here’s how! A geologist’s fantasy, the long line of Central Australia’s Western MacDonnell Ranges stretches out across the desert plains from Alice Springs. It’s full of spectacular scenery, gorges, rivers, mountains and rock formations. 135[…]

London, Paris, Thargomindah - Flags at the Thargomindah Hydro Station, Outback Queensland

Things to do in Thargomindah, Outback Queensland

February 19, 2021 Red Nomad OZ Outback, Queensland, Thargomindah, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel

Thargomindah is conveniently located between Eulo and Noccundra – two other Outback Queensland localities you’ve probably never heard of. At over 1000 km (620 miles) west of Brisbane, it’s not a place you come across by chance. But there are plenty of things to do in Thargomindah. As part of the Adventure Way, a self-drive trail from Brisbane to Innamincka[…]

Reflections at Black Rock Falls, via Kununurra, Western Australia

COOL Things to Do in Kununurra, Western Australia

May 27, 2020 Red Nomad OZ Black Rock Falls, Cane Toad Racing, Kimberley, Kununurra, Lake Argyle, Lily Creek Lagoon, Mirima National Park, Ngamoowalem Conservation Park, Ord River, Things to do, Travel, Western Australia

The day we got to Kununurra WA started WAY too early. As the clock ticked over past midnight, Are You Lonesome Tonight and I was only 19 thundered from (respectively) the vehicle cab and the top-of-the-range caravan parked next to us in Timber Creek. Yes, you’re right. You’d have to be VERY drunk for that to sound good. A couple[…]

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[…]

Flinders Ranges from Hawker Parachilna Road

7 Days in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia – A Beginners Guide

August 27, 2017 Red Nomad OZ 7 Days in ..., Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges National Park, National Parks, Outback, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

The serrated peaks of the Flinders Ranges zig-zag dramatically across the skyline – the unmistakeable silhouette of a 430 km (265 miles) line of mountain ranges that jumps from a standing start right out of the vast outback plain. Blindfold me and drop me in the middle of it and I’ll know EXACTLY where I am. Praise be I’m in[…]

Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower from Malabar Hill, Lord Howe Island

10 TOP Half Day Hikes in 10 HOT Australian Holiday Spots

August 8, 2017 Red Nomad OZ Australian Round Up, Things to do, TOP Ten, Travel, Walks

I’m SO not a hard-core hiker for lots of reasons. Wrong temperament. Wrong size. Wrong fitness level. And my holidays are NEVER just about the hike. Or hikes. But although I’m the world’s slowest hiker, I like my holidays served up with a bit of hiking on the side. So my holiday destinations have to give me a hiking workout[…]

View from the Dutchman's Stern Summit, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

The Dutchman’s Stern Hike! Southern Flinders Ranges, South Australia

June 29, 2017 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, Dutchman's Stern, Flinders Ranges, National Parks, Quorn, South Australia, Travel, Walks

The Dutchman’s Stern Hike ‘Visit the Crazy Horse – but not on Monday’ the log book entry read. Why, with the magnificent 360° panorama from the summit of the Dutchman’s Stern hike surrounding them, would two German hikers be reminded of an Adelaide nightclub 300 kilometres away? (Note to self – what IS the Monday deal at the Crazy Horse,[…]