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The Secret Lake in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia

TOP Aussie Birding Spot #1 – Somewhere in the Adelaide Hills …

January 8, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Bird watching, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Wildlife

I slowly climbed the hill through the knee high dry grass, each step raising a cloud of dust. Every stick looked like a snake. But that was better than the other way around. The heavy breathing behind me increased. The horse that owned the paddock was getting tetchy. I wondered what he’d do when he found out the camera bag[…]

View across the Bunbinyunna, Elder and Red Ranges from Bridle Gap, Wilpena Pound, South Australia

Walk the Bridle Gap Wilpena Pound Trail, Flinders Ranges

December 28, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Bridle Gap, Campsites, Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges National Park, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Walks, Wilpena Pound

The last few kilometres were heavy going as I trudged back to camp. The bright daylight faded into twilight as the sun sank below the eroded peaks surrounding the amazing Wilpena Pound valley, centrepiece of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges National Park. The evening coolness rose as we entered the campground. While taking an 18.8 kilometre (11.7 mile) hike might not[…]

12 Days of Christmas … AUSSIE Style!

December 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana, Travel

In the 12 months of this year Australia gave to me … 12 Veterans Medals 11 Wind Turbines 10 Mountain Peaks 9 Mallee Tree Trunks 8 Points of Interest 7 Mile Beach 6 Strata Layers 5 Telescopes 4 Turtle Cakes 3 Plump Seals 2 Wild Orchids and a Beetle near a Gum Tree!! Merry Christmas! Want MORE? Check out the[…]

Aussie ABC: O is for Opal!

December 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australian Round Up, Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge, Opal, Outback, Quilpie, Random Adventures, Road Trips, Things to do, Travel, White Cliffs, Yowah

Australian Opal I didn’t understand all the fuss about SiO2.nH2O until 2004. That’s when I first visited Coober Pedy. It’s slap bang in the middle of absolutely freakin’ nowhere in the South Australian Outback. And it’s where I first found a piece of SiO2.nH2O I wanted to take home with me. You might know SiO2.nH2O better as Hydrous Silica. Or[…]

Western Treatment Plant with Avalon Airport and You Yangs in the distance, Victoria, Australia

The Aussie Scenic Public Loo that WASN’T!

December 13, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Loos with Views, Melbourne, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Travel, Victoria, Werribee, Western Treatment Plant, Wildlife, You Yangs

I’ve got Pilchard to thank for some of our more obscure travel destinations. If not for him, I wouldn’t be out birding. And if not for birding, I wouldn’t have been in this marvellously scenic spot near Werribee on the outskirts of Melbourne’s west! As I photographed the sunlight glinting across the waters of Port Philip Bay to Portarlington, and[…]

Postcard from … Marree South Australia

December 7, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Birdsville Track, Lake Eyre, Marree, Oodnadatta Track, Outback, South Australia, Things to do, Travel

Hi there! Tiny town Marree South Australia is the first major sign of civilisation in over 500 km (~310 miles) for travellers heading south down the iconic Oodnadatta or Birdsville tracks – both LOOOOONG stretches of dirt, rocks, gravel and bulldust. But we approached it over several days from the other direction – a straight run from Adelaide of nearly[…]

Pondalowie Bay from West Cape Lighthouse

The Jewel in the Toe – Innes National Park, South Australia

November 21, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Cape Spencer, Emu, Innes National Park, Inneston, Kangaroo, Lookout, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, West Cape, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Yorke Peninsula

Visit Innes National Park on a fine day and if you don’t end up with a photo that looks close to the one above, you’re just not trying! But joining the ‘Entrance to Innes National Park’ photo club isn’t the only reason to visit this smallish 9400+ hectare National Park. It’s around 300 km from Adelaide on the toe of[…]

The Democratic Dunny – Australia’s Scenic Public Loo #37, Exmouth, WA

October 10, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Cape Range National Park, Exmouth, Loos with Views, Ningaloo Marine Park, North West Cape, Scenic Public Toilets, Travel, Vlamingh Head Lighthouse

Q: What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages? A: Trilingual! Q: What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages? A: Bilingual!! Q: What do you call a person who speaks only 1 language? A: An Australian! Yes, embarrassing though it is to admit such a culturally insensitive reality, it’s true. For large portions of the[…]

Capture the Colours of OZ Country Towns!

October 3, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australian Round Up, Australiana, Brunswick Heads, Carnarvon, Marree, Northern Rivers, Outback, Shepparton, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Windorah

The FAAAAAABULOUS colours of OZ make the life of a downunder blogging, photographing, writing traveller with a penchant for bakeries REALLY easy … Getting a good pic from right in front of a spectacularly AWESOME panorama, a weird and wacky BIG Thing or a KILLER sunset is what’s called, in the technical photographic terminology used by us amateurs, a SURE[…]

Hazards of Travel in Australia

August 18, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Australiana, Hazards, HOT Touring Tips, Travel

Hazards of Travel in Australia Wild, rugged mountains. Ancient, arid deserts. Weird, wonderful wildlife. Magnificent beaches, lush rainforests, untamed islands. These – and other amazing wonders – are just part of everyday life in the mystical, magical land of OZ! What could possibly go wrong?? Most of the time, nothing. But road-tripping round Australia isn’t always beaches and bakeries, sunlight[…]