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FIVE Reasons why Wyndham is a TOP Aussie Town!

May 23, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, Cambridge Gulf, Five Rivers Lookout, Kimberley, Marlgu Billabong, Parrys Lagoon Nature Reserve, The Grotto, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Western Australia, Wyndham

I’d only been in Wyndham a couple of hours, but I was liking it already. First up was the 20 metre (65.6 ft), grinning crocodile at the town’s entrance – the most creative way to use up 5.5 km (3.4 miles) of steel rods, 50 kg (110 lb) of welding rods, 10 rolls of bird mesh and 6 cubic metres[…]

Not Jumping Croc, Adelaide River, Northern Territory

10 TOP Things to Do in Darwin, Top End

May 17, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide River, Berry Springs, Crocodile, Darwin, Fogg Dam, Howard Springs, Litchfield National Park, Mandorah, Northern Territory, Things to do, Top End, Travel, Travel Tips

For an isolated city, rebuilt twice after being bombed (WWII) destroyed by a tropical cyclone (1974); regularly washed by massive 7 metre tides and monsoonal floods; and hosting a high proportion of dangerous and deadly wildlife; Darwin’s looking mighty fine these days. At least to a fair-weather traveller like me – my visit was during the more activity-friendly dry season,[…]

Royston Head, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula SA

Red’s TOP 10 Aussie Pests (and where I found them)!

March 26, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, HOT Touring Tips, TOP Ten, Travel

Travelling downunder isn’t all surf and sunshine; kangaroos and koalas; or moonbeams and magic. A fabulous holiday can also be an opportunity to share the sights with some of Australia’s lesser known – and MUCH less popular – creatures! Like I did when I met my TOP 10 Aussie pests some FAAAAABULOUS places! Where I’ll go again – despite the presence of[…]

OZ Scenic Public Toilet #40 – Mt Wellington, Tasmania

December 2, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Loo Book, Hobart, Mt Wellington, Scenic Public Toilets, Tasmania

Spotting a scenic loo was a FAIL on my first Mount Wellington ascent 30 minutes up from Hobart’s docklands on the River Derwent 1271 metres below. But I didn’t care. After a LOOOOONG conference, I had a few hours to kill before heading back to the mainland. Hanging out at the airport with the same work buddies I’d been closeted[…]

World Exclusive at the Lismore Turf Club Loo! OZ Scenic Public Toilet #39

June 24, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Aussie Loo Book, Lismore, Loos with Views, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Rainbow Region, Scenic Public Toilets

On a fine and sunny non-race-day Saturday morning, the Lismore Turf Club’s sensational sub-tropical setting is generally race-horse-and-people-free. And the Lismore Turf Club Loo is generally unused and unappreciated with an uninteresting view! But last Saturday morning the sunny serenity of the Lismore Turf Club Loo was disturbed by a sight never before seen anywhere in the WORLD. On that[…]

Ochre Pits, West MacDonnell Ranges via Alice Springs, Central Australia

TOP 7 Central Australian RED HOT Spots once you’re done with Uluru!

January 21, 2014 Red Nomad OZ Central Australia, Devil's Marbles, Gosse Bluff, HOT Touring Tips, Karlu Karlu, Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, Ochre Pits, Ormiston Gorge, Rainbow Valley, Red Centre, Road Trips, Stuarts Well, Things to do, Tnorala

For some, the whole point of Central Australia is Uluru. For others the whole point of AUSTRALIA is Uluru. And who can blame them? It’s HUGE. It’s magnificent. It’s RED!! But Central OZ isn’t just about Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Of COURSE they’re several kinds of awesome, but there are lots of other attractions that’ll show you just as good[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]