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Heysen Range at Angorichina, Northern Flinders Ranges

5 Amazing Angorichina Adventures! Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia

July 20, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Angorichina, Blinman, Flinders Ranges, Outback, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Walks

I’m always on the lookout for unusual Aussie places. But staying in a Tuberculosis Sanatorium SO wasn’t on my radar. Even if it DID have a staggeringly scenic loo and a killer view of the Heysen Range in South Australia’s Northern Flinders Ranges. Angorichina Tourist Village – ‘Ango’ to the locals – about half-way along the 30 km (19 mile)[…]

Ochre Pits near Lyndhurst, South Australia

Larrikins, Landscapes and Loos! Lyndhurst South Australia

July 14, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Lyndhurst, Ochre Pits, Outback, South Australia, Strzelecki Track, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel

If you’re passing through Lyndhurst when nature calls, you can’t miss this little Outback Beauty – it’s right on the highway next to the Lyndhurst town sign. That’s how I knew it couldn’t possibly have been there back in 2013 when I first went to Lyndhurst. So after crossing my legs for 25 km (15.5 miles) while driving back from[…]

7 Days from Darwin to Broome via the Great Northern Highway

June 29, 2015 Red Nomad OZ 7 Days in ..., Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, Geikie Gorge, Halls Creek, Kununurra, Northern Territory, Outback, Road Trips, Things to do, Timber Creek, Travel, Victoria River Roadhouse, Western Australia

How to get from Darwin to Broome! Whether you got to Darwin by plane, train (the Ghan), or my 7 day Road-trip from Adelaide, once you’ve seen the sights – like my TOP TEN things to do in Darwin – you’ll eventually have to leave. But if you’ve got another 7 days (or more!) to kill, the alternative to returning[…]

10 TOP Things to Do in Port Augusta

June 19, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Flinders Ranges, Lookout, Matthew Flinders Lookout, Outback, Pichi Richi Railway, Port Augusta, Quorn, Scenic Public Toilets, South Australia, Spencer Gulf, Things to do, TOP Ten, Travel, Travel Tips, Wadlata, Walks, Water Tower Lookout, Wildflowers

Sooner or later, most travellers in Australia will reach the great cross-roads at the head of Spencer Gulf that is Port Augusta. North is the Stuart Highway to the Northern Territory. West is the Eyre Highway across the Nullarbor to West OZ. East is the Barrier Highway to Broken Hill and New South Wales. And South is to Adelaide and[…]

Port Clinton Sunrise, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Why Port Clinton is a TOP Aussie Town!

June 8, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, Port Clinton, South Australia, Things to do, TOP Aussie Towns, Travel, Yorke Peninsula

I was once one of the many travellers who, upon driving down the eastern shore of South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, would pass the Port Clinton turn-off without a second thought. That was my mistake. And theirs. Because it’s only 90 minutes from Adelaide, it’s a great base from which to explore many of the FAAAAABULOUS upper Yorke Peninsula’s attractions AND[…]

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,[…]

7 Wonderful Walks in Innes National Park

April 2, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Innes National Park, Inneston, National Parks, South Australia, Things to do, Travel, Walks, Yorke Peninsula

Sand dunes and shipwrecks. A wild and windswept heli-pad. Magnificent cliffs, an old wooden railway transport line and exotic lighthouses. Historic ruins and a sailor a long way from home. None of these are visible from the entrance to Innes National Park. And you can’t see them from the ~30 km of road winding through the park. To discover the[…]

Sydney Harbour Bridge from the Opera House

See Sydney in 4 hours between flights!

March 12, 2015 Red Nomad OZ New South Wales, Sydney, Things to do, Travel, Travel Tips

As if to make up for being half an hour late, our baggage emerged almost immediately after we disembarked at Sydney’s domestic terminal. I’d been SO looking forward to this long layover because nothing does it for me quite like sitting in a large airport with nothing particular to do, nowhere particular to go and no chance of transferring to an[…]

A Day in the Border Ranges National Park

January 22, 2015 Red Nomad OZ Border Ranges National Park, Kyogle, Mt Warning, National Parks, New South Wales, Things to do, Travel, Walks, World Heritage

Australia aggressively markets itself as all sunshine, surf and sand; red rocks, red dust and reefs. But a visit to the Border Ranges National Park will show another side. Ancient sub-tropical rainforests of Gondwana clothe the sheer cliffs formed by the eroded caldera of what’s left of a massive shield volcano. They’re so unlike anything else you’ll see downunder they’ve[…]