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The Big Murray Cod car-surfing, Swan Hill, Victoria

Only in OZ #21 – Big Murray Cod, Swan Hill, Victoria

May 10, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Big Murray Cod, Big Things, Murray River, Swan Hill, Things to do, Victoria

The huge fish levitating planking looming above the cars parked opposite the Swan Hill Visitor Information Centre ALMOST made up for Pilchard’s refusal to take a detour via the tiny town of Tittybong. Just so I could say I’d been there … But the thrill of ALMOST visiting Tittybong dissipated as I sniffed out a story here on the Victorian side[…]

The road to the Horn, from the Horn lookout, Mt Buffalo National Park

7 Random Alpine Adventures – Bright, Victoria

May 5, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australian Alps, Beechworth, Bogong Village, Bright, Falls Creek, Lake Buffalo, Mt Buffalo, National Parks, Random Adventures, Rocky Valley Lake, Victoria, Victorian Alps, Wandiligong

1. Happy Campers – Bright Big 4 Caravan Park From the expletives, it appeared the rain-lashed grey nomads repeatedly jack-knifing their massive van into the bushes around their campsite as thunder rumbled thorough the night were NOT “Livin’ the Dream” their van proclaimed. Although their inadvertent behavioural benchmark reinforced the pact between Pilchard and I. ‘If I ever …’ Pilchard[…]

Walk Mount Zero!

November 28, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Grampians, Mt Zero, National Parks, Scenic Public Toilets, Travel, Victoria, Walks

Hollow Mountain and Mt Stapylton from the Mt Zero Summit, Northern Grampians, Victoria Hauling myself up the rocky drop-off towering above my head, I desperately clung to the cold hand rail, slippery with drizzle, hoping like hell my arms wouldn’t give way. Vertigo kicked in as I scrabbled for a foothold. Looking neither to the right (dizzying drop off) or[…]

OZ Top Spot #11 – Griffiths Island, Port Fairy, Victoria

November 6, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Bird watching, Griffiths Island, Lighthouse, Port Fairy, Things to do, Travel, Victoria

Apart from the snake on the beach, our island circumnavigation stroll was pleasant, albeit uneventful. But a frisson of danger changes everything – and an element of uncertainty elevates the ordinary, or even just plain old pleasant, into something more remarkable, doesn’t it? Or is that just me? Whether Griffiths Island, at the mouth of Port Fairy’s Moyne River on[…]

Favourite Place #7 – Halls Gap, Grampians, Victoria

November 2, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Grampians, Halls Gap, National Parks, Travel, Victoria, Walks, Wildflowers, Wildlife

Halls Gap, Lake Bellfield and surrounds from Boroka Lookout What do you call a town set amidst a 360ºpanorama of staggering beauty? A town with not only a clutch of Australia’s most scenic public toilets in and around it, but (arguably) the most spectacular caravan park and bakery settings in OZ?? Not just ANY old bakery, but (arguably) the best in[…]

The Big Koala many years ago, Dadswells Bridge, Victoria

Only in OZ #9 – Big Koala, Dadswells Bridge, Victoria

December 22, 2010 Red Nomad OZ Big Koala, Big Things, Dadswells Bridge, Things to do, Travel, Victoria

Well, now that Oprah-mania has died down we’re left with images of the Uluru sunset thing, the Opera House mega-thon and the koala hugging! But I bet she didn’t hug THIS koala! Dadswells Bridge has the dubious honour (conferred by moi) of having one of the most grotesque and unashamedly unattractive ‘attractions’ I’ve encountered in Australia. Conversely, however, that in itself makes[…]