Cactus Beach Cactus Beach was a stop-over en route from Kalgoorlie to Adelaide, a round trip of 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles). This was my first ever independent road trip at the ripe old age of 18. The beach lies off the Nullarbor along… Continue Reading →
Platypus Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an egg-laying mammal living in the rivers and waterways of the eastern Australia. As far north as Queensland and including Tasmania. When Europeans first saw it in 1798, Captain John Hunter, the second Governor of… Continue Reading →
Gwalia Having lived in Leonora for a few years, I’m familiar with the old Gwalia historical site. It is 233 km north of Kalgoorlie and around 828 km east of Perth on the edge of Western Australia’s Great Victoria Desert. If… Continue Reading →
Canberra Floriade The Canberra Floriade is a spring spectacular in the Nation’s capital that starts mid-September and runs through to the mid mid-October year. The images represent 2010. Living in Canberra for four years meant I saw some beautiful didsplays… Continue Reading →
Camel Cup The Camel Cup is held in Alice springs in July each year and attracts people worldwide. It is a quirky tribute to those animals often referred to as ‘ships of the desert’. Camels assisted early Europeans in opening… Continue Reading →
Your Camping Wishes ? OK so you have just won a million bucks… what are your camping wishes? We would love to hear the places, activities, events or experiences you really would like to experience in Australia. I’ve spent a life… Continue Reading →
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and starts in Sydney on Boxing Day and finishes in Hobart. The overall race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles… Continue Reading →
Merimbula Merimbula is an attractive seaside town just over 3hrs drive southeast of Canberra. We often travel across Australia to be with family at Christmas, but this year we aimed for something much quieter and perhaps more relaxing. So we… Continue Reading →
Paintball The paintball facility at Port Macquarie is run by Skirmish Down Under, which first developed operations in South Australia in 1993. Otherwise known as Skirmish, this is a game or sport in which players compete, in teams or individually…. Continue Reading →
Timbertown Timbertown is one of Australia’s finest Heritage Parks set amongst 87 acres of natural forest. It is about 22 km east of Port Macquarie. An entire village, re-created to demonstrate our pioneers’ struggles and achievements. This is not a… Continue Reading →
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