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 →
Australian Fisheries Catch 22 A Catch 22 is a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule. For Australia in terms of fishing this is true. The ocean has… 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 →
Kapi Road The Great Central Highway Stephen K Ewings 2002 Where there is water, there is life within the desert.Nakamarra 2000 Introduction Australia’s arid and semi-arid region comprises 70 per cent of the total landmass with an annual average rainfall… Continue Reading →
Scorched Earth Stephen K Ewings 2001 The English expression ‘scorched earth’ is synonymous with devastation, appearing ironic when early European Australians wrote poetically of ‘the land of sweeping plains’, which unbeknownst to them was largely fashioned by human fires. The… Continue Reading →
NAVMAN MY55T My Navman MY55T did not last that long (18 months). When I first purchased a Navman PiN 570 in 2005 it died which led me to purchase the MY55T. I use my mobile phone these days, and the… Continue Reading →
4WD GPS NAVMAN PiN 570 When I purchased my first 4WD GPS, the Navman PiN 570 in 2005, it was the absolute bees-knees. I was working for National Parks and living in Uluru at the time, and the Navman accompanied… Continue Reading →
Portable Generator You may wonder why I carry around a portable generator. When travelling in the caravan, we had a heavy 5kVA unit in a cradle that could run the air-conditioner in the van and everything else, including our satellite… Continue Reading →
Great Central Road In 2001 we embarked on a caravan trip leaving Armidale, NSW travelling West to pick up the Plenty Highway, then down through Alice Springs to Uluru. We had planned to continue West along the Great Central Road,… Continue Reading →
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