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 →
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 →
Finke Gorge National Park Finke Gorge National Park covers an area of 46,000 hectares, including Palm Valley. Palm Valley has a diverse range of plant species. Many of which are rare and unique to the area, including the Red Cabbage… Continue Reading →
Track Cutters Track Cutters: During the 1980s, I worked for a contractor commissioned by the Bureau of Mineral Resources to cut tracks for mineral exploration. The walking tracks were cut as gridlines through the forest. Geologists later used these access… Continue Reading →
Rainbow Valley The Rainbow Valley in Northern Territory features sandstone bluffs and cliffs that form part of the James Range and are photographically attractive in the early morning or late afternoon when the rainbow-like rock band formations are highlighted. The… Continue Reading →
Rooftop Tent The ‘Howling Moon’, is a rooftop tent, and was the final addition to our camping trailer. For many years we rolled out swags in lousy weather and erected tents in the pouring rain. No doubt having a rooftop… Continue Reading →
Finke Desert Race The Tattersall’s Finke Desert Race is an off-road, multi-terrain two-day race through desert country from Alice Springs to the small Aputula (Finke) Community. The race crosses the Finke River, believed to be the oldest river in the… Continue Reading →
Old Andado Track We left from Alice Springs for the Old Andado Track, towing our camping trailer, heading south on the Stuart Highway. Turning off just south of Stuart’s Well to take the Hugh Stock Route. This road heads almost… Continue Reading →
Great Central Highway My father and I went ‘home’ to Yamarna in Easter 2013 the country we both love. One of the biggest highlights of my life… our last visit to his dream and my childhood memories. This is the… Continue Reading →
Swags Swags in Australia today are a little different from what Henry Lawson described in his 1907 poem The Romance of the Swag. In Henry’s days, and before motorised transport, it contained the whole kit-and-kaboodle, clothes, bedding and belongings. The… Continue Reading →
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