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Good enough to EAT! Big Prawn, Ballina, New South Wales

The Controversial Crustacean! Big Prawn Ballina, New South Wales

July 25, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Ballina, Big Prawn, Big Things, New South Wales, Northern Rivers, Richmond River

Once upon a time – WAAAAAAY back in the dim, distant world of 1989 – Ballina’s tail-less BIG Prawn sat atop the West Ballina transit centre and restaurant. Inside, visitors could climb up into its head and view a distorted world through the thick perspex of its concave eye. Over time, as businesses came and went below, the passive prawn’s[…]

Radio Telescope #1, Australia Telescope Compact Array, via Narrabri, New South Wales

Australia Telescope Compact Array – Loo #36

July 6, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Compact Array, Loos with Views, Narrabri, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Travel

Australia Telescope Compact Array At the Australia Telescope Compact Array, the future of Southern Hemispheric radio astronomy was in my hands, at least for the next 30 minutes or so. Staggering advances in technology channel radio signals from deep, DEEP space through the 6-Dish Australia Telescope Compact Array. The dishes work together to simulate a much larger antenna. However, the[…]

Sawn Rocks, Mt Kaputar National Park, New South Wales

Sawn Rocks, Narrabri, New South Wales

June 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Mt Kaputar National Park, Narrabri, National Parks, New South Wales, Sawn Rocks, Things to do, Travel

Risking it all at Sawn Rocks! ‘You’d be REALLY unlucky to be underneath when a rock column fell,’ the Grey Nomad to his wife as I stood, camera pointed up at the rock face directly above me, waiting for the sun. They laughed merrily. While the notoriety of being the first person killed by a falling organ-pipe column in living[…]

The Blowering Dam Dunny – Scenic Loo #35

May 22, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Blowering Dam, Loos with Views, New South Wales, Road Trips, Scenic Public Toilets, Snowy Mountains Scheme, Tumut

Blowering Dam The chances of the overly excitable, imaginative and paranoid of finding their Blowering Dam Wall public amenities experience a little stressful are better than average. Answering nature’s call in this relief station’s picturesque setting in the heavily wooded Tumut River Valley is a positive pleasure. But its placement is a potential death trap. And while the possible perils[…]

Sugar Pine Walk, Bago State Forest, New South Wales

The Pines, the Portal and the Parallel Universe!

April 23, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Bago State Forest, Laurel Hill, New South Wales, Snowy Mountains, Travel

STOP PRESS: Tragically, the Sugar Pine forest was burnt in the horror bushfire season of 2019/20. The Sugar Pine walk has been closed pending removal of the trees which are a danger to visitors. I hope this glimpse into my past experience inspires readers to get out there NOW and explore Australia while you can. Don’t leave it – tomorrow[…]

Mt Kosciuszko from Charlotte Pass Lookout, Snowy Mountains

Aussie ABC: M is for Mount Kosciuszko

April 20, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Australiana, Kosciuszko National Park, Mt Kosciuszko, National Parks, New South Wales, Snowy Mountains, Thredbo, Travel, Walks

‘Good on ya, love,’ a bloke sang out, one of a trio of pensioners trotting past me as I trudged wearily up the last slight steady impossibly steep incline before the Mt Kosciuszko lookout. Leaving the summit behind I only had 2km of the 13 km (8 miles) round trip summit hike to go, and altitude sickness was kicking in.[…]

Khancoban Pondage at Sunset, New South Wales

The “Daleks” of Khancoban Pondage

March 24, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Khancoban, New South Wales, Snowy Mountains, Snowy Mountains Scheme

Aglow in the setting sun, the Khancoban Pondage encircled with impossibly high mountains* was a calendar shot just waiting to happen**. So picturesquely pleasing, the scene seemed perfect. We looked out from the vantage point of our campsite in the Khancoban Lakeside Holiday Resort. Perhaps instead of crossing the River Murray border from Victoria into New South Wales, we’d inadvertently[…]

Only in OZ #20 – Steel Wings, Jerilderie, New South Wales

February 24, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Bushranger, Jerilderie, Ned Kelly, New South Wales, Steel Wings, Things to do, Travel

After the thrill of finding a bread tin tribute to Aussie bushranger Ned Kelly at the bakery, downtown Jerilderie could hold nothing further for Aussie explorers like us. Could it? But according to the Jerilderie official visitor’s guide, as well as the Ned Kelly connection, this small New South Wales Southern Riverina town is also on Billabong Creek – longest in[…]

White Cliffs Waterhole, Outback New South Wales

7-and-a-half Minutes in Paradise! White Cliffs, New South Wales

February 10, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Bird watching, National Parks, New South Wales, Opal, Outback, Paroo-Darling National Park, Random Adventures, Things to do, White Cliffs

Think of ‘Australia’ and ‘Paradise’ in the same sentence and I’ll bet you’re thinking tropical. White sandy beaches, palms and and clear blue sea. Colourful fish, corals and lush rainforest. Balmy, moonlit nights and cocktails under the stars. But that splendid vision – while undeniably fabulous – is only one of many versions of utopia in this country of diverse[…]

Off the Tourist Trail #7 – Uralla, New England, New South Wales

September 22, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Bakery, Bird watching, Bushranger, National Parks, New England, New South Wales, Things to do, Travel, Uralla

Fred Ward Memorial Statue, Uralla Before Uralla, the thought of being tried by a jury of my peers gave me an attack of the screaming horrors. But in the spiritual home of bushranger Fred Ward I found an inarguable defence. Captain Thunderbolt, Uralla, NSW For here in Uralla, halfway along the Thunderbolt Way – shortest route from Sydney to the[…]