What a day!
The events of yesterday reminded me of what I enjoy most about travelling. I stopped for a brief break at Rollingstone, north of...
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Oct 15, 20202 min read
The (Only) Road to Boulia
I set out early from Winton on the final leg of my journey to Boulia, wanting to enjoy the gentle light and lower temperatures of the...
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Mar 28, 20201 min read
Paige, Tash, Ben and Katia
I returned to Central Queensland early in 2020 to photograph two former students. When I retired from teaching just over two years ago, I...
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Feb 9, 20201 min read
Good on you, Len!
When I visited Rockhampton in the past, I stayed at the free camp next to the pub in the nearby town of Bouldercombe. The pub closed just...
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Jan 30, 20201 min read
Back at Bouldercombe
I have met some lovely people at the Bouldercombe camp site over the past two years. At the start of my most recent stay, Dutch traveller...
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Jan 12, 20201 min read
Two years down the road
Last weekend marked two years of van life. It has been a wonderful time. I have included just a handful of the tens of thousands of...
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Jan 10, 20201 min read
A tragedy
Last August, I spent two weeks photographing wildlife - mainly seals - on Kangaroo Island. My time was split between Seal Bay in the...
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Aug 24, 20191 min read
Great Day on Kangaroo Island
Two koalas are responsible for my best day on Kangaroo Island. I was having an afternoon coffee at Vivonne Bay before driving to the...
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Aug 22, 20191 min read
Slope Opera
Admiral's Arch is quite a well known formation in Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island. The arch is OK, but the seal colony...
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Aug 2, 20193 min read
A couple of good Points
I have been in South Australia for about two and a half months now, and have spent most of that time following the coast from Port...
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Jun 14, 20193 min read
Adelaide: a basketball team, Kingston biscuits and an owl!
As a young Air Force officer, I was posted to Adelaide in 1980. Mainly thanks to Paul, a fellow officer I had met in Melbourne the...
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May 20, 20192 min read
Loo, loo ... skip to the loo!
Some free camp sites don’t have toilets, but most do. The quality of those toilets falls somewhere between “I’d be proud to have that...
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May 17, 20191 min read
What the fox!
I was very excited to read recently that there was a penguin colony in Port Macdonnell, where I am starting my journey along the South...
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May 16, 20192 min read
“He’ll try to either fight you or f#!k you!”
That was how Trina introduced Leonard, a young male Red Kangaroo at Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary in Bordertown, South Australia. It...
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May 11, 20191 min read
Welcome to South Australia!
I entered South Australia today. I didn't know there was a fruit fly quarantine station at the border, so it cost me an apple and a...
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May 11, 20191 min read
Pinnaroo Roos
Apparently, visitors to the Pinnaroo Animal Park are expected to view the animals from outside the fence. I wasn't aware of that as I...
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May 7, 20192 min read
Back Roads
When I drove around Australia in 1991, I used paper maps to help me find my way around. I also had a CB radio, in case I needed to call...
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