Post Tagged with: "Australia"

 
  • There's a big world out there to discover

    One For The Road

    Not everywhere we go has a story, but each has its moment. Here’s a kaleidoscope of moments in our life on the highways and byways of Australia.    

     
     
  • Outback Tracks

    Outback Tracks

    Modern technology has given us electric cars and rockets to Mars, but you still can’t beat driving a classic old outback track across Australia, in a quarter century old 4WD! […]

     
     
  • The Big Detour

    The Big Detour

    We were on our way to Lake Eyre. We weren’t even planning to go there, but just a six word message started  a 3,000km detour. The joy of unplanned vagabonding! […]

     
     
  • John Longstaff's painting of the arrival of the two men at the Dig Tree

    The Long March to Failure

    Robert Burke and John Wills’ ambitious expedition to map Australia from the south to north coasts in 1840 is a classic saga of bad planning, worse leadership and fatal consequences. […]

     
     
  • Salt, water, red earth, green growth - the day the rains came

    Lake Eyre From The Air

      Lake Eyre is a massive contradiction. A lake where land speed records are broken. A salt flat with a sailing club. And it is a real sight to see. […]

     
     
  • Red fire black opal

    The Living Fire

    They’re called stones fallen from heaven, living fire, an anchor stone of hope. Some swear they made the owner invisible. We just call them opals and their story is magical. […]

     
     
 
 
 

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