The Snowy River has been immortalised in Australian folklore ever since Banjo Paterson penned his famous poem way back in 1890. It’s not Australia’s largest or longest river by any stretch even though it runs for some 352kms but the very name is known by most folk and if you are looking for a little […]
Cuttaburra Crossing
“There’s nothing at all to see down that way,” a fellow traveller warned us as we set out along the Eyre Developmental Road that links the Queensland outback town of Bedourie to its southern neighbour of Birdsville. My response was merely a polite smile as I kept my thoughts to myself and my foot well […]
A Tale of Ruin at Aroona
It was late afternoon when we arrived at the Flinders Ranges National Park in northern South Australia, and our first priority was to decide where to camp for the night. The Aroona camping area, in the most northerly section of the park, was the obvious choice, and in no time at all we’d settled into […]
Camping Etiquette
I’ve occasionally been invited to one of those posh functions at which guests are provided with several distinctly differing sets of cutlery, and I haven’t got a clue which knife and fork to use first. To be honest, I’m a bit of a social slob, and with the details of dining etiquette well beyond my […]