More Than Just Rugged Scenery Pounded by the relentless seas of the Indian Ocean, the Western Australian coastline has been carved and sculptured into some of the most rugged, picturesque and dangerous coast to be found anywhere in the country. Death, hardship and tragedy have dogged this treacherous stretch of coastline for hundreds of years […]
A Real Gem In The Outback
The place has been filmed and photographed, sung about, talked about, written about and bragged about … but nothing quite prepares most visitors for their first sight of this remote and quite unique opal mining centre way out in the northwest of New South Wales, near the Queensland border. Lightning Ridge, with a population of […]
Riding The Rails To Cook
A cross country adventure to history Cook on the Transcontinental railway line It’s been there since 1917, but for us it all started a couple of years ago when we stopped off at Cook for a brief 30-minute visit on our very enjoyable Indian Pacific Rail trip across the country between Sydney and Perth. Once […]
The Silver Wattle Caravan Park
David and Debi Brant had sent some time searching the Queensland coast from Warwick to the Daintree looking for that perfect location and Caravan Park to call home. Once they entered Mount Morgan on the Burnett Highway between Dululu and Rockhampton they knew they had struck gold. This quiet country town with a proud mining […]
Knockwood Reserve, Victoria
Tucked away in Victoria’s high country (approx. 100 km directly northeast of Melbourne) between Jamieson and Woods Point, this scenic campsite is an ideal weekend getaway from the city or a great spot for a few days if you are travelling through the area. The trail leading through this alpine region in fact, has a […]