There’s blues in the air and a whole lot of soul. It’s the last weekend of July and the twin towns of Echuca and Moama are alive with rhythm, music and festivity. The weather is chilly and coats and scarves are the order of the day but, though the sky is grey, everywhere I look […]
Aye Karumba!
The childhood road trip I remember best ended in Karumba with a dozen kids sleeping under the stars on old-school camp stretchers, frogs jumping over us in the middle of the night, our bellies full of crabs boiled in a 40-gallon drum over the campfire. Since that adventure I’ve always had a thing about Karumba, […]
A real-life Jurassic Park
Tucked within the Carnarvon Ranges with priceless cultural treasures, primitive plants and dramatic sandstone escarpments, one thing’s clear: this is no ordinary cattle run. Is this a rock wall or a time machine? Facing a sandstone overhang on Wallaroo Station in Central Queensland’s Carnarvon Ranges, I feel it could almost be a couple of thousand […]
Out and About In The Trailblazer
In our last issue we introduced our new long-term project vehicle a brand new Holden Trailblazer LTZ 4×4 SUV. This offering from Holden has only been around for a couple of years and Holden have positioned this new SUV to be a real strong towing option for the RV market and the tough Australian conditions. […]
The Big Lap Part 9 – Home by Starlight
From Mt Isa we continued east along the Flinders Highway (The Overlander Way), past a monument to the local Kalkadoon Aboriginal people (who didn’t fare well at the hands of early settlers and their Native Police cohorts) and an obelisk at a spot where Burke and Wills travelled on their way north in January 1861. […]
