Attractions/Things to Do Blogs

Wave Rock - Esperance. Easter 2011

Wave Rock – Esperance 23/4/11 Left from Perth around 9.45am – quick petrol stop in South Perth, then up through Kelmscott, along the Brookton Highway....

Exploring Queensland, July 2006. Part 5. Tennant Creek to ...

It’s the 1st of July and time to head east into Queensland. After a cool night requiring our doonas the day started gently....

Exploring the Northern Territory, June 2006. Part 5....

It took a full day adjusting to being on our own again. We tidied Troopy up a bit then went for a walk along the sandy river bed keeping an eye out for garnets....

Offroading Online Magazine

Update 28 September 2011 Issue 4 of Offroading Online Magazine is now available online as a free download at www.offroadingonline.com....

Mistletoe – ‘Box Mistletoe’

Mistletoes are parasites. This diverse group of plants has over 1500 species found throughout the world. 91 species have been found in Australia and experts believe ...

GDEC 2011 - The Anne Beadell & Beyond - Riding the ...

Monday 11th April, 2011 Just near Emu, Great Victoria Desert The night grew cold despite the wind dropping off. Lying awake a couple of hours before dawn,...

Kangaroo Island Wildflowers - March 2011

Back in January when we had a few days of 40° C plus in temperature, it was time to think about a short little break and immediately thought of Kangaroo Island (KI as it is ...

Survival Skills DVD

We have produced an emergency survival skills DVD that details simple survival skills and useful products everyone should have in the event of an emergency....

New Zealand 2011 - Across the Southern Alps to Hamner Springs.

Wednesday 6th April Hamner Springs. Nestled beneath the Hamner range and Mount Isobel, Hamner Springs is one of those adventure type tourist towns that has the ...

New Zealand 2011- The West Coast - Where Rainforest and ...

5th April 2011 Bottom end of Lake Mapourika Westland (Tai Poutini) National Park Just scenery’d out today. There is just so much to absorb....

New Zealand 2011 - Queenstown, some unexpected snow & on to ...

Monday 4th April, 2011 Boundary Creek Scenic Reserve, Lake Wanaka (Highway 6) It was a leisurely morning and we awoke to find the surrounding mountains capped with a ...

New Zealand 2011 - Milford Sound , Fiordlands and Queenstown

3rd April, 2011 Queenstown It poured rain during the night and was still drizzling when we awoke this morning. As expected,...

New Zealand 2011 - Mick & Vik's "Barbie-Bus" tour of the ...

2nd April 2011 Te Anau A late change in plans today saw us zip down and around the south end of the island to reach Te Anau on the shores of magnificent Lake of the same ...

Can you visit Cape York in the Wet Season?

YES! Most people think that it is impossible to visit Cape York in the wet season. It is true that the major rivers flood, cutting off road access....

The desert oak.

Who of us who have travelled the deserts have not admired the majestic desert oak, Allocasuarina decaisneana,. The largest tree of the sand desert areas, they are slow growing,...

Hay River Run, June 2006. Part 1. Canberra to Birdsville

We were setting off to the Simpson Desert for the first time. Our house-sitters Vicki and David had settled in and were on hand to take some departure photos and wave us off at ...

Outback Adventure March 2011

Finally! After what seems like months of planning and excitement, we are about to head off for just over two weeks of outback travelling through NT and SA....

The Spectacular Karlamilyi National Park (Rudall River) - ...

At 1,283,706 hectares (12837 square km), the Karlamilyi (previousely Rudall River) National Park is the largest national park in Western Australia and one of the largest in the ...

Final Cooper Creek Ferry Details

For those that have been following my rantings and ravings for the past eleven months, you will be aware with my obsession with the Cooper Creek Ferry....

True remote Simpson Desert Travel - Simpson Geo Expedition ...

Having been bitten by the Simpson Desert bug many years previous, the time had now come to look for a new challenge and to test my skills in true remote outback travel....

Travelling Tasmania with caravan, hiking boots & tinnie - a ...

A record of our eight weeks exploring Tasmania Day 1. Our trip began on the 22nd of January when we set out from our home on the South Coast NSW for Melbourne where we were ...

The original "KRYS THE SAVANNAH KING" Featured in Normanton

To those who may have witnessed the original crocodile mounted in Normanton, this is the story. Winton was holding a 100 anniversary festival in 1995 for Banjo ...

To Alice and back, what a trip, such an experience Part 4,...

This is the second half and final part of the trip. So from Yulara we proceeded to Alice Springs, for some reason we had in our minds that Alice was basically a back drop for ...

Murraylands Drive January 2011

The words on everyone lips, both here on the forum and on all news services right around Australia was the unseasonal rainfall that was devastating many parts of Mainland ...

To Alice and back, what a trip, such an experience............

My wife and I have now just returned from a trip which included a trip to Uluru, Alice Springs Coober Pedy and the in-laws in Melbourne....