Check out what has been most recently added in travelogues, tips and hints and other useful information about travel in Australia.
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You can now see some of our travel photos in full screen
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Travelogues for the start of our 2009 lap take us through the Pilbara to Carawine Gorge to the east of Marble Bar and
our journey continues along the Gary Junction Road into the Northern Territory and on to Alice Springs.
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Our 2009 journey through the Northern Territory takes us to Alice Springs to Tennant Creek and on to Mataranka, Katherine, Pine
Creek, we explore Kakadu, Darwin and Litchfield National Park. We visit Adelaide River and Fenton Airfield. Close we visitDouglas Hot Springs and Butterfly Gorge. We travel to Borroloola and through the grassy plains of the Barkly Tablelands before
heading into Queensland.
All about using generators in National and State Parks - which parks and medical exemptions
A visit to Mungo - see our travelogue on the fascinating Mungo National Park
Our 2009 journey through Queensland commences with Camooweal and Lawn Hill, then spending a while at Mount Isa. We start
our Dinosaur country experience at Boulia, in the centre of Min Min lights country, then head to Winton and Lark Quarry and Hughenden.
We visit Longreach and nearby Ilfracombe. Continuing through Queensland we go to Blackall and Barcaldine then cross the
Great Dividing Range to Emerald. We turn south to Carnarvon Gorge and Mount Moffatt withn the Carnarvon National Park then
travel on to Roma.
The Min Min Light Mystery Solved Read first hand reports of Min Min light sightings and an authoritative scientific explanation;
all of which have me convinced that the Min Min Light phenomenon is very real, and that most of the people I interviewed saw a genuine
Min Min Light. Have you seen the Min Min light?
From 2010 to 2014 we saw some our our back yard; the South West of Western Australia. We commence with a visit to Walpole, Denmark and
Albany on the south coast.
In 2012 we toured the Northern Wheatbelt.
Changes to Obtaining Permits for the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia
State by state details of requirements for Boat Registration and Skippers Ticket. Also Recreational Fishing Licences.
See our latest Questions and Answers with latest topics covered including
54 I
am planning a trip in May that will include the listed areas and would like to know what permits
I need
to get. Uluru, Kings Canyon, Alice Springs, Binns Track, Gemtree, Hay River Track.
53 Are therePainted Silos in Western Australia?
52 Where can and can’t we go with our dog?
What if our dog is a guide, assistance or a companion dog?
Does our dog need a harness when travelling in our car?
Is it illegal
to leave our dog in the car when we go shopping or eating out?
51 What are to speed limits when towing? I
know some states are different.
50 I heard that in South Australia you have to reduce speed
to 25 kilometres per hour when you pass
emergency service vehicles.
What about other states?
49 I am going to Broken Hill early September and am looking for cheap camping.
48
Where can we find free or cheap camping in Alice Springs? I heard the showground has closed down.
See the full Questions
and Answers Index for more.
A unique feature found on Arkaroola is the Paralana Radioactive Hot Springs. Is this a living example of the origin of life
on Earth? Paralana is one of the three most radioactive naturally occurring places in the world.
It is a bad bushfire season. Where are the fires? State by state links to Fires - Bushfire emergencies and alerts for
each state
Wildflowers of the Western of Western Australia are being featured. Watch this growing section.
Cape York Peninsula; all about permits, travelling with alcohol, where to stay or camp, and how to ge the very best information to
make your Cape York experience a very special one.
Communications for travellers with hearing impairment has been added
How to keep warm in winter, and stay alive. When are you at risk from carbon monoxide?
An Index of articles has now been added. A separate state by state Index of towns, parks and places visited is also included.
Resources
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National Parks NSW 2013 Bushfire recovery
Follow our 2009 travels through New South Wales. See the New England Region, visiting Tenterfield, Glen Innes and Armidale.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo
2017 Travelogues have commenced starting at the summary and index. travelling through Western Australia, South Australia and intoNew South Wales at Broken Hill, from where we also visit Silverton, and to the south, the Menindee Lakes, the Darling River and Kinchega
National Park.
Latest additions to Western Australian Travelogues include Albany and Denmark re-visited, Augusta, the Porongurup National Park, andMount Barker
Continuing our journey through Queensland, we toured the Darling Downs include Miles, Chinchilla, Warra, Dalby, Jondaryan Woolshed andOakey Museum of Australian Army Flying.
In 2018 we toured Margaret River region, then southern eastern Wheatbelt and adjacent Great Southern, seeing Wheat, Wildflowers and
Weird Art.
As detailed Travelogues are developed, they will take the place of this series of photographs of places we have visited during 2017.
Travelogues continue as we visit Milpirinka, Tibooburra, Cameron Corner, Sturt National Park. We move into Queensland and visit Noccundra
and Eromanga, Quilpie, Charleville, Angellala Creek Bridge and Wyandra, Cunnamulla, Bollon and St George, Thallon, Mungindi, Dirranbandi
and Hebel. Crossing back to New South Wales, we spend a while at the fascinating Lightning Ridge, visit Burren Junction, Wee Waa and
Pilliga bore bath, the Pilliga Forest and Dandry Gorge.
2019 brings updates to Albany revisited.
2019 We visit Greenbushes, a small town in the South West of Western Australia, booming with the world's largest Lithium deposits
2019 South Australia, featuring Coober Pedy, the Painted Desert, Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre, Oodnadatta Track, Coward Springs, Wabma
Kadarbu Mound Springs, and we follow the Oodnadatta Track to Marree, detouring to the delightful Muloorina Station Waterhole Campground. From here we drive to see Level Post Bay on Lake Eyre, then visit Marree, Farina, Flinders Ranges. See Port Augusta, Horrock's
Pass, Wilmington and Melrose. Then we visit the most haunted town in Australia; Kapunda, then onto the Barossa Valley.
From there we travel through Mount Pleasant, the Mount Crawford State Forests, Gawler, and Two Wells. From there we head north
on the Princes Highway through Port Wakefield, Lochiel and the pink lake, Lake Bumbunga, Snowtown and Crystal Brook, Port Pirie, Eyre
Highway, Kimba painted silos, Bunda Cliffs.
2017 latest Travelogues cover so far Snow on Mount Canobolas, The Escort Way, Weethalle Painted Silos, The Bogan Way, Nyngen
and Canonba, Macquarie Marshes, Quambone and Coonamble, Walgett and Brewarrina where we visit the 40,000 year old fish traps. We continue on to Bourke, then follow the Darling River, at first visiting Gundabooka National Park. Darling River Run from Bourke through Louth andTilpa to Wilcannia now completed. Next stop White Cliffs coming soon.
Travelogues of our 2021 Wheatbelt, Goldfields and Mid West tour, featuring gold mining and spring wildflowers, are being progressively
added.