Travel Guide: Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula forms the eastern curve of the Great Australia Bight and its southernmost point faces the mayhem of the Southern Ocean. Near Port Lincoln, where flannel-shirted millionaires harvest tuna, lobster and shrimp,...
The Lake Ballard Beings
Could it be that in 2003 a party of 51 extra-terrestrial beings landed on the remote saltbed of Lake Ballard, and indeed were turned to black pillars of salt as punishment for some biblical...
Travel Guide: Fitzgerald River National Park
In a remote, unassuming corner of coastline between Albany and Esperance lies a national park of international renown, Fitzgerald River National Park (FRNP). In 2017, it was deemed a UNESCO-protected biosphere as 15 per cent of...
Mary River National Park Guide
All of us know about Kakadu National Park; its reputation for superb rock art, stupendous escarpments and breathtaking wetlands is well deserved. Many who approach Kakadu from Darwin speed past signs pointing the way...
Travel Guide: Karijini and Millstream-Chichester NP
Like most destinations in Australia, some planning is in order. Begin by downloading the park’s visitor’s guide. The town of Tom Price is a good place to stock-up on all supplies, especially water. Fuel...
Travel Guide: Litchfield National Park
Litchfield National Park is perched near the north-west corner of the Top End, and because of its relatively diminutive size of 1500 square kilometres, it is often referred to as a mini-Kakadu.
It is not,...
Caravanning Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour grew its economy off the trunk of the banana tree. Plantations, tourists traps and gimmicks, each centring on that long, yellow fruit, are synonymous with this mid-north coast holiday haven. But Coffs...
Travel Guide: Keep River National Park
Keep River National Park is one of the NT’s best-kept secrets, with its striking sandstone formations – like those found at Purnululu – diverse landscapes and indigenous rock art.
Being so close to Kununurra and...
Review: Trangie Caravan Park
On the way to the outback… that’s the claim of Trangie Caravan Park, and it’s quite true. I was on the way to Brewarrina in north-west New South Wales when I spotted that I...
Explore the Great Sandy Strait
Do you sometimes yearn for the Australia of yesteryear, before everything went so terribly trendy and so very up-market? Remember those laid-back, funky Queensland destinations where you could drink a stubby in Stubbies and...
