I know that I mention the Murray River a lot in these pages but with its tributaries the Darling, Culgoa, Balonne and Condamine, an impressive 2740kms makes it Australia’s longest waterway and the third longest navigable river in the world … Continue reading Cadel Ferry
Across Victoria’s wheatbelt old concrete silos have been painted with exquisite murals to breathe life into small towns. Lascelles is one such place. A pub, an RV overnight stop and a delicately painted silo evocative of a life lived on … Continue reading The silo at Lascelles
Lake Churra, Robe on South Australia’s Limestone Coast. Continue reading Lake Churra
Quite possibly one of the most photographed ruins in the country, the house that featured on the cover of Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust album sits in a paddock just outside of Burra, South Australia. One has to agree that it does have character. Continue reading The Midnight Oil house
For anyone interested in historic homes this one in Tasmania is not to be missed. No, visit it a few times like we’ve done. Built by convict labour in 1819 for Thomas Reiby, Entally House and Estate in Hadspen, Northern … Continue reading Entally House
The RAAF Bunker Museum at Mallacoota was built in World War 2 for radio surveillance of shipping in Bass Strait, this underground bunker played a pivotal role in assisting maritime convoys to negotiate the strait. Prior to this base being … Continue reading RAAF Bunker Museum
The trader SS Dicky ran aground on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in 1893. In 2015 the wreck was removed from Dicky Beach for safety reasons. I probably should have categorised this post as ‘No Longer Point of Interest’ but it is a lovely beach! Continue reading SS Dicky
Commemorating the birthplace of the Australian Labor Party, the Tree of Knowledge is a multi-faceted memorial sheltering the preserved trunk of the original tree. The memorial dominates the main street of Barcaldine. The Australian Labor Party was born out of … Continue reading The Tree of Knowledge
Autumn 2015 We eat our sambo’s under The Big Prawn. The Exmouth, WA one. Did you know that 700,000kgs of prawns are harvested in Exmouth annually? Anyway this Big Prawn gets put into storage for safekeeping during the cyclone season. Continue reading The Big Prawn
White Rocks Reserve in Broken Hill, NSW is the site of the only bloodshed on Australian soil in World War One. This happened when two ‘Turks’ (actually Pakistanis, but Turkish sympathisers), one an ice cream vendor the other a butcher, attacked the Silverton train as it passed, the train was full of miners heading to Silverton for a picnic. Four locals and the ‘Turks’ were killed in the resulting skirmish. A replica ice cream cart is on display at White Rocks Reserve. Continue reading World War One Skirmish at Home
