Canoe Point
Aug, 2019 Tannum Sands, Qld Canoe Point at the mouth of the Boyne River is large parkland dotted with BBQ’s, picnic shelters and areas of lawn perfect for tossing a ball or having a snooze. Continue reading Canoe Point
Aug, 2019 Tannum Sands, Qld Canoe Point at the mouth of the Boyne River is large parkland dotted with BBQ’s, picnic shelters and areas of lawn perfect for tossing a ball or having a snooze. Continue reading Canoe Point
Mar 2015, Norseman, WA To those ‘ships of the desert’ who helped tame a difficult land. Continue reading A Corrugated Tribute
May 2019, Bridgewater on Loddon, Vic Beside the Loddon River at Bridgewater you’ll find what is left of an old well. This was the site of a Blacksmith business that serviced the needs of the area. The business operated until … Continue reading All that remains
July 2018, Mackay, Qld While Woody fills the car with fuel I explore the Botanical Gardens. Intrigued by a large building jutting over the lagoon. The large building is in the shape of a Cooktown Orchid and houses the gardens … Continue reading Mackay Botanical Gardens
Mar 2019, Genoa, Vic This little guy is a Tetrapod and this is a life sized sculpture of what he could have looked like. Back in 1971 what is believed to be tetrapod footprints were found in the Genoa River … Continue reading Tiny Footprints
July 2017, Ballina, NSW If I’m not dragging poor Woody around cemeteries looking for long lost ancestors we’re looking at intriguing graves or reading headstones to get an understanding of the history of an area. One could say that this … Continue reading Cemetery Curiosities
Mar 2015, Minnipa, SA When people say that the Nullarbor is boring and best overwith I know that they haven’t yet seen Pildappa Rock. The breeze whispers around this large granite outcrop giving a feeling of complete tranquility. Climbing it is easy and the views to the horizon of wheatfields and the Gawler Ranges is superb. Freedom camping is available so there’s no need to rush, become one with this mighty mammoth and breath in the splendour. Continue reading Pildappa Rock
May 2019, Bridgewater on Loddon, Vic Continue reading The Swimming Hole
Mar 2019, Albury, NSW Time and again we cross the path of great explorers. Europeans who set off into the unknown with little more than hope and dreams in search of arable land and inland seas. People who would have seemed small and under nourished by today’s standards, yet filled with tenacity and courage. We’ve crossed Burke and Wills ill-fated route in many places on our travels. They crossed the continent from south to north only to perish part way home. Sturt, McDowell Stuart, Leichhardt, Mitchell and Hume and Hovell among others. In Albury while walking in the park we … Continue reading Hamilton Hume and William Hovell
Jul 2018, Innes Park near Bundaberg, Qld Once a 12,000 acre station property in an area described by explorer and later its’ manager Nugent Wade Brown as “the most beautiful place in the world”, Barolin Homestead overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The current homestead was built by Sidney North Innes in 1912. A classic Queenslander design. Continue reading Barolin Homestead