Out in Central Queensland just a few kilometres west from Roma CBD, turn left at the windmill for a bitumen road access and you’ll find the Roma Clay Target Club. This might sound like a strange place for a caravan … Continue reading Roma Clay Target Club
In Hydeaway Bay, Qld we follow a dirt road over ‘O My God Hill’ yes, that’s what the locals call it because it drops away so sharply you can’t see where you are going. When travelling in the opposite direction … Continue reading O My God Hill
Woody drives over to Dingo Beach to pick up the morning paper and is told “There’s not much news on Mondays and Tuesdays so we don’t bother to get the papers.” As you can imagine Woody doesn’t take to kindly to this and retorts with “Shame if World War Three breaks out.” And storms off. Continue reading Sorry it’s Monday
Wallaman Falls is 50kms behind Ingham and the last 20kms is almost vertical, or is that just the ice box full of produce from Ingham weighing us down. The falls are at the top of the Great Dividing Range. We … Continue reading Wallaman Falls
“How good is your lens?” Says a man on the beach. I follow his gaze and there between the rocky reefs, sharks are feeding on a school of fish. I’ve been too busy shooting the sunrise to notice what is happening right in front of us. Continue reading Feeding Frenzy
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…. Located in far North Queensland or FNQ as it is known by the locals, Rollingstone beach is your quintessential tropical beach, swaying palms and a host of offshore islands that form part of the Great Barrier Reef region. We oohed and aahed as the sunset turned the sky all shades of pinks and lilacs then the moon rose gracefully from behind an island. A dozen people just stood on the beach totally gobsmacked. Continue reading Moon Rise Rollingstone
Ravenswood is about 80kms south east of Charters Towers. There’s not much out here but cattle that wander about the road and dry creek beds. An enormous mullock heap is a dead give away that there’s mining going on though. Small mullock heaps and old brick chimneys dot the landscape and a handful of old buildings. A post office / general store, a museum, hall and two live pubs. We choose the a Railway Hotel, the pub that advertises the coldest beer in Qld and are not disappointed. Hey, they use glycol as a coolant which means a lot to … Continue reading Railway Hotel, Ravenswood, Qld
Now here’s a sign that only Australian readers will understand, so I apologise to my international readers. To try and explain this play on words is difficult but here goes….Our local meal of choice in country pubs is an Aussie corruption of a classic Italian Parmagiana, however we use chicken instead of veal these days. Clive Palmer is a mining magnate turned politician in the style of Donald Trump. Continue reading A Special Deal
Twenty kilometres from Clermont in Central Queensland, the Theresa Creek Dam gives you a choice between the feel of being in the bush and that of a resort park. There is a general store that is run by the management that provides basic needs and light meals like Turkish toasties, burgers and fish & chips. The store is set in a garden and grassed area with playground facilities for children. It is an inviting spot for a morning coffee. There are sloping grassed sites close to the lakeshore with stunning views. Behind the store there is a flat well grassed area … Continue reading Theresa Creek Dam
We toast the last rays of the sun as they glow on the offshore islands. Our neighbours tell us about their last caravan park and how much they enjoyed it. Even though one camper had been checking her photos and noticed a croc swimming across the picture. “No way” said the park manager “that’s a log”. The camper brought up the next photo and ‘the log’ was swimming past again this time in the opposite direction! Continue reading Log, log!
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