The Law’s The Law
The pub in Stratford Victoria has this irresistible sign. Continue reading The Law’s The Law
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Victoria’s Volcanic Western Plains
Across Victoria’s western plains there are the remains of around 400 volcanoes. Stretching from Melbourne to Mt Gambier in South Australia the last was thought to have erupted 10,000 years ago. Nowadays they are little more than pimples on the landscape or rolling hills of wheat or grazing land.The most spectacular is Tower Hill situated just north of the historic seaside town of Port Fairy. Tower Hill is a nature reserve and home to emus. It is well worth taking the time to drive through the crater. Better still take a picnic and enjoy the lakes, the wildlife and surroundings. … Continue reading Victoria’s Volcanic Western Plains
Meredith Park on Lake Colac
There are plenty of level sites and flushing toilets. Access is via a good made road.It is only a short drive to town but the camp ground is well away from the busy highway. The lake is known to dry up, thankfully when we visited that wasn’t the case. Continue reading Meredith Park on Lake Colac
Hank’s Solution
How to let your dog out for a pee in the middle of the night.Hank doesn’t want to go outside in his jocks and who wants to get cold anyway? Hank attaches a retractable lead to little Lulu, lets her out the door then when the job is done, he reels her in. “Just like a fish” he says. Continue reading Hank’s Solution
When a Bird’s Got a Thirst
We spotted this thirsty emu just after a band of rain had gone through. Continue reading When a Bird’s Got a Thirst
Undara
As we turn into the Undara National Park the bush is very sparse and dry and reminiscent of the Bendigo goldfields area way down south in Victoria. Undara Lodge is on the Savannah Way in northern Queensland. It borders the Undara Volcanic National Park and is owned by the Collins family, cattle farmers who first settled here in the 1800’s. They run a slickly professional operation and provide accommodation in restored historic railway carriages as well as cabins, on site tents, dongas and camping facilities. Dongas are like shipping containers with several individual air conditioned rooms, similar to those used … Continue reading Undara
Fencing
I am fascinated by old fence posts and unusual fences. It is not unusual for me to shout stop quick, which with a van on the back isn’t always easy. Poor Woody has to wait patiently while I gallop back up the road camera in hand. Here are just a few that have caught my eye and isn’t the one made from bed springs quite something? Continue reading Fencing
Obeying the Rules
Death in Paradise
Port Douglas in Far North Queensland has a fascinating, beautiful and well kept cemetery. When walking past the cemetery one tombstone stands out from the rest. That is the one of William Thomson “who went to his death by cruel and treacherous murder”. The farmer William Thomson was murdered by his wife Ellen and her lover John Harrison in 1886. They were both hanged. Ellen was the only woman to be hanged in Queensland. Continue reading Death in Paradise
Roadside Dunnies
We’ve spent the night in a quiet and spacious rest area called Barradale in the Pilbara. Surprisingly quiet in fact considering the amount of passing motorists and the road crew who are working on the nearby bridge. I wander over to the facilities and meet a young family who have just stopped. “We’re from Pannawonica” says one little girl “and we’re going to New Zealand. It’s so cold here and Dad got us up at four (am). Would you like to see me do cartwheels?” Her two brothers are doing double jointed tricks and their Dad explains that they’re off … Continue reading Roadside Dunnies
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