Map: Qld Department of Environment and Sciencce Winton has the best rubbish bins even though dinosaurs are dead on their feet. Long Waterhole outside Winton. Now a preferred habitat of Grey Nomads (dressed in camouflage in 50 shades of beige), its claim to fame was once being used as the site for the biennial World … More The Big Backyard – Western Queensland 2024 – Day 9 – Bladensburg National Park

Today we continue about 420km west on the Capricorn Highway to Barcaldine. Just outside Emerald, Sulphur-crested cockatoos were foraging through the last of a sunflower crop. Brekkie over, time for a squark. The Big Gem at Anakie – an addition to our multi-faceted day. Also at Anakie is this sculpture celebrating the colours and facets … More The Big Backyard – Western Queensland 2024 – Day 4 – The Central West

Springsure is 68km south of Emerald. Melaleucas lined the road near Gindie Road train with cattle on the Emerald-Springsure Rd Agriculture north of Springsure Superb blue wren foraging on the ground…and in a tree. Zebra finch Minerva Hills NP protects an area west of Springsure with a volcanic past. Virgin Rock on the eastern side … More The Big Backyard – Western Queensland 2024 – Day 3 – Springsure

Our travels over the past three months. A beautiful morning at Yamba as we reach the Pacific Ocean. Yamba Lighthouse is a long way from Cape Leeuwin. Sandstone rocks at Yamba Tea-tree oil plantation near Maclean. Sugar cane at Harwood The Clarence River bridges – it is nice they have kept and integrated the old … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 93 – Transcontinental

We add an extra day by going directly east in the hope of seeing flowering waratahs at Gibraltar Range National Park. We travel the Gwydir Highway from Moree to Grafton which will take us from the western plains and across the New England Tableland and Great Dividing Range to the Pacific coast. The highway is … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 92 – The Gwydir

Today is 620km east then north along familar roads but we started the day at Newey Reservoir at Cobar in showery conditions. Someone found joy in the rain. Fairy martins were fascinating to watch as they took to the air in synchronised feeding and all returned together. Fairy martins on the bank. Glossy ibis and … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 91 – Cobar to Moree