Hello again, friends from all places north, south, east and west. Another trip across our timeless land to the South Australian outback and southern coastline. A showery day with lots of rainbow action in the sky This one topped the class – it passed with flying colours! Brief periods of sunshine on the Darling Downs … More South Australia 2019 – Day 1 – South by South-West

Yamba main beach. Pacific Ocean Yamba style. Kingfisher looking for breakfast. The new Clarence River Bridge under construction. The original bridge (left) opens for ships to pass through. Corella on right: “I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed but I have sharpened my beak.” Bin chickens have been successfully reintroduced into the … More Northern NSW – Winter 2018 – Day 6 – Home via the Pacific Highway

Good morning Dorrigo! A crimson rosella on the lawn outside our accommodation. Griffiths Lookout – view south from the Dorrigo Plateau The Dorrigo Skywalk Lookout is perched off the edge of the escarpment with views across the national park to the coast. A walking track in Dorrigo’s sub-tropical rainforest. What the …? Who put this … More Northern NSW – Winter 2018 – Day 5 – Dorrigo National Park

Another cold start to the day. A near-full bottle of water inside the car froze solid overnight. Locals said the minimum was -5C. The car gauge after it had been in the sun for nearly half an hour. We returned to Dangars Lagoon to see the locals. Shovelers and another duck species on the cold … More Northern NSW – Winter 2018 – Day 4 – New England National Park

A delayed start to the morning to get a crack on the windscreen repaired – this masked woodswallow was outside the glass repair business. Cotton and mining are the main industries around Narrabri. Mount Kaputar National Park from the Boggabri Road. Cooloobindi – a rock outcrop towering over the Kamilaroi Highway outside Boggabri. Gum blossom … More Northern NSW – Winter 2018 – Day 3 – Back to New England Tableland

The main section of Mount Kaputar National Park is 53km east of Narrabri. Its road rises from an altitude of 200m in Narrabri to 1510m at the summit of Mount Kaputar providing spectacular views of the volcanic Nandewar Range. A kangaroo at Bark Hut camping area A track leads to Euglah Rock Lookout Further up … More Northern NSW – Winter 2018 – Day 2 – Mount Kaputar

Another short vacation this winter to northern New South Wales. We have driven past some our favourite national parks in the last few years of travel so decided to take a shorter trip and catch up. We travelled out through Toowoomba and along the Gore Highway through Pittsworth and Milmerran to Goondiwindi. A black-shouldered kite … More Northern NSW – Winter 2018 – Day 1 – Sawn Rocks

A sleep in – a great bed – best of the trip. Then a drive around the range to Picnic Point. This is Tabletop looking east from the Great Divide. A rock felt fern on a hoop pine trunk The New England Highway at Highfields north of Toowoomba. Go to the next picture if you … More South Western Qld – Winter 2018 – Day 6 – Toowoomba to home

The water tank in Yuleba looks like salvage from a satellite In a short space of time, I found not one, not two but three dates in town. Judds Lagoon outside Yuleba. Not many grey nomads here, it was too pretty and had facilities. The local caretaker. Cockatiels were nesting in a tree near the … More South Western Qld – Winter 2018 – Day 5 – Western Downs to Toowoomba

Young Willow at the Charleville Bilby Experience. Bilbies in the viewing enclosure Willow the bilby Sarah the Bilby Mulga lands around Charleville Emus near Morven – fencing keeping them off the highway. Mulga gives way to cypress forests east of Mitchell Two (very big) lovebirds danced and paraded for us. This guy found us very … More South Western Qld – Winter 2018 – Day 4 – Bilbies, Big Birds and Bush

The main street came alive in the morning – plenty of locals and tourists out and about. Lots of locals saying g’day – nice change from the city. And I thought the mascots of Kilcoy and Moore from Day 1 couldn’t be topped – I was wrong. Forget the Bilby Experience and Cosmos Centre in … More South Western Qld – Winter 2018 – Day 3 – Charleville

Silos at Drillham heading west from Miles Roadside droving east of Roma The Roma salesyard is the largest livestock selling centre in Australia with two sales every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There was over 4500 head of cattle auctioned on this day (the maximum being around 12000 per day). Bidding was fast and then … More South Western Qld – Winter 2018 – Day 2 – The Maranoa