Australia is definitely and outdoors country. Well, being a country/continent means there’s a lot of bush, or otherwise, what I call ‘impressive nothing’. One of the best things of being outside in the Australian outdoors is bushwalking – assuming that you’re not nailed by a nasty like a poisonous spider Read more…
One thing that you might notice when travelling around Australia is the variety of ‘big things’ that have been constructed as a tourist attraction. They’re a bit of a cult icon in Australia as these pieces of novelty architecture and structures are both a bit kitsch but cool at the Read more…
In my travels around the world, I’ve spotted a few cool cars like the Bugatti Veyron, and felt the wrath of the Worst Drivers In The World. In other motoring based experiences, I’ve loved/hated going around the Arc De Triomph in Paris which was totally insane, and come across the Read more…
After marvelling at the natural creation of Sawn Rocks and trying to interfere with signals from space at the CSIRO Australia Telescope near Narrabri, you can pop into the town of Moree for a dip into some Hot Springs if you are feeling a bit sore from driving for a Read more…
If you’re ever in the Dubbo area of central New South Wales as part of a trip along the Newell Highway, it’s worth having a look at the Old Dubbo Gaol once you’ve check out the animals at the Western Plains Zoo. The buildings and exhibits there show an interesting snapshot Read more…
After you’ve learnt how to interrupt the essential service that are radio telescopes, you can visit the spectacular Mount Kaputar National Park near Narrabri, which is a nice detour off the Newell Highway. One of the more striking features of the park are Sawn Rocks – which is a bizarre Read more…
The Newell Highway has everything for those who are right into their Radio Telescopes. Many have heard of the Parkes Radio Telescope which was made famous by the movie, The Dish. But further up the highway, near the town of Narrabri, is the CSIRO Compact Array – a bunch of about Read more…
In all sorts of writings, the Tree of Life has been used as a symbol the interconnection of everything living that exists on Planet Earth. It has been represented in all sorts of mythologies and cultures for thousands of years. When I did a trip along the Newell Highway in central New Read more…
Everyone who flies to Sydney usually takes a scenic trip across Sydney Harbour to check out Taronga Zoo, which is one of the city’s biggest attractions. It occupies some pretty nice real estate, which means it doesn’t have that much room to expand any time soon. Unfortunately, not many of Read more…
You wouldn’t think of it, but one of the world’s most favourite cultural icons ever – Elvis Presley – lives in a Parkes Shire, just up the road from the Shire of Bland! Parkes would probably have the highest concentration of Elvis Presley impersonators outside of Las Vegas! That’s because Read more…
