Traveling around Australia has, if nothing else, demonstrated what a resilient lot Australians are. However, a few days in Darwin takes this understanding to a whole new level. Withstanding the hot, humid weather is perhaps a given for any Australian, but add to this...
Whilst the weather is not supportive of my travels around Australia at the moment, some desk research into my family tree has enabled me to travel not only around Australia but also through time as I discover some Australian ancestry. I first came to Australia in...
I’m pleased to report that my “I’ve been everywhere” journey has been reported in this weeks “That’s Life” magazine. I feel I am destined to be remembered in dentist and doctors surgeries for the rest of the decade! I am...
I have four more places in four Australian states left to visit before I can claim “I’ve been everywhere” – Darwin, Birdsville, Oodnadatta and Tibooburra. Four of the more remote locations in Australia and possibly a further 5,000km of...
Grong Grong is another small rural village which is unlikely to be a destination for tourists. A hotel, church, disused railway line and grain bins are the highlight of this location The name Grong Grong is an Aboriginal term meaning “bad camping ground”...
For some time I had been wanting to visit the site of Ned Kelly’s (the bush ranger) last stand at Glenrowan and I took the opportunity to call into this town when visiting Wangaratta earlier in my travels. However, I have to say, for a more low key and less...
A detour up the Cobb Highway took me to Wanganella, a small village with little for the visitor. However, I was interested to learn from the Tourist Information lady at Deniliquin that it was the birthplace of the Peppin Merino. In 1861, George Hall Peppin and his two...
As you drive into Deniliquin you can not help but notice that It’s flat. Very flat, flatter than Captains Flat and a lot of other flat things. Indeed, Deniliquin is on the Hay Plains, the area with the smallest deviation of elevation on Earth. So what do you do...
Another early start meant another early arrival, this time into Bendigo. Bendigo is another town founded off the spoils of the gold rush and you can not fail to be impressed by the splendour of the many extravagant Victorian buildings that line the wide streets of...
I first encountered close ties with the Australian Gold rush when I was in the historic New South Wales town of Gulgong where gold was discovered towards the end of the rush. Ballarat was there nearer the start with gold being found three miles to the north east of...
