AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [198] | Comments [3]
Having come through sub-tropical rainforests , learned to drive on the other side of the road , squished squeaky sand between our toes at beach towns, slept in the chilly high-altitude tablelands , fossicked
for treasure in opal mining ... Read more >
Tags: black queen, lightning ridge, australia, world nomads, ambassador van
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [129]
As the road south from the climbing and trekking Mecca of
Grampians National Park spilled out onto the ocean a few hours later, we knew
our World Nomads Ambassador adventure was coming to an end. But it wasn’t a sad
moment, because we plan to ... Read more >
Tags: world nomads, ambassador van, great ocean road, australia, lonely planet great guidebook moment
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Views [98]
Being from Canada,
we feel right at home in Oz. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again.
Everywhere we turn, we see more and more similarities
between Australia
and Canada, and
are amazed that two countries so far apart geographically ... Read more >
Tags: brambuk cultural centre, grampians, world nomads, ambassador van, australia, aboriginal culture
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Views [124]
Pursuant to my earlier post on caravan parks , we have
become quite acquainted with the likes of these travel stops as the weeks have
progressed on our World Nomads Whirlwind Trip. And no two parks are the same,
which is part of the charm of ... Read more >
Tags: caravan parks, australia, world nomads, ambassador van, grampians, mildura
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 11 Jul 2008 | Views [174]
A long blare of a not-too-distant horn
echoed throughout Broken Hill around 6:30pm, while we were preparing dinner.
Shortly thereafter, a short blare of the horn followed.
Being of a volume and pitch similar to what
we heard in Hawaii ... Read more >
Tags: australia, world nomads, ambassador van, broken hill, outback
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [140]
No, for once, this isn’t a story about Kelly needing medical assistance (as he did in Thailand and Hawaii )! No, instead, this is about an incredible tour we did of the Royal Flying Doctor Base in Broken Hill. ... Read more >
Tags: australia, world nomads, ambassador van, royal flying doctors service, outback, broken hill
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [128]
When people told us about the colours of the outback – the stark contrast between the red of the dirt with the blue of the sky, and the silvery green of the eucalypt trees that dot the landscape – we were somewhat blasé about it. We knew it would ... Read more >
Tags: world nomads, ambassador van, australia, outback, driving
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [247]
“When I close my eyes, I see opals,” said Kelly, shaking his head. It seems he has a touch of opal fever. Lightning Ridge and the surrounding areas are famous for its abundance of opals, and in particular the black opal, which can basically ... Read more >
Tags: lightning ridge, world nomads, ambassador van, australia, opal mining, grawin
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [151]
"Outback theatre with a twist," says the flyer for Black Queen , with a picture of an oil lamp and a woman with a mysterious look. I didn’t really anticipate that this mining town would exactly have a bustling theatre community, but there ... Read more >
Tags: lightning ridge, australia, outback, theatre, world nomads, ambassador van, black queen
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 | Views [165]
When we rolled into Lightning Ridge , after a series of unfortunate and displeasing coincidences, we were ready to roll right back out the following day. I was crushed. Ever since reading about it in the Lonely Planet, I wanted to go, and was ... Read more >
Tags: australia, lightning ridge, world nomads, ambassador van, lonely planet great guidebook moment
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