Year: 2016

This is the time of the year when we like to escape to the mountains and there is no better place to go then O’Reilly’s in Lamington National Park. This is a place steeped in history and one worth getting to know about.The O’Reillys go back three generations and what started as a dairy farm…

Today the skies were that deep blue and clear. I headed off to Bulimba on the ferry looking at the flowering jacarandas on both sides of the river. Bulimba’s little jetty is complete with a little tower and its High street – another Oxford St – is full of lovely shops and eateries and this…

We had our babies on the same day and so began a relationship which has endured and crossed continents and seas. This accounts for few postings recently, but I can say that my days have been filled with fun and a lot of catching up. Facebook is good about reminding us of our relationships but…

After my last post on the glorious Miss Olive Pink, a human being memorable for all the right reasons, I have to direct my attention, albeit reluctantly to Mr Donald Trump for the sake of a historical record. I am appalled at how many column inches have been devoted to this man, I am appalled…

With a name like that you know there is a story – And here it is –  Miss Olive was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1884. When she was a young woman she travelled to South Australia where she met Daisy Bates. She introduced her to the desert landscape and Aboriginal culture and Miss Olive…

They extend both sides of Alice Springs – like a protective horseshoe around the town. They are a magnificent range of mountains which offer so much for the keen walker and explorer, with gorges and gaps and places of significance to the Aboriginal tribes who live in the area.  One of the principal attractions is…

The name evokes so much – there is romance in it, wilderness and adventure and a sense of the outback. It is literally in the centre of this vast continent and sits comfortably between the two sides of the MacDonnell Ranges.  The town began its life as Stuart as a repeater station for the Overland…

We were expecting vast tracks of Red earth – and nothing much in between. But the weather in Northern Territory has been unlike any other winter they have had for a very long time. It has been raining, unusually for this time of year,  and as a consequence the red earth was interrupted with green,…

More rocks I hear you say so if you have had enough look away now – but if not, come and join me on what has probably been one of the most stunning walks we did. Kata Tjuta is a complex of … yes you guessed it… rocks of gargantuan sizes not far from Uluru.The…

The bottom of the rock is where you need to be to appreciate that there is so much more to this sacred site. Go into the Kantju Gorge and hear the stories of creation and see the water snake who is neatly but very clearly defined nearby. Have a look at some of the rock…