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Mon, 27 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [375]
I EXPECTED MISSION BEACH TO BE HOPPING on this Australia Day weekend, something like Seaside Heights, NJ on the July 4 th . The town isn’t just quiet, it’s dead. And we like it! You see, we are mostly passing time until ... Read more >
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [447]
ON THIS AUSTRALIA DAY I WANTED TO SHARE a story we heard about how some Aussie towns got their names. A white “explorer” asked an Aborigine “What do you call this place?” The answer — in the local language, of course ... Read more >
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [383]
AUSTRALIA IS KNOWN FOR ITS STRANGE ANIMALS and none is more strange than the platypus. It appears to be an evolutionary afterthought, a hodgepodge made from spare parts — the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver and the feet of an otter.... Read more >
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [392]
CHAMBERS WILDLIFE RAINFOREST LODGE certainly lives up to its name. It is in the forest smack-dab inside Crater Lakes National Park on the Atherton Tablelands, and, yes, it rains. Our cabin is smaller than some of other places we’ve ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [575]
FOLKS SAY, “IT’S NOT THE HEAT, IT’S THE HUMIDITY.” Cooktown has both heat and humidity— in abundance! — and a bit of rain to keep things interesting. But not much else, at least not the birds we were seeking.... Read more >
Mon, 13 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [345]
PORT DOUGLAS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE TOWN in Queensland. From the cute main street to the glitzy marina and tropical Four Mile Beach, it is nearly perfect. And Lychee Tree Holiday Apartments is a wonderful place to stay, thanks to hosts, ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [444]
WHILE VICTORIA AND NSW ARE IN FLAMES, it’s the beginning of “The Wet” here in northern Queensland. Granted, the lakes and billabongs are still low and the waterfalls are mere trickles compared to what they will be later in the ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2020 | By graynomadsusa | Views [559]
THE BRISBANE AIRPORT SEEMED FILLED WITH Queensland Fire and Rescue troops on their way to Victoria where the bushfires are out of control, just like Victoria's firefighters recently helped with Queensland's blazes. The seasonal “Wet”... Read more >
Thu, 2 Jan 2020 | By johnsteel | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 31 Dec 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [366]
WE ARE ENDING THE YEAR IN THE BRISBANE at the Balmoral Queenslander B&B. For a straight guy, Brian has done a wonderful job of decorating this traditional “Queenslander.” We are 20 minutes from the airport and within walking ... Read more >
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [338]
LAKE SAMPSONVALE REMINDED US OF FLORIDA’S Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge yesterday morning but instead of crossing the Sanibel Island Bridge we had to walk through the Sampsonvale Cemetery. No ghosts, though. Silhouettes ... Read more >
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 | By johnsteel | Views [329] | Comments [1]
Tasmania 7 – December 2019 - The North East
Our first visit to Tasmania was in 2007, this is now our 7 th visit – had it changed?
Overall not really.
More visitors from China, Japan and SE Asia.
Just as much road kill
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Tags: bicheno, binalong bay, blue tiers, derby, launceston, lilydale, pyengana, st helens, st marys
Sat, 21 Dec 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [350]
AVOCETS ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE BIRDS. I have taken so many photos of American avocets that Connie has placed a moratorium on any more. But Red-necked Avocets are a different story and today I took dozens of shots of hundreds of avocets, ... Read more >
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [403]
ON OUR FIRST TRIP TO AUSTRALIA BACK IN ’04 we drove around New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia for 3 months in an old Ford Falcon and camped in a tent. And we loved it. In 2012 we graduated to a series of Toyota campervans ... Read more >
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