Category: Australian Outback

• How to appreciate regional art galleries . . .

  I sent this blog post out into the world last week but have since had a lovely update on discovering art once you’re out of the big smoke. I received in the mail (how nice to actually have something delivered by the postman) a little booklet/brochure of Renaissance Tours Summer and Autumn 2021 cultural tours.…

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  February 5, 2021

  Art, Australia, Australian Outback, Culture, Road trip, Rural and regional Australia, Travel

• 6 Outback pubs to visit

  What a great time to be travelling in Australia – winter is time to rug up and hit the road. No searing heat, no flies and plenty of time to enjoy the pubs and the locals. There’s nothing like the experience of walking into an Outback pub in Australia. You might be greeted with an…

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  December 1, 2020

  Accommodation, Australia, Australian Outback, Beer, Beverages, Coffee, Consume, Hotels, Retro charm, Rural and regional Australia

• How to ‘do’ the top town

  

  Getting close to crossing borders again – head to the top of Oz: Darwin Once considered the wild west, Darwin was a haven for maintenance avoiding men; dodgy people who needed to disappear, 20th century vagabonds and a town with a drinking culture to set galactic records. When Cyclone Tracy blew into town on 24…

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  October 14, 2020

  Accommodation, Afternoon tea, Australia, Australian Outback, Beaches, Beer, Beverages, Culture, Food, Hotels, Markets, Retro charm

• How to rock and rail like a movie star

  

  Three Ways to Rock and Rail  There are a few things that you must do/see/experience in Australia to get the rythmn of the place – and one of them is taking a train trip across the vast areas of this amazing continent.  It’s the 90th anniversary of the Ghan this year and there are some…

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  May 21, 2019

  Australian Outback, Culture, Heritage, National Parks, Rural and regional Australia, Slow Travel, Trains