All the creeks have roadsigns giving their (white settler) names. As I've been going along I've made a note of the ones which interested me most. They're here in the order I came across them, orRead more
Today I delivered my lovely campervan to Britz Brisbane. What a time we've had!
As a finale, and to kill a bit of time because I only had a short drive (all those to-be-managed time differencesRead more
As an employee here said, this place is eskellent!
I was taken out to lunch by the lady in the next pitch, along with her dog and parrot (in a special backpack). She's an ex-psychologist who use toRead more
Another great day. I feel so lucky that so much has gone right for me.
Leaving Cania Gorge I called into the picnic area at the S end to check out a burrow in the creek bank I'd spotted yesterday -Read more
Well it was a chilly old morning - 5 or 6C. Brr! As I've been making my way S over the last few days it's become noticeably colder.
It's 10am now, I've been going 3 hours so I've stopped at a hugeRead more
Another lovely drive, this time through the Central Grasslands region of Queensland. Think savannah and you won't be far wrong.
I love the colours. Maybe I'm here at a particularly good time - a lotRead more
Well if you'd asked me a couple of days ago what I'd be doing on Wednesday I can guarantee I would not have said 'I'll be fossicking for sapphires', but that's exactly what I did today!
I knew I wasRead more
Traveler Oh I love working out where I've flown over from pics 😎 This is the Karun River in Iran, upstream from the Gotvand (hydroelectric) Dam (further W/left). I took the pic because the landscape was so dramatic. These are the Zagros Mountains, which are growing as the Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide.
Traveler At Wooloowin Station in Brisbane at the start of my journey home
Traveler I didnt have too many chances to take pics during the journey - either it was night, I was asleep or over Europe there was lots of cloud cover. But coming in to land I got this shot of the chain of reservoirs along the A628 Woodham Pass from Tintwistle / Hadfield. 19 miles to ho to Manchester Airport ☺