Opera Bar
This is the Opera Bar which has great views of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. I am sure it is a lovely place to spend an evening as long as you can justify spending $9(£6) on a small bottle of...
View ArticleLuna Park
This is Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. The park was constructed at the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1935. The park closed in 1979 after a ghost train fire. After public pressure the park...
View ArticleBrushy Cutting
This is the view from Brushy Cutting Lookout shortly before we arrived at our current camp-site. After leaving Sydney we camped outside Gosford then Bungwahl rest area. We had planned to travel via...
View ArticleEllenborough Falls
This is the foot of Ellenborough Falls which is a horsetail waterfall on the headwaters of the Ellenborough River in the mid north Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. We camped in the...
View ArticleBush Turkey
This is an Australian Brushturkey also known as a Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey. We have encountered them at four campsites in the last week. It is the first wild Australian bird I would not mind seeing...
View ArticleLorikeet Kiss
It is always nice to see two birds kissing first thing in the morning. These Lorikeets have been seen flocking around the Woolshed Backpackers where we are staying. I have been photographing the rooms...
View ArticleBanyan Tree
This is a Banyan which is a form of strangler fig. This particular type is the national tree of India although this specimen was in Queensland, Australia. It starts by growing on a host tree. If the...
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Aussie Woolshed
We will be leaving the Aussie Woolshed tomorrow. It has been a great place to relax and recharge the batteries. The garden which surrounds the buildings is so full of trees it attracts lots of birds....
View ArticleMystery Monster
Do you know what creature this is? I took the picture in the Bundaburg botanical gardens in Queensland, Australia. This was as far North as we got before we turned around to go to an interview on the...
View ArticleNew Territory
These are the Mystery Craters of Queensland, Australia. They are made of a mix of red ochre and yellow sandstone which extends down at least 600m. Geologists are still unsure how they have been...
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