Australia—focus on the outback
Australian places and activities of interest to independent, active, over-50 travellers who want to get away from the major cities, and prefer not to take a packaged tour. Answers to travel-related questions. We are not travel agents (so we can’t take your bookings)—we are independent reviewers!
Our travels
- Photo album from Jean’s trip to the Ross Sea, Antarctica, January-February 2012. Commendary coming soon.
- Photo albums from our July 2011 trip to the Kimberley (including Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary, Mitchell Plateau and Falls, Home Valley Station, El Questro, Kununurra and Lake Argyle, Purnululu (Bungle Bungles), and places in between), with Outback Spirit Tours; commentary starts here
- Photo albums from our trip on the Trans-Siberian Express, August 2010; commentary starts here
- Photo album from our July 2010 trip to Broken Hill, Innaminka, Coober Pedy, Alice Springs, and places in between, with Outback Spirit Tours; commentary starts here
- Our May 2010 road trip through parts of northern Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia starts here. Photo albums start here.
- Our trip to Tasmania, February 2010
- Jean’s trip to Venezuela and Peru, July 2009
- Our New Zealand trip, February 2009
- Jean’s trip to Europe, September 2006 – photos, mostly unlabelled, plus commentary
- Jean’s 2006 Kimberley Coast trip, Broome to Darwin
- Our 2005 outback trip, by air
- Our 2004 around-Australia road trip
- Our 2003 outback trip, by air
- Gulf of Carpentaria and northern parts of the Northern Territory, 2002
- Outback Queensland and Lake Eyre, South Australia, 2001
- Outback Queensland, continued here, and on to the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria (Normanton, Karumba) and Undara lava tubes, 2000
- Cairns, Cooktown and Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland, 1999
- Coast drive from Sydney to Brisbane and Brisbane to Airlie Beach, 1998
Spotlight on regions
Many of these pages are out of date.
- Cape York Peninsula of Queensland
- Northern Territory
- Northern Rivers NSW (Tweed Shire)
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- Kimberley region of Western Australia
Travel tips
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- Places to go – including things to see and do, and who to contact
- Transportation – how to get around the country by air, land, and water
- Accommodation – what to expect in a hotel, motel, serviced apartment, holiday unit, resort, roadhouse, and more
- Gadgets – which imported ones will work in Australia?
- Keeping in touch by e-mail
- Special-interest information – events, music, art, birds, golf, and more
- Rental cars and campervans
- Australian words – coping with Australian English
- And much more!
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