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
- 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Many of these pages are out of date.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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Many of these pages are out of date.
- 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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