The road much less travelled
I went out to practice my 4wding yesterday – getting ready for my next trip outback. At least, that was the intention when we started out. I had a photo shoot on the NSW south …
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Tom Roberts shearing sheds … who needs the Royal Easter Show?
I watched shearing today. Not at the Royal Easter Show – real shearing. In a shearing shed. In the country. Six sweaty blokes doing bloke work. I’ve never seen shearers at work before, and there …
Red tailed black cockatoos
On the Darling River in Wilcannia we saw a flock of red-tailed black cockatoos. These are magnificent birds, and quite rare. It was a fabulous sight. If you look in this photo you can see …
Blowin’ in the wind
As I’ve said on this blog before, I often wake up around 2am, usually because I’m cold. In those cases I just pull up the doona and go back to sleep. But sometimes I can’t …
Looking for a tree change? Don’t forget about the birds
If you’re thinking of moving to the country for the peace and quiet – don’t. You have no idea how noisy it is out here. Out here in the middle of nowhere I wake up …
Hay and Hell and Booligal
“And people have an awful down Upon the district and the town- Which worse than hell itself they call: In fact, the saying far and wide Along the Riverina side Is ‘Hay and Hell and …