An Aussie roadtrain driver was amongst the 8 truck drivers competing in ‘The world’s toughest trucker’ TV show. Australia features in the first and second episodes of the 8-show series. And while a lot of film crews will venture inland a couple of hour’s drive from a coastal city and call it ‘the outback’, ‘The […]
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‘The World’s Toughest Trucker’ TV show
June 12th, 2012In search of real hamburgers, not those made with frozen sausage mince
May 9th, 2011For years I relied on hamburgers once every day or two for a proper feed when travelling. All five food groups – cereals (roll), dairy (cheese), meat (mince and maybe steak as well, and certainly bacon), salad (lettuce, fried onion, beetroot and tomato) and fruit (a pineapple ring). Plus a bit of barbeque sauce [certainly […]
Flash food in the bush (the real bush, not the outer suburbs of Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne)
May 9th, 2011Discovered another top eatery on the road in April, Bertoldo’s Pasticceria and Panetteria in Griffith (central NSW). Apparently Bertoldo’s bakery opened in 1952 but for some reason I haven’t discovered it until now. By sheer chance we were driving past just as the Easter Sunday after-church crowd were feasting. The crowd in the quiet street […]
Quadrant Agtour to NT cattle stations
March 2nd, 2011This year Quadrant Agtour is running another cattle station tour. This year it runs for 21 days in June-July, and the travellers are escorted by Brian Hill. The cattle stations to be visited include: Alexandria, Brunette Downs, Hayfield, Victoria River Downs, Wave Hill and Melaleuca. Other tour highlights included are: the buffalo programme on Beatrice Hill Farm, Kakadu, […]
Uniting Church McKay Patrol (Cloncurry) and the RFDS
January 5th, 2011The McKay Patrol is a remote-area aerial padre service run by the Uniting Church of Australia, based in Cloncurry (northwest Queensland). It is named after the Reverend Fred McKay. In 1927 Fred was appointed by Reverend John Flynn to oversee the formation and operation of the aerial medical service that later become the Royal Flying Doctor […]
Travel accommodation & meals – outback & in town
October 5th, 2010I don’t mind paying a fair price for a good feed but there’s nothing worse than coughing up the hard earned readies for plastic sandwiches or those hideous frozen hamburger patties, when on the frog & toad. Nor is it good to be kept awake all night by passing semis or the partying of neighbouring […]
Have a gallop in Cobb & Co Coach at Longreach, Queensland
June 1st, 2010Cobb & Co. was the Australian equivalent of Wells Fargo, the horsedrawn stagecoach company made famous worldwide many decades later, via a myriad of American western films. Australia’s most famous coach business was created in Victoria in 1853 by Freeman Cobb and three other Americans who had migrated to Australia. Cobb & Co commenced services […]
Australian Outback Maps
April 6th, 2010Topography, Road & Station Maps of Inland Australia The cattle stations I visit are situated along good quality bitumen roads such as the Flinders Highway, Barkly Highway, Stuart Highway, Arnhem Highway, Victoria Highway, Great Northern Highway and Gulf Development Road; and bitumen roads that are narrow, with edges not always in ideal condition, such as […]
Flying in the Australian Outback
March 6th, 2010To fully appreciate the vastness of the Australian outback, it is best to see it from the ground and from the air. Most northern inland charter companies rely on aerial mustering work for the bulk of their business. However many also offer tourist flights as well. Charter Companies North Australian Helicopters North Australian Helicopters, based […]
