Here's the approach to the rock at the very northernmost tip of Australia. I can laugh about it now (well, almost), but just ask my husband...I have been grumpily uncomfortable for the past few days. It was a typical night as far as this far north Queensland portion of our road trip goes. We had …
"Come up to the homestead anytime," the farmer wife told us when we checked in to camp for two nights at this 78,000 acre cattle station in outback Queensland. So we did. The old man we met (her father) was no longer able to do a lot on the farm due to failing eyesight, but …
Magpies are inquisitive and unafraid. Charismatic carollers whose wonderful warbles make them one of my favourite birds. Magpies love a tasty morsel of meat. But I didn't have any to offer this fellow who'd landed on my camping table. But he hung around anyway. 🙂 "Hello there magpie, what are you up to?" (yes, I …
Quietly Roaring 