A few moments in time from Alice Springs… She sits alone in a simple chair. She is outside her home, a grey aluminium oblong with the word ATCO in faded grey letters on the side. It’s raised from the ground by some bricks on each corner. Paint chips away. She has tried to soften the …
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Just south of Gregory, Qld
The first hint of trouble is outside the Hann River Roadhouse where we have stopped for a promised cold drink on the way from Cooktown to Karumba, a drive that will take us a couple of days. Sections of sharp, serrated corrugations have shaken us so much that both Eddie and Frank declare newly wobbly …
Between Edmonton and Gordonvale, Qld
Change comes in all forms. We are told that we are resistant to it, it can be unsettling, we crave routine while there are some who thrive with or that we need change to grow. We actually live within change – we can pretend we have order and control but often in life it’s the …
Near Watsonville, Qld
We find ourselves camped on a private property near the tiny hamlet of Watsonville on the Atherton Tableland. It’s beautiful, jagged granite country with white, dusty soil mixed with an assortment of rocks and boulders that dominate the landscape. The rocks are everywhere, including angrily jutting through the surface of the ground, the perfect unexpected …
Just north of Rockhampton, Qld
We are camped just north of Rockhampton, just off the Bruce Highway. It’s down near a scrubby gully that sings with birdsong in the dawn, but close enough to the highway to hear the hum and grumble of truck exhaust brakes overnight. The entire aural composition is punctuated by a rooster, hidden from view, whose …
Big Country 