The Pink and Grey Cockatoo, or simply ‘Galah’, is probably Australia’s most ubiquitous and well known cockatoo. They are not particularly revered for their intelligence however and being called ‘a galah’ is never a flattering gesture. We first set out on our hike, in South Australia’s ‘Deep Creek’ conservation park, with hands and arms free … Read more
When you turn onto the Arkaroola road out of Yunta you are greeted with several warnings about heading north-west. Aside from reminding you about the dangers of heading into remote locations it proclaims the road being suitable for four wheel drives and heavy vehicles only. Metal roads (from the latin ‘metallum’) with many creek crossings, … Read more
Lefevre Peninsula I really could not call this image anything else. For years I’d driven up and down and around this north-south spit of land north of Port Adelaide and not realised how thin a strip of land the Lefevre Peninsula really is. You’d think looking at Google maps or some other schematic description of … Read more
Last Drinks at the Waukaringa Hotel I wonder when that last call for drinks really was? I suspect that back in its heyday there never was a last call, just the ushering of patrons out the door. Back in 1873 the discovery of gold here transformed an inhospitable region of the South Australian outback into … Read more