Tennant Creek: Meeting People at the Caravan Park
On Monday I decided to do some blogging and then go for a walk around Tennant Creek. It was nice to see so many indigenous people around. As in my previous blog, I spoke of all the people I met along my way.
In the evening I set up my computer in the kitchen and… Continue reading
Mount Isa to Tennant Creek Northern Territory
Today I drove 660.3km to Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
I left Mount Isa at 8.30am. I settled into driving, had the music on and just followed the road. I don’t really need the GPS, as there is one road and it is straight. The beauty of having an inverter is I can recharge… Continue reading
Enlightening the Road of My Life
The tent is my cathedral,
My bed and my desk my possessions,
Setting the stage for lifes precession
outdoors,
for I can feel the air,
I can shiver with the cold,
I can sweat with the heat,
And listen to the insects crawl,
For this is the Australian crawl,
That can never lose.
I hammer… Continue reading
Living Life Gracefully
LIVING GRACEFULLY
Imagine a life of no fear,
Imagine every moment as a blessing,
Where it is not in being right,
But knowing all is good,
Even when shades of grey appear,
Transitioning from dark to light,
Always contrasts help us to see,
The very essence that sets us free.
I am learning to let… Continue reading
Australia: Largest Producer of the World’s Opals
Spoke to an expert on opals, really interesting subject. Here is some information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opal
Australia produces around 97% of the world’s opal. 90% is called ‘light opal’ or white and crystal opal. White makes up 60% of the opal productions but cannot be found in all of the opal fields. Crystal opal or pure hydrated… Continue reading
Winton to Mount Isa
Mount Isa is around 468km from Winton. I camped overnight, visited the opal and Dinosaur museum ($5). I found out that Australia supplies 97% of the world’s opal’s. I didn’t know that. It is fascinating to look at the amazing blues and greens in opal. Yet their value is not comparable to gold, although in… Continue reading
Australia: Inland Sea and Temperature
What had gone before?
For much of the previous Jurassic period, 208 to 144 million years ago, Australia had been above sea level and was warm and swampy. Australia was still part of Gondwana but during the Jurassic the great continent was beginning to break up and signs of this movement were seen in the… Continue reading
Winton: Dinosaurs
Evidence of dinosaurs in this region. When i walked through the museum I imagined what it may have been like to live amongst dinosaurs, they were all shapes and sizes. The environment was lush and sub-tropical. Today it is dry and arid yet incredibly diverse and dynamic. We are only one minute to twelve on… Continue reading
Ilfracombe to Winton Outback Queensland
I drove 278 km’s today. I drove through such flat country yet changing every 10km. Really spectacular country. I arrived in Winton and went to the Information Centre. I saw Banjo Patterson’s statue and the words of Waltzing Matilda. This is a song that many Australian’s of my generation and older equate as the real… Continue reading
Ilfracombe State School: Clowning and Teaching Sustainability
The Principal, Chris, is a lovely guy and his staff were very warm and welcoming. He provided a place for me to stay and more importantly he trusted me in his school, a stranger. He was grateful to me for offering. This was a small school of around 30-40 kids but really wonderful size for… Continue reading