Shothole Canyon, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia I was intrigued to read today that schools around the US and now Australia have discovered that young people learn more, concentrate better, bully less and achieve enhanced academic outcomes when they are prevented from accessing their smart phones during school hours….
June 2019
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In a recent television chat show in the presence of some eminent and most knowledgeable scientists, there was the contemplation of whether a belief in God was incompatible with being committed to the scientific method. So why a Ferris wheel image in the same conversation? Well, a Ferris wheel is…
Great for viewing, hiking or rock climbing. OK, so I have featured these recently on several occasions. Please forgive my indulgence as I post this more recent perspective, on the way to the famous music festival town of Woodford (folk festival each Christmas – New Year period). For a scenic…
Winton. On the map, for anyone doing the ‘lap’ of Australia. On the flat country of outback western Queensland, Australia. Pleasant, even cool weather in the Winter, very hot in the Summer months. Rain is less common, although torrential rain and devastating floods experienced to the near north east in…
The view from Mt Oberon, near Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. Australia. “The Prom” is the southern most edge of mainland Australia, with the great island of Tasmania to the south across Bass Strait. In the age of the digital camera, I have so wanted to return to this spectacular…
It is always both fun and a privilege to travel this great country, to see its vastness, its challenges, and differences. Thankfully, it is also so wonderful to discover that practically anywhere you do travel in this large country, you can still feel ‘at home’. But of course, not everywhere…
A must do place to visit. And a great gateway to so many other wonderful Australian outback adventures. I look forward to my next road trip through Longreach. It does get hot here in the summer, but is mild and even cool in the Winter (especially overnight). Longreach. Famous for…
Despite the devastating floods in Feb 2019, this pride of people in this harsh place shines through. A special town with a special marsupial (like them, threatened, but battling on). Julia Creek was once a distant place on a map for me. Mental note for many years was, I will…
One of the iconic views of Mount Isa, after sunset. And the daylight version. So to many outsiders, I suspect that the images above may encapsulate their perspective of Mount Isa. Sure it is a mining town. However, on my two recent visits, I was most privileged to meet with…