If Willow grew thumbs and developed the ability to use a cell phone it wouldn’t be long before she’d be ordering snacks delivered. But what would she order? I would hazard a guess and say that she would likely hit up the local Japanese for some fresh, tasty sashimi. In fact I don’t think another…

What a year it has been! We started in Tasmania and finished in NSW, visited four states, and spent months in the outback! Now we count down our top selfies from the past year! [vcm_short_ad] #5 In May we crossed the border from NSW to Queensland at the start of our outback adventure. #4 We…

Previously: Trouble in the Oasis Leaving Bedourie, Queensland – September When travelling, a vast amount of time is spent figuring out how to get from one point to the next – it’s by nature the definition of travel, I guess. For some, there are bus and train timetables, airfares, and accomodation to consider, while for…

Middleton, Queensland Between Boulia and Winton on the dusty Kennedy Development road lies the town of Middleton. Although ‘town’ might be a grandiose term for this place that once was. The pub still stands as if the town around it was still there. The town that lost a battle with Winton as transport and stock…

Certainly not us! The van rattles along the forest track as we look for our camp. A little black cat asleep in the back, and me, gripping the wheel. Ahead on the trail I see a strange looking stick. As we approach I see the patterning of a diamond python resting in the sun cleared…

Previously: Rodeo in the Oasis Bedourie, Queensland It’s 6pm on another desert evening and I’m floating. The artesian water suspends me effortlessly as I watch the sunset. Every so often I make sure I move just in case a passersby thinks a rescue is required. I’m in the town where the sands of the Simpson…

Let’s get one thing straight. Cats thrive on positive reinforcement, and positive reinforcement only. The best way to reinforce positive behaviour is with clicker training. The way we train a cat is to communicate when the cat performs a desired behaviour, then provide a reward. The way we communicate with them is by using a…

Previously: Quilpie to Birdsville. ??   Have you ever been somewhere so fantastical that it almost didn’t seem real? This is Carcoory in outback Queensland, an old cattle property that was developed in the 1870s. There’s not much left of the old homestead that sits on the hill overlooking the creek, but it wasn’t the ruins…