Five Rivers Lookout sits at the top of the Daharwi Range just outside of Wyndham with a view over the Cambridge Gulf where five tidal rivers flow from the mudflats. The five Kimberly rivers that meet and flow into the gulf are the Ord River, Forrest River, King River, Durack River and Pentecost River. The … Read more
Lake Argyle in the Kimberleys is the second largest freshwater reservoir on the Ord River. It is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and keeps Lake Kununurra at a constant level, downstream on the Ord River. The Ord River then flows into the Scambridge Gulf, one of five rivers seen at the Five Rivers … Read more
The Darwin Stubby is already known to be a larger variety of Australian brown bottled beer. Larrimah in Northern Territory has the Big Stubby, a large sculpture of the NT Draught stubby. The sculpture sits outside the Larrimah Hotel beside a pink panther in a chair and another piloting a gyrocopter. The pub was originally … Read more
The Larrimah Museum is in the old railway yards of Larrimah in a disused WW2 building, a former repeater station during the war. Larrimah was established as the rail terminus of the North-South railway line from Darwin. The railhead was meant to be at Burdum, however, as the wet seasons rendered the road from Birdum … Read more
The Big Wine Bottle is on the back of a vintage truck at the Daly Waters Historic Pub in Northern Territory. The Daly Waters Pub is an iconic pub built in 1930 in the Northern Territory. It has had an interesting past with murders and threats of being destroyed by station owners. This visit wasn’t … Read more
Kumbartcho Sanctuary is a hidden pocket of wildlife and bushland beside the North Pine River in Eatons Hill of Brisbane. Kumbartcho is derived from the local Aboriginal word for Hoop Pine, which was the dominant species in the area before they were felled by settlers to build ships. The sanctuary is 6 hectares incorporating the … Read more
The World War II Historical Site is at the Gunpowder Rest Stop on the highway between Mount Isa and Camooweal, with historical information about the road and its significance in the war and overnight free camping. The road between Mount Isa and Camooweal was built as part of the inland defence road system as an … Read more
The Big Deck Chair is in the open-air Royal Theatre in Winton, one of 2 remaining open-air theatres of its type remaining in Australia. The other is in Broome. Not long celebrated 100 years, the Royal Theatre was first established in 1918. The theatre is open as a museum you can wander through from the … Read more
Lark Quarry is the location for the world’s only known example of a dinosaur stampede, with fossilised footprints from around 150 dinosaurs. It is also commonly known as Dinosaur Stampede or Lark Quarry. The footprints were found by a station manager in the 1960s. In the 1970s, scientists visited looking for Cretaceous fossils and was … Read more
The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum is located a few kilometres out of Winton in Outback Queensland and is the largest collection of Australia’s biggest dinosaur fossils. The museum is part of Australia’s Dinosaur Trail, a series of attractions spread over three towns – Winton, Richmond, and Hughenden. Winton’s attractions include the Dinosaur Stampede National … Read more
