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Goldstone the Film with Willow the Cat
Read more: Goldstone the Film with Willow the CatMiddleton, 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…
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Who’s afraid of the forest at night?
Read more: Who’s afraid of the forest at night?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…
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Trouble in the Oasis: The Royal Hotel Bedourie
Read more: Trouble in the Oasis: The Royal Hotel BedouriePreviously: 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…
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How to Teach your Cat to Sit
Read more: How to Teach your Cat to SitLet’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…
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Carcory Bore and Homestead
Read more: Carcory Bore and HomesteadPreviously: 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…
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Quilpie to Birdsville
Read more: Quilpie to BirdsvillePreviously: 30 days off-grid | Pub in Adavale. ? There are two ways to get from Adavale to Quilpie, the red road or the black road. I didn’t find out why they were named as such but I nonetheless chose the red road. Quilpie Arriving in Quilpie, population 574, was a momentous occasion. It was the biggest town…
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A Cat walks into a Pub..
Read more: A Cat walks into a Pub..? .. the bartender says, ‘What will it be?’ The cat says, ‘A shot of milk, full cream.’ The bartender pours the cat the drink. The cat slowly pushes the shot off the table. ‘Another!’ There were a few things I was craving after our 30 day off grid adventure – a shower, a…
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30 Days Off Grid (Part 2) Ambathalla Station
Read more: 30 Days Off Grid (Part 2) Ambathalla Station[ Read Part 1 here ] Recap: We had just woken up from an afternoon nap, a little disorientated, in the middle of outback Queensland on the start of our 30 day off-grid adventure. No phone reception, no internet just a van laden with snacks and a sleepy little adventure cat. * * *…