Beyond the Rhetoric

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Give me a home among the gum trees / With lots of plum trees / A sheep or two, a kangaroo / A clothesline out the back / Verandah out the front / And an old rocking chair. Yes, my trip to Australia has drawn to a close, but I do take those memories home [...]

Yes, I usually do a speedlink every Wednesday, but I haven’t had all that much time to keep up with the blogosphere while traveling through Australia. The regular link love should resume next week. In the meantime, I thought you might be interested in where I’ve been staying. We did a fair bit of comparison [...]

Largely because of its relative isolation from the rest of the world, the Outback of Australia is home to many species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else. The semi-arid regions of the Northern Territory offer what may appear to be a vast nothingness, but there is indeed plenty of fauna and flora to [...]

“Every tree is a lavatory (‘lav-uh-tree’).” One of the greatest things about the Australian Outback is its vast nothingness. You can drive for hours before encountering any semblance of civilization. This also means that your access to modern conveniences is pretty sparse. While on my tour around places like Uluru and King’s Canyon, I was [...]