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Outback Country Experience

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 424 970 999

Address: Glendenning 2761 Sydney, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Sunset in Newman after a thunderstorm. Sent in by Shaye Luckan Purnell.

24.01.2022 This is what 59 mls of rain looks like at Nilpena Station, located approximately 44 km west of Blinman! Thanks to Ross Fargher who recently shared these dramatic and beautiful images of the flooding.

23.01.2022 How good does this look !

23.01.2022 Would be nice to get back out to the Outback

21.01.2022 The borders are open!! Who's coming to Western Australia? #SeeAustralia #WanderOutYonder

19.01.2022 More incredible shots of flooding north-east of Broken Hill! Jo Gall (Langawirra Station)

19.01.2022 The seasons are changing here in Broome as we move towards summer. Early morning fog, high humidity and hot easterly winds mark the start of an early wet season for us @thekimberleyaustralia. #Broome #WanderOutYonder

17.01.2022 Bowen is a beautiful town on the east coast of north Queensland. It has two water tanks that were painted by well known mural artists, Phantast Cultural Music a...nd Arts Association and they were completed in September of 2018. Spectacular photos are by Tex Acola. For the silo trail travellers they can be found on top of the hill in Tynwald Ave, Bowen, Queensland. There is a cul-de-sac at its end which we managed to turn around our 7 metre bus and tow car, but only because there was no one else parked there at the time. The climb up the hill was very steep as well. The tanks were also completed with the help of many Bowen residents and local school children, who picked up a brush and joined in the fun, a real community effort. The Bowen water tanks portray their rich horticultural industry, their amazing natural environment, beautiful sea life and their link to the past. According to the Whitsunday Regional Council, the mural reflects exactly what their community values about their town. The project was made possible with a Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) grant to Bowen Tourism and Business. The RADF is a partnership between The Queensland Government and Whitsunday Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

16.01.2022 Part of Menindee Lakes (Lake Pamamaroo) the top photo was taken 6 April 19 and the bottom taken today 20 Sept 20

16.01.2022 Rainbow over Emmdale Roadhouse, lovely drop of rain 32 ml over the two days

15.01.2022 Sharing some old picsof the Flinders we usually try and be up that way every year love it so much

15.01.2022 Explore the Flinders Ranges by motorbike ! Tick from me

15.01.2022 Thankyou Hughie 30mm Yunta SA

15.01.2022 Kilcowera Station (Thargomindah, Qld) scenery. (8) Photos taken early September, 2020.

13.01.2022 Colours are coming alive here

10.01.2022 Aroona Dam near Leigh Creek

10.01.2022 When the borders open. Amazing part of the top end WA.

06.01.2022 Look at this beautiful sunrise look over northern Flinders Ranges at Depot Springs Station this morning. What did the sunrise look like from your backyard? : Dianne Mengersen

06.01.2022 The history of Lighting Ridge on a mural.

06.01.2022 Essential part of the Aussie country.

05.01.2022 Awesome picture

05.01.2022 Have you ever seen the Sturt's Desert Pea? Jonathan sent us these stunning photos and said the Sturt's Desert Peas are currently going wild all over Roxby Do...wns And in case you didn't know this beautiful flower is also the state flower of South Australia : Jonathan Krantz #abcmyphoto

05.01.2022 RIVERS OF THE ROUTE THE MIGHTY MURRAY The Murray is more than just a river, it’s an integral part of Australia’s colonial history and helped s...hape the country as we know it today. It’s the birthplace of Federation and home to iconic paddlesteamers that transported essential goods in early days of settlement The River Murray was first discovered by Hume and Hovell, who reached it at a point above Albury in 1824. Hovell named it the Hume after Hume's father, but when Captain Sturt made his seventy-seven day voyage to the Murray mouth in 1830, he named it the Murray, after the then Secretary of State for the Colonies Captain Francis Cadell was one of the pioneers of the Murray River paddlesteamer trade. In 1852 prior to starting up his steamer business he and four men he recruited from the Bendigo goldfields rowed a canvas boat, the "Forerunner", down the Murray River from near Swan Hill to Wellington (about 1300 km) to determine the navigability for paddlesteamers. Not surprising, after the first day they decided to waterproof the canvas of the boat with fat from their evening meal. Around this same time, in 1852, at the age of 28 and without any prior experience William Randell designed and commissioned a vessel 16m in length to be made of Redgum. Once built, the boat was deconstructed, dragged across the plains to the Murray, reconstructed and named the P.S. Mary Ann, after Randell’s mother. The Mary Ann’s maiden voyage was on the 19th of February 1853, making it the first paddle steamer on the Murray Later in 1853 the "Mary Ann", skippered by William Randell, and the 'Lady Augusta" under Captain Francis Cadell, ran an unexpected race up-river, each sure of being the first to open up the Murray for traffic. The Lady Augusta was double the size of Randell’s boat, and Cadell was an experienced captain. For some time the two paddle-steamers were in a neck and neck race, first one in the lead, then the other. When the 'Lady Augusta' passed the 'Mary Ann' just above the Murrumbidgee Junction, the race was on, resulting in the 'Lady Augusta' arriving at the tiny settlement of Swan Hill only hours before the 'Mary Ann'. In later years further charting of the river was undertaken. One such surveyor was Augustus Peirce, a jack of all trades. He worked as a painter, photographer, stage coach driver and steamer captain. In 1864 he was employed by a steamer company to make a chart of the Murray River between Albury and Goolwa. He and two servants did this in a rowboat. At the end of the journey he spent two months producing a continuous colour copy of the chart on cloth about 200 metres long - perhaps similar to the ones preserved in the Goolwa National Trust Museum (pictured). He died in 1919 and his entertaining book "Knocking About" was published in 1924. Well worth a read for those interested in early river settlement. Fun fact: it’s said that the oldest steamer on the Murray today is the P.S ‘Adelaide’ which was built in 1866. She spent most of the 90 years of her working life towing barges laden with red gum logs to sawmills at Echuca.There are only two operating paddle steamers in the world that are older than the ‘Adelaide’. They are the ‘Skibladner’, built in 1856, which operates on Lake Mjosa in Norway, and the ‘Hjejlen’, launched in 1861, which operates on the Silkeborg lakes in Jutland, Denmark. These days the romance of the river is alive and well in Australia’s paddle steamer capital, where the twin towns of Echuca Moama ooze a rich history. Here the nostalgic whistle is still a familiar sound; the wharf is home to the WORLDS largest fleet of operating riverboats! Cruises run throughout the day aboard a number of beautifully restored steamers, and overnight cruises are also available. A visit to the historic river port of Echuca Moama to cruise on a piece of history, is definitely a bucket list must! More Echuca / Moama inspo: https://www.visitthemurray.com.au/places-to-//echuca-moama

04.01.2022 What an amazing place

02.01.2022 Sundown Trail - Broken Hill NSW

02.01.2022 Spotting a knockout native! Sturt desert peas truly are a captivating sight! What's caught your eye this weekend? Jacob Vlatko | Vlatko’s Photography in Broken Hill via Gardening Australia