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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Review of our journey through the middle of Australia
Are you an Australian who is yet to explore the Northern Territory or travel on the Ghan train? Are you from overseas, with Australia on your ‘bucket list’, but you’re not sure where to go first? If so, this review … Continue reading
Q: Why did the chicken legs cross the road quickly?
A: So they wouldn’t be late for dinner. My dinner! * * * * * * * Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a local newspaper invited me to nominate my ‘signature … Continue reading
Cauliflower gives goulash a happy-face lift
I first cooked beef goulash a little over five years ago, inspired by a dish I had eaten at a restaurant in Salzburg, Austria in May 2014. After a couple of attempts, I settled on a recipe and included it … Continue reading
Is cauliflower the most versatile vegetable?
One evening when Maggie was a child, her mother compelled her to eat a serving of cauliflower. It was a mistake her mother only made once! Fast-forward to 10 years ago, when a small, best-of-season cauli caught Maggie’s attention. She … Continue reading
Top time in the Top End: Litchfield day tour
As we dragged ourselves out of bed for yet another depart-at-dawn journey, I was grumbling – half to pity myself, half to blame my wife – about having to go out on a third boat cruise to gaze at an … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged jumping crocs, Litchfield National Park, salt water crocodiles
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Top time in the Top End: Kakadu National Park
The final days of our journey through the centre of Australia were spent in two more of the Northern Territory’s wonderful national parks. The first of these was Kakadu National Park, which we visited on a two-day coach tour. Kakadu … Continue reading
Top time in the Top End: Katherine Gorge and Darwin
At the end of our week in Central Australia, we re-boarded the Ghan late in the afternoon for the overnight journey from Alice Springs to Darwin. Next morning, we pulled in to the town of Katherine, at the southern edge … Continue reading
Posted in Eating out, Travel
Tagged Darwin, Darwin sunset cruise, Katherine Gorge, MAGNT, Moorish
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Rick and Maggie's food and travel adventures 