I’ve been on the move again.
Head on over to Retirement and Good Living to read my latest post:
For Nature and Wildlife Lovers – off the beaten path in Australia
Photos of the day:
Above – sunrise, Guerilla Bay, Australia
Below – water dragon, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra
All words and images by Alison Louise Armstrong unless otherwise noted
© Alison Louise Armstrong and Adventures in Wonderland – a pilgrimage of the heart, 2010-2015.
Adventures in Wonderland 
so fun…enjoy the spaces and places!
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Thanks so much Hedy.
Alison
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Enjoyed your Off the Beaten Path. Peggy and I are seriously thinking of making Australia and the South Pacific a destination for 2017. (2016 is already packed.) If we do, I’ll becoming to you and Don for advice on Australia, Alison.:) –Curt
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Thanks Curt. I have lots of info about Oz for you – the good and the not so good 🙂
It’s definitely worth visiting – amazing landscapes and wildlife. The people are not too bad either 🙂
Alison
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Certainly my experience with the people supports what you say. 🙂 And your writing and photography say the rest. –Curt
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Truly amazing😍
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Thank you so much Neethu. Australia is a really amazing country for sure.
Alison
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Interesting to see previously-viewed photos in a new context. Great photos, solid writing, what’s not to love?
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Thank you so much Pam. It was fun to put this article together – it made me realize even more that places in Australia that I take for granted because I grew up there are rarely seen by visitors, especially Canberra, and Canberra’s coast. And who’s ever heard of the Tingle trees?!
Alison
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Oh, what a gorgeous lizard. I left you a message over on Curt’s blog about Mexico. Heading over to retirement and good living now….
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Thanks so much Cindy. Isn’t he a beauty! And thanks for the message. I’m sure we’ll visit Guanajuato again (one day was not enough), and I’ll take a look at the other places you mentioned.
Alison
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You’re becoming quite the author these days. Is this blog only for Australia? I think they should make a hotel out of that hut at the top of the trees! I’d rent it. I was a little disappointed I couldn’t make the photo larger. When you post like this, do you not put the post on your blog (later, or some time)?
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Thanks BF. Oh dear, I’ve written so much about Oz that you think this blog has become only about that. Yikes. Better change the subject! Next post – Hawaii, the one after, a poem about Life, then a post about Sweden, then Turkey, Jordan and Egypt! No more about Oz for a long time I promise.
That hut at the top of the tree is only about 10×10 – a bit small for a hotel, but with a little imagination and expansion you could be on to something. I’ve seen some beautiful hotel tree houses, just not that high up. Here is the link to the photo on this blog so you can see the photo of the hut larger
https://alisonanddon.com/2010/05/08/port-douglas-uluru-kata-tjuta-west-australia/
And finally, no, this post does not go onto my blog. It was written specifically for Retirement and Good Living, and everything in it has already been covered here in one post or another, and in some cases in more detail. If you’re interested I can give you the links.
Alison
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No, no. I was referring to the Retirement and Living Blog… IT being only Australian. I wondered if they only wanted stories about OZ, or written by Ozzies. You certainly do not have too many posts about Oz, or any place!! And anyway, it’s a big country, one could write forever about it and not run out of stuff to write about…like take just snakes for instance, you could write a book about them.
I liked the post on Uluru and Kata Tjuta…but it was written before I knew you, or after, but before I started actually following, I think. Very cool. Last time I was there, it rained, and water came pouring off those rocks, which cause those indentations. But I couldn’t get a good shot.
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Retirement and Good Living is an American site, and they’ll take blog posts about just about anything to do with travel and retirement and you know, Life.
It’s Oz, and Aussies 🙂
You *could* write a whole book about Aussie snakes! Many people have.
The post about Uluru and KataTjuta was written long before we met. It’s very close to being one of the first posts ever, back before I learned to write better or knew anything about photography 🙂
I bet that whole area is amazing in the rain!
Alison
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Oz…right, I think I was thinking “mozzies.” Oh, but wait. I just looked it up, this is what the urban dictionary says: An Ozzie or (Aussie) is an Australian slang term to name themselves, often used in chants on Australia day “Ozzie ozzie ozzie” “oi oi oi”
where are you from?
im a bloody Ozzie mate!
But can you trust everything you find online?
anyway…yeah, the rain made it even more magical…if that is possible
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Okay, you win. Ozzie it is. What do I know?! Not much apparently 🙂
I’ve done that chant from time to time 🙂
I don’t know that I’ve ever heard it chanted on Australia Day, but I’ve heard it many times at international sports events. It’s *the* Ozzie chant!
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HOWEVER, if you go on Wikipedia, they write it as Aussie, Aussie, Aussie…not Ozzie. So who knows. They sound alike when they’re not written on a page…
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Great article! The tree climb looks amazing – scary but so worth it.
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Thanks lexklein. The tree climb was one of the best things we’ve done – terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. I was so stoked when we got to the top. Yes! So worth it!
Alison
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Excellent article!
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Thanks Darlene.
Alison
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Love the photos Allison. I will hope over and check out your article! 🙂
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Thanks Nicole 🙂
Alison
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I have a craze for photography and so this post of yours with extraordinary photos leaves me spellbound! The wonderful landscape and the wildlife of this place tempts me to plan my trip soon and capture the beauty under my lenses.
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Thank you so much Addy. I really recommend Australia. There is an amazing diversity of landscape and wildlife. It’s definitely worth visiting.
Alison
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