Visiting Pitchi Richi is a bit like entering a secret garden full of wonderful treasures that you get to enjoy all by yourself. But that’s not how local historian Domenico Pecorari and caretaker Olly Vachez see the future for the iconic site. They want to return it to its…
Camel riding fun at Uluru, Australia
THEIR giggling is infectious. So far, Matty, Aiden, Lee and Tartasha from Happy Valley have been patiently waiting until the usual boring stuff like adult conversation has been dispensed with. But the second that Mark Swindells appears with Chester, the camel, they find it impossible to contain their excitement. Mark, who co-owns
Boost for Alice Springs and Red Centre with Tiger Airways resuming flights
Great news for tourists wanting to visit the Red Centre of Australia today with Tiger Airways announcing it will start flying into Alice Springs again starting late March. This means an additional 150,000 seats each year will now be available with the cut-price airline with four flights a week from both Sydney…
On the road: Barrow Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
IT’S just gone 10 in the morning and Les Pilton, owner of the Barrow Creek Roadhouse, is serving pies rather than pints. In fact, the only one in the bar, or on the bar to be exact, is Tiger. And he’s flat out asleep. Just as he has been most of the morning.
Most times Les passes by as he serves customers he gives Tiger an affectionate tickle. It’s no more than Tiger expects. That’s his spot, says Les indulgently. It’s clear who is top dog. And it’s not the two canines Ed and Sophie.
Every inch of the bar and the walls of the Roadhouse is scrawled with signatures or festooned with photographs. They are a permanent testimony to the hundreds