The open road Posted in Oceania, on April 1, 2013 Mungo National Park, NSW. 0 All gays go to Heaven (Notes on Fire Island) Posted in Essays, on January 28, 2013 Gore Vidal once said in The Nation that America is run by a heterosexual dictatorship. Fire Island never got the memo. 0 Life on Mars Posted in Culture, on October 3, 2011 NSW, AUSTRALIA – "Paliira kiirinana parimba," reads Lake Mungo National Park's entrance sign in the language of the indigenous Paakantji tribe. "Our country is beautiful. Please come." 0 The town that time forgot Posted in History, on July 4, 2011 BLUE MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA – Yerranderie was once home to more than 2000 people who relied on profits from the local mines. Now it's a ghost town, hidden deep in the Blue Mountains National Park. 0 A walk in the park Posted in Adventure, on June 16, 2011 NSW, AUSTRALIA – The NSW Wilderness Act of 1987 defines wilderness as an area that offers “opportunities for solitude and appropriate self-reliant recreation,” meaning, basically, you’re on your own. 0 Life on Mars Posted in Oceania, on April 13, 2011 The Walls of China at Mungo National Park, NSW. 0 Mungo Man Posted in Oceania, on April 13, 2011 Ranger Warren Clark, Executive Officer of Lake Mungo National Park. 0 The burning bush Posted in Oceania, on April 9, 2011 The Green Gully Track, a 65km hike past Armidale maintained by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. 0 Mountain Stream Tree Frog (Litoria barringtonensis ... Posted in Oceania, on April 9, 2011 A friendly frog sighted on the Green Gully Track, a 65km hike past Armidale maintained by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. 0 The road less travelled Posted in Oceania, on April 9, 2011 Dawn on the Green Gully Track, past Armidale. The hike is a new initiative from the National Parks and Wildlife Service in NSW: four days of creeks, hills, wilderness and stunning wildlife. 0