This is my first post on this rebranded site – The Andy T Channel. Ta-dahhhhhh! Actually, I don’t really expect anyone to read this – as I haven’t posted in a long time – but that’s okay. This post is really just to get the ball rolling again, as I intend on breathing life into …
Long When I heard the world’s longest experiment was just down the road from my house, and it was free, I had to take a look. Located in the physics building at the University of Queensland, the experiment is one of Australia’s lesser known quirks. This surprised me, given it’s been running continuously for 92 …
When I think of a city hall, I think of Gotham City that resides in Batman’s fictional land of injustice. In Australia these places are a rarity and my hometown of Brisbane contains the country’s only city hall to reside in a capital city. A city hall, I discovered, differs from a town hall in …
Eager to try out my new OZtrail camping gear, the family and I hit the road for a weekend away in Rathdowney, which is part of Queensland’s gobsmackingly beautiful Scenic Rim. Being high summertime, the campground looked a bit parched as we rolled along a dusty road into the Bigriggen Park campground. Thankfully though, Bigriggen …
There’s a lane not far from my home which I often walk down. It’s a pleasant, 80 metre shortcut through the backstreets of Ashgrove, Brisbane. During the day it’s frequented by school kids, bike riders, pedestrians and bush turkeys, which often descend on it in a spasmodic flurry from neighbouring fences. At night it’s a …
Sounding like a cross between a bull, a deep belch and a boiling kettle, camels are creatures unlike any other. Over the years, I’ve had a few close encounters with these seemingly uncouth beasts – on a week long trip through a cyclone, and on a three day desert tour where my camel bolted and …
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Every city has an iconic walk to showcase its prettiest views. In Sydney, it’s hard to beat the Harbour Bridge to Spit Bridge walk, in Melbourne, exploring its laneways is a must and in Brisbane, the walk along Kangaroo Point is sure to impress out-of-towners. Following the south side of the Brisbane River, the walk …
Best Walks Around Brisbane – The City’s Tuff Side Read More »
Banana bombshell, blah blah blah. Ah, it just feels good to say something, anything, after such a lengthy hiatus. Where to start? Perhaps after a lovely breakfast on a warm winter’s morning, on the weekend, when I’m resting in between two jobs… I’ve been having fun teaching English as a second language to students from all …
About 30 kilometres out to sea, past the mangroves and brown, bastardised beaches of Brisbane, there’s an island with some real beaches, good beaches. This island – which is the second largest sand island in the world – is called North Stradbroke Island, or “Straddie” by the locals. Luckily for Brisbanites, there’s regular ferries from …
I’ve been wandering around Brisbane a lot lately, discovering my new city during its notoriously sweltering summer. One place I’ve ambled across quite a bit is the Victoria Bridge, which is the replacement for the first bridge to span the city’s north and south river banks, the Brisbane Bridge. Two years after it opened in …
Recently, a friend told me about an alleged pyramid site in south-east QLD with a controversial history. I decided to investigate… After driving roughly 160 kilometres north of Brisbane, QLD, towards the small town of Gympie, my family, some friends and I camped about 20 kilometres from town. The following morning we headed to the …
The end The sun dropped behind the ridge and my path gradually faded into darkness. It was a new moon, which meant there was no light upon my trail tonight. I continued steadily through the forest, passing nameless shapes in tree hollows that made my skin erupt into goosebumps. The path now turned pitch black, …