Whether you’re a long-time travel tragic or a newbie explorer, if you’re interested in local history and intrigued by the places and people who contribute to it, then you’re amongst friends right here!
Welcome to Guidelooks, an ongoing travel blog series shot and shared by Queenslanders Heather and Lou, who’ve been documenting their love for regional Australia and further afield for a decade.
From Cooladdi to Cooktown and the Scenic Rim all the way to Saigon, the name of the game is shining a light on special spots and bringing to life some of their lesser known stories.
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All the drugs even at school when I went there was shit tons of drugs and a lot of the site are just covered in rubbish and a lot of people here aren't really all that accepting of anyone who is gay
Thanks for the video Heather we traveling to Vietname later this year and looking at doing something like you did who was your guide and how did you contact him
It was a private tour and I did the itinerary of where we went to. I had Miss Lily from Voyage2Vietnam organised all the accommodation, vehicle, driver and guide. The guide’s name was Tuân. While you are up north see if you can fit in going to Ban Gioc Waterfall, it’s very impressive. Enjoy you trip
Hi Heather & Lou, thanks for the video, it rekindled some great memories. I was the Police Officer there for 3 years from ‘84 through ’86. It was a one man Station of course and Windorah School had only one Teacher who taught all Primary School classes from 1 to 7. When my wife and I arrived our 3 kids took the pupil enrolment from 9 to 12. The Western Star hotel was the only one in town, but not the only one in my Division, the other being the Betoota Hotel about 200 km away, roughly half way to Birdsville. It was operating at the time but when the Licencee Sigmund ‘Ziggy’ Remienko passed away some years after I left it closed, although I believe it has recently been reopened. At one time, pre motor vehicle, there were a chain of hotels spaced about one day horse power apart but they are all long gone and very difficult to locate, a local guide is definitely needed, there is little or nothing left to see. There had been a hotel on the Windorah bank of Cooper Creek 12 km from town which was washed away in a flood. Those red sand dunes on Ourdel Station are great aren’t they, my wife and I would sometimes take our kids there to play and picnic. Sandy Kidd, the owner, was a friend of ours and we would often visit each other for meals and socialising. His wife was a Registered Nurse and as the town didn’t have a resident Doctor, the Royal Flying Doctor Service had provided her with a key to their medical supplies in case of need before they could arrive. His family had owned Mayfield Station close to Windorah and when Sandy obtained his property the name was taken from Lourdes, a pilgrimage town in the Pyrenees, France, the letters shuffled to make Ourdel. (Our Dell) Unfortunately Mayfield homestead had burned to the ground while I was at Windorah, very sad. When there was a Search & Rescue exercise organised I would accompany Sandy in his Cessna while his and other aircraft grid patterned the area. I loved seeing the countryside from his light plane, just magic, beautiful. Cheers
Yes I am from maharashtra and we use exactly the same method to make steamed rice papad( in marathi - tandlache papad - recipe is available on youtube ) And very much common in southern india too. And also there are many other ways to make rice papad
The sand dune is named after legendary local grazier Sandy Kidd of Mayfield station now named Ourdel station. Sandy was an amazing bush pilot and performed many rescues and services for the local community and authourities in his Cessna 172. He pioneered aerial mustering and an environmentalist protecting the Cooper Creek floodplains. Just ask any local about Sando's sand dune.
Lost its charm to modern day values used to be a gem of a town I was born Wongan 1948 lived there on and off for 58 years went down after 23 years for personal reasons and boating told to move on by council as being in my self contained motor home Considered camping but could not answer why threatened $175 fine not a very friendly town.
Absolutely amazing! I just made my own spring rolls using rice paper and saw the net design and now I understand how it gets it! This craft/trade is impeccable!
My father was born in Warialda in 1913, my grandmother was also born there 1893, she was from a large family that had lived in the Yetman area and finally settled on a property they called "Glenridding" just outside Warialda. My grandfather born in 1890, was from Clermont in Queensland, also from a large family, his father was mining on what was to become Blair Athol.. later to have hotels/pubs in town. Unfortunately after my grandfather had left town, several family members died in the catastrophic flood of 1916. In 1912 he ended up in Warialda, were he married and started a family, that later set up a sawmill on Gragin Rd. in town. I have photos from the 1940's of my parents, grandparents and other family members taken on one of their many picnics at Cranky Rock.. a beautiful setting. As kids, we had lots of trips to see family - many still living there today, but sadly were never taken Cranky Rock, so thank you for the tour! I'm lucky to live on the Sydney's Northern Beaches, were we still have untouched native bushland... at least for now! Clermont history is well documented with photos - as the town was moved by steam engine to higher ground, away from the lagoon after the flood. Many of these photos survive, it's a town well worth a visit. Thanks again. Denise
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Guidelooks - with Heather & Lou is a beggar who tries to get people to subscribe. If you want those, EARN THEM! People will do them when THEY WANT to, not when you WANT THEM to. You do not deserve subscriptions.
Guidelooks - with Heather & Lou is a beggar who tries to get people to subscribe. If you want those, EARN THEM! People will do them when THEY WANT to, not when you WANT THEM to. You do not deserve subscriptions.
I live in Morocco and i love this hats so bad that i want one of it but I'm far away now i want to make it by myself but i don't have the materials .. thanks for the video
My mom was born there in 1929 and lived on a big cattle station. I was curious what Warialda looked like. I can imagine. I lived in Australia for 10 years and fell in love with the bush and gum trees. Magical place. I lived mainly on the coast Manly to Palm Beach but loved wandering in the reserves. I heard all the stories and now can see in my mind the town and people and history. Thanks for that.
