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Puppy Love - winner of The Love of your Best Friend category - 2022 Alice Springs Beanie Festival

The Love of your Best Friend

25 June 2022 Ausemade

Author Andrew Turner ◦ It was a very special launch of the 2022 Alice Springs Beanie Festival. Ausemade were once again one of the many sponsors at this iconic and fantastic event in Alice Springs that bring entries from around…

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Posted in: Alice Springs, Andrew Turner, Art, Australia, Blog, Central Australia, Central Australia, Dogs, Events, Guest Author, Northern Territory, Pets, Tourism
Ernest Giles Road, Central Australia © Toni Ryland

Instead of going straight, I turned…

16 June 2022 Ausemade

Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Who would have believed it… after all these days, weeks and months, instead of going straight, I turned… right. Yaaahhhh… having done the endless hours of down the road to Uluru, I finally get to…

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Posted in: Alice Springs, Australia, Blog, Central Australia, Central Australia, Guest Author, Northern Territory, Shebah Alice Springs, Tourism, Travel
Simpson’s Gap © Toni Ryland

The Right Equipment

9 June 2022 Ausemade

Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Had a call out from Bianca and Elly this morning from Simpson’s Gap.They needed a new backpack because the one Bianca took was slowing them down. Very important to have the right gear that you…

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Posted in: Alice Springs, Australia, Blog, Central Australia, Central Australia, Guest Author, Northern Territory, Shebah Alice Springs, Tourism, Travel
Roe Creek, Simpsons Gap, NT

Henry… at the Gap

24 February 2022 Ausemade

…a morning at Simpsons Gap Author Dorothy L. ◦ After all the rain of the past week, it was time for a visit to Simpsons Gap this morning. Besides my passion for bird photography, I’m also into insects, and a…

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Posted in: Alice Springs, Australia, Blog, Central Australia, DorothyL, Fauna, Guest Author, Northern Territory, Tourism, Travel
The 1% Club at Uluru (rain and waterfalls on the Rock)

Raining on the Rock

8 November 2021 Ausemade

The 1% Club ◦ Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ As I sit here listening to the pouring rain, I have a flashback of another time… Christmas was coming up quickly and although I love being with family, 2016 was spent…

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Posted in: Australia, Blog, Central Australia, Guest Author, Shebah Alice Springs, Toni, Tourism, Travel
Waitati Wandering (part 2) - Bubbling water

The Doctors Have a Point

11 August 2021 Ausemade

Waitati Wandering – Part Two Author DaQua ◦ I relished my off the beaten track wanderings in Waitati, it is such a welcoming ‘village,’ oozing creativity, colour and sense of community. Locals tell of the lore and history of the…

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Posted in: Blog, Da Qua, Guest Author, New Zealand, Tourism, Travel
Stormy skies over the tidal mud flats, Blueskin Bay Estuary, New Zealand

Waitati Wandering

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Author DaQua ◦ One of my favourite pursuits whilst spending time with family in Alice Springs, and in New Zealand, is to get off the beaten track and discover the real backyard; choosing to ‘live’ in an area and not…

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Posted in: Blog, Da Qua, Guest Author, Journey, New Zealand, Tourism, Travel
Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2021

Bird Watching at the Beanie Festival

25 June 2021 Ausemade

Alice Springs Beanie Festival Author Koh Lin ◦ Alice Springs is renowned destination for bird watching. It is also known as the Beanie Centre of the world, with its iconic festival event that brings all sorts of beanies from around…

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Posted in: Art, Australia, Birds, Blog, Central Australia, Events, Fauna, Guest Author, Koh Lin, Tourism
Centralian Tree Frog (also known as the Centralian Green Tree Frog)

Night of a Thousand Croaks

20 May 2021 Ausemade

Author Koh Lin ◦ I was looking back through my image archive the other day, when a collection of photographs brought back some vivid memories… The year was 2010, early January. It was a memorable start to the year (I…

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Posted in: Alice Springs, Blog, Central Australia, Dogs, Fauna, Frogs, Guest Author, Koh Lin, Northern Territory, Pets, Tourism
Welcome to Alice Springs

Holiday at Home in Alice

14 May 2021 Ausemade

Author Toni ◦ DAY 1 ◦ Today was the first day of my “Holiday at Home in Alice”. Because there are lots of positive things about living here. There are still many things I’d like to see and do so…

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Posted in: Alice Springs, Blog, Central Australia, Guest Author, Northern Territory, Toni, Tourism, Travel

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