This website is a celebration of the strange, kitsch and slightly off-kilter places that make Australia a truly remarkable place to live.

It will cover many surreal tourist attractions that we sometimes cannot believe are actually real. From time to time it will focus on the characters that bring these places to life.

There’s a lot of fun to be had here. Everything on this site has delighted us and some of our friends. If you are after something a little bit different, steer a little away from the Dreamworlds and the Sydney Opera Houses. Head down the back roads and into the small towns in search of the authentic Australia. With a bit of luck we might bump into each other there.

Mark Murdoch and Jill Carter