Pedalling the paddocks: Dookie Rail Trail
Part of the trend to rejuvenate disused railway lines and making them into cycling tracks, the Dookie Rail Trail is short* but sweet. It is 4.8km long, but as a […]
Category Archives: Australia
Things to discover and do in Australia’s small towns and big cities.
New look for an old hall
The Dookie Memorial Hall has been around since 1897 and the site for many an old-projector-style cinema night, 21st birthday party, old time dance, and badminton practice. Not to mention […]
Bushfire-smoke sky
From where I currently am in Dookie, Victoria, my estimation is that the nearest of the major New South Wales bushfires is in Winmalee — approximately 700 kilometres (430 miles) […]
Dookie waking
Having returned from New York last week, I’m having a few days in Dookie, in country Victoria, where I grew up. It is quiet, and with the wheat crops yet […]
Get your popcorn ready
Justin Evans and partner Zara were driving through north east Victoria when they saw a sign marked ‘Dookie’, and decided to follow the direction. They were led to a small […]
