Capricorn Coast, Qld Yes, there are emus in the area. Emu Park is a pretty town with a good supermarket, several cafes, and a few shops. The caravan park here is beside one of the towns’ three beaches and it … Continue reading The Places We Love – Emu Park
Capricorn Coast, Qld Tanby Beach A hidden gem, this one is off the main road and through housing estates just before Emu Park. Tanby Point at the eastern curve of the beach is one of those real estate havens. This … Continue reading The Places We Love – Tanby Beach
Causeway Lake and Kinka Beach, Capricorn Coast Causeway Lake When the coastal road, the Scenic Highway was built a causeway was constructed over Mulambin Creek creating a tidal lake. This is a great spot for fishing, both on the lake … Continue reading The Places We Love – Causeway & Kinka
Capricorn Coast, Qld Mulambin Beach, a place for solitude, a place for wandering and clearing the noise from your head. Just walk from one end to the other then play in the shallows on your way back. Tiny but industrious, … Continue reading The Places We Love – Mulambin
Capricorn Coast, Qld You will have gathered by now that I don’t mind a good beach. When you spend your childhood plodding about the mud, mangroves, and swimming it is a given that you’ll end up a beachcombing paddler. Only … Continue reading The Places We Love – Kemp Beach
Capricorn Coast, Qld Rosslyn Bay is the maritime hub of the Capricorn Coast. It’s home to a busy marina, a yacht club, resort, cafes, and the Keppel Islands ferry terminal. Rosslyn Bay is naturally protected by the double hill of … Continue reading The Places We Love – Rosslyn Bay
Capricorn Coast, Qld Lammermoor has a very walkable beach that stretches from Wreck Point in the north to Rosslyn in the south. Loads of golden sand, casuarinas and palm trees. All the beaches on this coast are flat and firm … Continue reading The Places We Love – Lammermoor Beach
Rockhampton & The Capricorn Coast, Qld Byfield National Park Byfield National Park is about a half hour drive north of Yeppoon. A huge chunk of natural bushland it is home to the palm like Byfield Fern (Bowenia serrulata). Byfield is … Continue reading The Places We Love – Byfield
Rockhampton & the Capricorn Coast – Yeppoon I thought that I’d leave this area until last on our virtual tour of Queensland’s coast. The reason being that we have spent so many winters on the Capricorn Coast. You could say … Continue reading The Places we Love – Yeppoon
Cooktown, Qld The highway up to Cooktown is excellent and only 265kms from Port Douglas. Cooktown is one of those special places with a character all its own. One must hope that the developers never get their hands on it, … Continue reading The Places We Love – Cooktown
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