Bramston Beach, Qld It’s only 80km south of Cairns and exciting to turn off the highway into cane farms. There are rich pastures of fat cattle and their accompanying egrets. As we drive into thick rain forest, signs warn us … Continue reading The Places We Love – Bramston Beach
Wet Tropics, Qld Little Crystal Creek There are some pretty drives up into the Hinterland behind Rollingstone and if you’re lucky you may find a fruit stall of farm fresh produce. Little Crystal Creek is one of the surprises. 5 … Continue reading The Places We Love – Ingham Region
Ingham, Qld Ingham is a sugar town with a strong Italian heritage, hence a love of good food. You’ll find an Italian deli where you can stock up on things that you may be hankering for and good butchers. On … Continue reading The Places We Love – Ingham
Rollingstone, Qld The drive north of Townsville is peppered with magic little beachside freedom camps but to my mind, the best place to just kick back and go troppo is the Rollingstone Beachfront Resort. With lake sites and beach view … Continue reading The Places We Love – Rollingstone
Townsville, Qld Townsville is a beautiful city. A tropical paradise situated at the mouth of the Ross River, with Castle Hill providing a pink backdrop to the city. There’s little better than a morning stroll along The Strand watching the … Continue reading The Places We Love – Townsville
Burdekin Cane Farm, near Ayr, Qld We visited this amazing place in July 2018 The farm is on Waterview Road, so named as it skirts a long lagoon. Greg’s farm stay is on mowed lawns under shady mango trees and … Continue reading The Places We Love – Burdekin Cane Farm
Home Hill, Qld We overnighted here in 2016: “The people of Home Hill in Queensland allow RV’s to park for free for 48 hours on the street parallel to the highway and right in the heart of town. Is it any … Continue reading The Places We Love – Home Hill Comfort Stop
Midge Point, Qld Midge Point we were assured, was not named after sandflies and thankfully there weren’t any. That’ll teach us for laughing every time we had passed this way. We thought 3 nights would be nice and stayed for … Continue reading The Places We Love – Midge Point
Cape Hillsborough, Qld Just north of Mackay, the Cape Hillsborough Resort Caravan Park is in a rainforest setting between towering outcrops. The beach is a wide arc of sand of several kilometres which begs to be explored. The grey sand … Continue reading The Places We Love – Cape Hillsborough
Ararat, Vic Day 8 Friday 26/12/2025, Boxing Day, cold windy – 18 With the weather as it is, there is no point in free camping on our way home. We hitch up and head off. Once more hay bales are … Continue reading Christmas Crackers – Taking the Long Way Home
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