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
Port Douglas, Qld While we’re on the subject of Port Douglas in Queensland, a comment from Vivienne, across the ditch in New Zealand, reminded me of our first ever trip to Port Douglas. Here goes: We had booked two glorious … Continue reading Never Smile at a Crocodile
Port Douglas, Qld You need to book early as caravan parks close to town get ridiculously busy in Port Douglas. The camp sites are tight too, but it is a heavenly place to stay when you are walking distance from … Continue reading The Places We love – Port Douglas
Atherton Tableland, Qld You really can’t visit the Cairns region without spending some time up on the Atherton Tableland. The Great Dividing Range, of which the Tableland is a part, rises high above Cairns at an altitude of 765 metres. … Continue reading The Places We Love – Atherton Tableland
Babinda, Qld Babinda is a typical Queensland town with mainly wooden Queenslander houses, a large wooden pub and when we visit a colourful cafe bursting to the seams with people having Sunday breakfast. The breakfast looks good. There is a … Continue reading The Places We Love – Babinda and Her Boulders
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