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ONE NIGHT IN BOWEN

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On our homebound dash north from Coolum Beach to Townsville, we made two stops.  The first at Rockhampton to visit our friends and the next at a beach outside of Bowen. I  was emphatic about wanting to visit Bowen as we always seem to bypass it in our hurry to get to other destinations.    Bill …

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TORONTO DIARY ENTRY

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24/5/10 We are staying at Global Guesthouse at 9 Spandina.  The Spandina Subway Station is next door, and I mean right next door.  Our room was vibrating at 7.15 this morning.  At first we thought it was an earthquake, but then worked out that it was the trains underground making the building vibrate! It is …

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COOLUM IS COOL

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Historically we are Peregian Beach holidayers but although we still have many wonderful memories of holidays spent there, we now agree that Coolum is Cool. At Peregian Beach, prime holiday properties cluster on the ocean side of David Low Way, the coastal highway which hugs the coastline from Bli Bli on the Maroochy River to Noosa in …

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AUSTRALIAN ICONS

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Food is important in every culture.  The food that most people think of as Australian is the meat pie or a pavlova.  However, early settlers living isolated lives in the bush and drovers who spent long periods of time on the road eating only what they could carry, created the original iconic Australian dish. It …

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HEADING SOUTH TO GOLDEN BEACH

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  A couple of days ago we headed south from Coolum on a mission to look over a car our son wanted to purchase.  Down to Pelican Waters we went, checked the car over,and then headed back via Golden Beach.  Bonus.  I had looked at holiday places at Golden Beach online before but had no …

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COOLUM BEACH – SUN, SURF AND MERMAIDS

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Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, is home for us.  The Great Barrier Reef runs the length of Queensland, from the northern most tip to down around the Town of 1770, a distance of 2000 km. At home we get to experience one of the great wonders of the world – exploring coral cays, coral bommies, reef …

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Maryborough Queensland and the Mary Poppins Connection

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  Whenever a new stage show version of Mary Poppins is released, people remember the Australian town of Maryborough, because the author of the Mary Poppins books was born there. As a result, Maryborough has an unusual Queensland Attraction in the form of a life sized bronze statue of Mary, standing right in the middle …

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Swim with Turtles on Lady Musgrave Island Day Trip

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Some days are meant to be.  The day we took a Lady Musgrave Island Day Trip from the Town of 1770 in Australia, on the southern extremity of the Great Barrier Reef, was one of those days. We recommend reaching Lady Musgrave Island from 1770. Seventeen Seventy is a Queensland seaside town 128 km north …

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