We walk the Strand Townsville each day – it’s one of our favourite things to do in Townsville. The beachside promenade bike and walkway runs from the Boat Marina at the River End, to the Rock Pool at Kissing Point, a return distance of 4.4 km. You’ll often hear locals say they’re going to “Do …
Queensland
Australia Day North Queensland Style
This Australia Day we have planned our usual trip to Paradise Lagoon, about 45 mins. north of Townsville. Even on the hottest day the water is cool – it really is paradise. Townsville, tends to be a dry place, in fact it has been known as Brownsville! But, if the weather man has his …
MANGOES FOR CHRISTMAS
If you live where mangoes are grown, in our case North Queensland, and don’t like them, then you are being ripped off. It is only when the smell of ripening mangoes fills my kitchen that I know Christmas is really here. Locally, most people eat Bowen Mangoes as the mango of choice. That is because …
ONE NIGHT IN BOWEN
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 …
COOLUM IS COOL
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 …
EUMUNDI – TO MARKET TO MARKET TO ……
Try out some of the beauty products made with natural products, like my Sis-In-Law. Be intrigued by how an old fashioned brew is new Ponder the giant chess pieces Try some local bread or healthy date and nut cake Wish my kitchen was big enough for one of these Buy some locally grown and produced …
Maryborough’s Secret is Mary Poppins
Maryborough had a secret and I just found out about it. The current stage show version of Mary Poppins has people talking about Maryborough again, because the author of the Mary Poppins books was indeed born in Maryborough. In 1899 Helen Lyndon Goff was born above a bank at the corner of Richmond and Kent …
LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND
Some days are meant to be. The Lady Musgrave Island Day, on the southern extremity of The Great Barrier Reef, was one of them. The boat operator, Lady Musgrave Cruises was booked out Thursday, had a maintenance day Friday then was booked out Saturday and Sunday. After a chat with the office staff on site …