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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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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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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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