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Budget Noosa Bike Ride or Noosa River Walk

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Bicycle tours or cycling are two of the best ways to explore a destination and we’ve done exactly that at several spots on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Noosa River is fed through a series of sand lakes as far north as Tin Can Bay and this section of river is wide and blue with views down …

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Walk the Strand Townsville 2020

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Walking the Strand Townsville is one of the best things to do in Townsville. The Strand beachside promenade with it’s joint bike and walkway runs from the Breakwater Marina at the River End of the Strand, to the Rock Pool at the Kissing Point end, a return distance of 4.4 km. Breakwater Marina Townsville with …

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Three easy Kuranda Walks on the Atherton Tablelands Queensland

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If you have visited or even heard of Kuranda on the Atherton Tablelands, in North Queensland, chances are you know about the famous Kuranda Markets, but do you know about Kuranda walks? The markets were started by some locals in 1978 to try and attract tourists to the area, and have been uber successful.  Following …

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Things to do in Coolum Australia – Local Destination Guide

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Australia is a massive country to explore and being surrounded by gorgeous blue ocean, it goes without saying that a beach holiday is high on many holidayer’s List. Coolum Beach is located centrally between Caloundra and Noosa in Australia’s Sunshine State. It is a favourite place for a relaxing beach holiday and a great stepping …

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A day in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland – Road Trips from Brisbane

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The Sunshine Coast hinterland is a short thirty minute drive from Sunshine Coast beaches and one of the very best road trips from Brisbane. If you’re contemplating an Australia road trip, this one on this Sunshine Coast Hinterland day trip in Queensland is hard to beat. Situated on the Blackall ranges some 400 metres above …

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Whitsundays on a Budget – What to do in Airlie Beach beyond Whitsunday Islands

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Whether visiting Whitsundays on a Budget or with money to burn, a trip to Whitehaven Beach and some of the seventy-four Whitsunday Islands off-shore will top your Airlie Beach wish list and rightfully so. You can read how to visit Whitehaven here, but this post gets into the nitty gritty of what to do in …

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Townsville Festivals – Strand Ephemera Townsville 2019

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  We love to travel but when we’re not travelling we’re having Fun in the Sun at home in Townsville Australia. I wrote this post a couple of days ago when the temperature range was 17 to 26 degrees Celsius – a not unusual Winter’s day in North Queensland. Winter is the Season when Townsville …

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Cape Hillsborough Kangaroos and Adventure at Cape Hillsborough Tourist Park

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On a recent road trip from Townsville to the Sunshine Coast we detoured to Cape Hillsborough Tourist Park, approximately 50 km north of Mackay Australia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you seen photos of Cape Hillsborough Kangaroos on the beach? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are Australians and have seen plenty of kangaroos in real life, but only once before had …

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