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Paradise Lagoon, Big Crystal Creek, North Queensland

Australia Day North Queensland Style

January 25, 2012 By Jan Robinson 2 Comments

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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 …

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Filed Under: Townsville, tropical lifestyle

Best Mangoes in Australia for Christmas including Mango Chutney Recipe and Mango Salsa Recipe

December 1, 2011 By Jan Robinson 5 Comments

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  Best Mangoes in Australia It is only when the smell of ripening mangoes filled my North Queensland kitchen that I knew Christmas had arrived. The Mango Season started well before Christmas and the precious remaining few were always saved for Christmas breakfast. After that the pickings were slim. In North Queensland Bowen Mangoes, also …

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Filed Under: Food to Love, Townsville, tropical lifestyle

ONE NIGHT IN BOWEN

November 22, 2011 By Jan Robinson Leave a Comment

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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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Filed Under: Queensland, tropical lifestyle

Coolum Beach Holiday Park Direct Beach Access

COOLUM IS COOL

November 15, 2011 By Jan Robinson 3 Comments

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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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Filed Under: Sunshine Coast, tropical lifestyle

Bronze Statue ofMary Poppins on the footpath in Maryborough Queensland

Maryborough Queensland and the Mary Poppins Connection

October 18, 2011 By Jan Robinson Leave a Comment

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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

October 16, 2011 By Jan Robinson 3 Comments

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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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Filed Under: Boat Trips, Queensland, Wildlife

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