Once we reached the east coast of Australia, our destinations were located in close proximity. This time we had to drive only 120 km from Bargara to Hervey Bay. Hervey Bay Hervey Bay is located next to the world heritage listed Fraser Island. It is famous for its long, 14 km sandy beach and humpback whales watching….
Our next destination was Mon Repos Turtle Centre, a famous place for its turtles. You can either watch tiny turtles hatching and entering the ocean or a female turtle laying eggs in the sand. We decided to drive through Kalpowar State Forest and Borilla State Forest to make a nice shortcut saving 50 km in…
Our next destination was an unplanned one. We were going to visit Shirley and Stan son, Tony, in his homestead around Monto. Early in the morning, we met Shirley and Stan in front of our Discovery Caravan Park. They also take took a caravan. We took an inland road via the historic town of Mount…
Our next destination was Rockhampton. Nell could not wait to see Rockhampton Zoo – the only free zoo we saw during our trip so far. We decided to skip Mackay as we were running out of time. Also, on the way, we missed Cape Hillsborough and Eungala National Park, but that’s ok – we left…
Our next stopping point was Whitsunday Region where we planned to see go to Reef World for snorkelling and see the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, situated between south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay. Airlie Beach –…
After spending two days on Magnetic Island, we were ready to explore Townsville attractions. After jumping off the ferry, we drove to our Discovery Caravan Park and set up our camp. When I went to connect my power cable to the power box, I was in for a surprise. Inside was a green frog that…
We have heard so many different things about Magnetic Island that we decided to check it ourselves. Magnetic Island is situated only 7 km offshore from Townsville Harbour. There are two types of ferries: passenger and car. We wanted to explore the island properly so decided to take our car. The car ferry with Fantasea…
Rollingstone Caravan Park We wanted to see Paluma National Park, so we stopped in Rollingstone Caravan Park. Rollingstone Caravan Park is located 62 km north of Townsville, 3 km of the highway, right at the shoreline. It offers various accommodation, including villas, cabins and camping sites. It was the middle of December, so there were not…
After we reached the east coast we started moving very slowly in comparison to the previous stages of our trip. Every time we drive only 50 to 100 kilometers to the next town. The reason was simple – there were so many attractions to see and we did not want to miss anything. After we…
We heard about Mission Beach and Dunk Island as popular tourist destinations. Also, it was a town where the Sea Patrol series (2007-2011) was shot, so we decided to pay a visit and stay there a few days. There are three main parts of Mission Beach: Mission Beach itself, Wongaling Beach, and South Mission Beach. …
