Laura Dance Festival is a Quinkan celebration of Aboriginal culture in Queensland, Australia. This spectacular festival that runs every second year offers locals and visitors the opportunity to engage with First Nation communities and learn about Australia’s rich and diverse history. With sacred dust swirling triumphantly from the sacred grounds at Ang-Gnarra, the Quinkan Laura…
What to expect at Cape Hillsborough Cape Hillsborough National Park is one of the few places in Australia where you can meet kangaroos on the beach every morning. The park offers rainforest, eucalypt forest, beaches, headlands with hoop pines, and volcanic rock formations. On top of it, the sunrises are just amazing. Imagine yourself feeding…
Eungella National Park is situated at the end of Pioneer Valley, approximately 86 km west of Mackay, making it a popular destination for a weekend getaway or a short vacation. To reach the park, you must travel on a winding road that ascends to the top of the surrounding plains. Fortunately, the road is now…
Description Bribie Island National Park is located on the east coast of Queensland, 38 km from Caboolture, 68 km from Caloundra, and 65 km from Brisbane. The park is known mostly for 4WD driving and fishing. You can explore open woodlands, fragrant paperbark wetlands, scrubby coastal heaths, and see the blooming wildflowers in spring and…
Description Burrum Coast National Park is located in the Wide Bay Burnett Region, 38 km from Childers, 55 km from Bundaberg, and 93 km from Hervey Bay. The park is divided into four sections: Only Kinkuna and Woodgate have recreation facilities. In Burrum National Park, visitors can expect to find wide beaches with great fishing,…
Before driving to Sunshine Coast we heard a lot about it. People say that Sunshine Coast is very beautiful and not as busy as some places on Gold Coast. So, we were looking forward to seeing all the attractions around it. Once we got to Tewantin which is located in the north of the Sunshine…
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 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 –…
