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G’day all, Fraser Island – what a massive day. We were on the road early heading north along the beach towards Eli creek. We passed Cathedral Beach and Happy Valley before reaching Eli Creek. We had little trouble crossing the creek and parked next to the boardwalk. We walked along the boardwalk to the top end [...]
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G’day all, 7/11 ferry ride, from kingfisher bay turned left uphill following tracks to lake mckenzie, turned left and headed to lake WA by. Walked to lookout above lake WA by and then down to lake foe a swim with the many huge catfish, played with kids on water for about 1 hour before steep [...]
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G’day all, The rain is back! We have had two weeks of glorious weather so no complaints. We briefly stopped in at Bundaberg to get some fabrication completed on the van for an upcoming adventure…more on that later. That completed it was time to move on down the coast. Next stop was Burrum Heads NP. [...]
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G’day all, Next stop Cania Gorge, approx 250 klm inland from Bundaberg. We left Dawson Creek Rest Area and headed for Cania Gorge arriving there around lunch time. There is no free camping and/or National Park camping here so you have to stay in one of two caravan parks. Being Big 4 members we stayed [...]
G’day all, After staying over on in a small bush camp siding close to Rubyvale, we were back on the road to make the 9:15am tour of the Heritage Mine just outside Rubyvale. This mine captures the history of the gemfields area surrounding the Emerald region. The tour takes you down and around the still operational sapphire mine [...]
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G’day all, On the road early this morning and a trip to Port Douglas and Mossman Gorge. We arrived in Port Douglas around 9:00am and took sometime just walking the streets and browsing through a few shops. It was great fun with the kids and yes…Bushman Bud ended up buying the kids some rather expensive [...]
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Gday all, We have been travelling with our good friends the Gray family for the past two weeks and were tossing up whether to travel further West with them or track back down some of the North QLD Coast that we have not seen yet, leaving the Top End for April next year. In the [...]
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