Tag : Queensland

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Cairns

AnnaJuly 3, 2015May 25, 2017

Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Cairns Cairns in tropical North Queensland is more than the jumping off point for the Great Barrier Reef. North Queensland is surrounded by luscious rainforest and tropical beauty with a contagious laid back lifestyle that keeps Cairns a backpacker hot spot. Top 5 Things to do......

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Brisbane

AnnaJuly 2, 2015August 15, 2023

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Brisbane No longer just a big country town, Brisbane, Queensland’s Capital and Australia’s third largest city, is now cultured and cool, laid back yet happening, functional yet beautiful and modern but with some interesting historical buildings and just a short hop away from fabulous beaches......

I’ve Found Paradise! – Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays, Australia

AnnaSeptember 9, 2014December 22, 2024

From the first time I saw a photo of Whitehaven Beach in Australia I put it straight on my bucket list and let’s just say it didn’t disappoint. I’m a cynic, I’m always prepared for a beauty spot or tourist attraction to not look as good as it does it......

Brisbane on a Budget

AnnaAugust 26, 2014August 14, 2023

Brisbane on a Budget I admit, I didn’t have big expectations about Queensland’s capital Brisbane but it pleasantly surprised me. No longer just a big country town. Brisbane, home to over 2 million people and Australia’s third largest city, is now cultured and cool, laid back yet happening, functional yet......

Aussie Animal Highlights

AnnaOctober 25, 2013December 6, 2015

For 4 months the iconic Australian animal – the kangaroo has eluded me and I have yet to see one of these marsupials in the wild. However, Queensland has many other incredible wildlife experiences. Aussie Animal Highlights 1) Discovering a whole new underwater world of coral gardens, bright, extravagant fish......

In Pursuit of Platypus

AnnaOctober 9, 2013October 13, 2022

Miles of fields of bright green sugarcane wave gently in the breeze as I drive through the Pioneer Valley, passing wooden Queenslander houses and avoiding the cane trains as they criss cross the country roads on their narrow tracks. As the car climbed higher up the steep, twisty tracks leading......

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Tag : Queensland

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Cairns

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Brisbane

I’ve Found Paradise! – Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays, Australia

Brisbane on a Budget

Aussie Animal Highlights

In Pursuit of Platypus

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