What a contrasting week of beautiful beaches and cliff top walks in Bowen, down the coast to marvellous Mackay and Airlie Beach, then through central Queensland highlands stopping of in Emerald before spending the weekend hiking the many splendid trails in Carnarvon Gorge. See the video of Week 25 OzLap. Beautiful Bowen Beaches Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th September Bowen is a little slice of paradise with 5 beaches, each […]
Ah it’s so good to be in cooler weather but unfortunately that also means stormy humid days with lots of rain and wind as we spend three weeks exploring Tropical North Queensland. We leave the idyllic Magnetic Island and travel up the east coast to Balgal Beach, Taylor’s Beach, Mission Beach, Bramston Beach, Palm Cove, Port Douglas, Cooktown, Atherton tablelands, Georgetown, Karumba, Normantown and down to Bowen. The vegetation is […]
We make a dash for the coast on week 21 of our lap around Australia hoping to find a cool breeze after nearly a month in the scorching Northern Territory. We take the only road east, the narrow, bumpy, road train strewn Flinders Highway and discover the focus here is on the dinosaurs that used to roam the inland sea 100 million years ago. Townsville greets us with a gutsy […]