Need a quick break? Somewhere kids-friendly? Well if you live in South East Queensland or Northern New South Wales.. how can you beat the Goldie! 57 kilometres of white sandy beaches, shimmering Pacific blue, and the Hinterland. Park your camper at one of many caravan or tourist parks along the stretch of the Gold Coast, […]
While we’re exploring the Fraser Coast (Hervey Bay, Maryborough and surrounds) we need to make mention of this fantastic property owned by the McLean family! Located on the road between Maryborough and Hervey Bay, the Resort is a sprawling 1600 acre cattle property with dams and bushland. Horse Riding If horse riding is your ‘thing’ […]
Sounds magical right? Well, it is!! Rainbow is situated on the mainland, at the southern end of Fraser Island, approximately 3 hours from Brisbane. It’s a small but popular community, accessed via Tin Can Bay Road and right beside the Great Sandy National Park. Carlo Sand Blow There is a lovely rainforest walk to Carlo […]
South East Queensland has many scenic get-away destinations within easy traveling time of Brisbane. If you are in need of a weekend get-away with a group of friends, or just some quiet time with family, we suggest heading toward Kenilworth, Imbil and Amamoor to camp at any number of private homesteads, National Parks, or free […]
The Falls are located almost on the New South Wales border near the Queensland town of Killarney, about two and half hours south west of Brisbane in the Main Range National Park. Camping can be had right across the road at Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park, an enchanting little park and office selling home-made jams […]
Hervey Bay is a laid-back community, located on the shores of pristine calm waters and renowned for being the Whale Watch capital of Queensland. A long weekend trip to Hervey Bay, three and a half hours north of Brisbane, will allow you to day-trip over to Heritage Listed Fraser Island; jetski in the Straits; fish […]
Located in Queensland’s Numinbah Valley, inland from Coolangatta, and nestled between the Springbrook and Lamington National Parks, you will find the amazing Natural Bridge rainforest circuit on the Nerang-Murwillumbah Road. You are right at the QLD/NSW border when heading down into this beautiful area. Rainforest CircuitWalk the timber bridges across Cave Creek to the Natural […]
The beautiful Cycad Gorge in the Palm Valley is located 23km south west of Hermannsburg, and 138km west of Alice Springs, within the Finke Gorge National Park. The road is a corrugated, sandy track and the big sign at the entrance warns ‘4WD ONLY’. Take heed at this notice as the track follows the bed […]
This camping trip itinerary had us exploring the Red Centre of Australia, and now with Uluru/Kata Tjuta done and dusted and with a promise to return again in the future – it was onwards to check out Kings Canyon, situated some four hours north.Olgas from the AirWe had saved some pennies knowing a splurge on […]
Okay – so it’s a rock. A very big rock! And it is absolutely mind-blowing how impressive it is. We’re talking about the iconic Ayers Rock in Central Australia, which rises 348 metres above the desert sand and is 3.6km long and 2.4km wide. The Base Walk is approximately 10km round trip, and well-worth completing […]