Far be it for a simple fisherman like myself to dabble into the realm of movie reviews, but we’ve just had such an extraordinary movie experience that I am compelled to do […]
Sunshine Coast Hinterland
The Sunshine Coast Hinterland is beautiful. Rolling hills, scenic forests, winding roads, cute little mountain side arty towns with lots of little shops and cafes and character buildings, views of the coast […]
Gympie, Queensland
Rather than go back the way we came, our place of choice to recover from the sand of Fraser Island was Gympie. We stayed at a caravan park for a couple of […]
The Great Bogging, Fraser Island
We got up early the morning of our last day on Fraser Island hoping to drive up the beach to the barge landing area and catch the first barge to the mainland. […]
Maheno Wreck, Fraser Island
A ship wreck called the Maheno is a popular attraction on Fraser Island. Get yourself some artistic shots depicting man’s futile attempts to conquer the power of mother nature. She was wrecked […]
Lake Wabby, Fraser Island
Another great lake on Fraser Island is Lake Wabby. It is accessed along a couple of kilometer walking track from the beach carpark. The lake is due to disappear any time soon due to […]
Lake Mckenzie, Fraser Island
Lake Mckenzie is one of the most popular attractions on Fraser Island. It’s a clear, clean, freshwater lake with an attractive sandy beach. An essential part of any visit to Fraser, especially […]
Dingoes on Fraser Island
No trip to Fraser Island would be complete without some dingo photos. They’re quite a handsome dog. The little ones are quite cute. However they are less cute when trying to eat […]
Champagne Pools, Fraser Island
Champagne Pools is one of our favourite spots on Fraser Island. They’re just some rock pools on a rocky head between a couple of beaches. The pools are fed by waves crashing […]
Fraser Island, Great Sandy National Park
Fraser Island is quite an exotic sounding destination for westerners like us so we were quite excited to visit it for the first time. We paid our $11 per day vehicle access […]
Cooloola Beach, Great Sandy National Park
From Brisbane we traveled north through Sunshine Coast region to Great Sandy National Park, which includes Cooloola beach and Fraser Island. First was Cooloola beach. We camped a couple of nights, mainly just relaxing […]
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane
We spent a day at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary just out of Brisbane. There’s heaps of koalas to see as well as many other animals. Many of the koalas were still […]
XXXX Beer Factory & GOMA – Gallery of Modern Art
Yesterday we went on a guided tour through the XXXX Beer Factory in Brisbane. This is a historic site over a hundred years old where Castlemaine first established a permanent brewing factory. […]
Brisbane and New Years on Sunshine Coast
We rocked up in Brisbane a couple of days before new years. We spent a day or so fixing the car – buying and installing a new car battery and bonnet latch […]
Muckadilla Hotel, Queensland
Our car battery broke in Longreach. It wasn’t a slow deterioration, but rather a sudden failure. It got super hot, boiled over, and completely flattened itself. I suspect an internal short caused […]
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