Category Archives: Queensland

Daintree Rainforest

2 October 2017 The Daintree Rainforest in Daintree National Park is located on the northeast coast of Queensland, north of Port Douglas. It is the largest continuous tropical rainforest in Australia. Today we drove north from Cairns on the Captain Cook … Continue reading

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Coolum Beach, QLD

27 August 2017 Choosing Coolum Beach as our first home-away-from-home has turned out to be a fantastic choice. We still have 3 1/2 months here and we are already sad we must eventually leave. This afternoon we took another walk … Continue reading

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Australia Zoo – Part 2

26 August 2017 As part of my daughter’s birthday weekend, we returned to the Australia Zoo. What’s cuter than koalas? Little koalas –the females recently gave birth to a new group of joeys. Here are just a few pictures of … Continue reading

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Blackall Range

20 August 2017 Today we completed the Blackall Range scenic drive between Landsborough and Nambour on Route 23. We did the northern half a few weeks ago, highlighted by Kondalilla National Park. We made several stops along the way including … Continue reading

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Mt. Ninderry, QLD

19 August 2017 Mt. Ninderry is located near Valdora, a small rural community about 16 km west of Coolum Beach.  From the car park, it is a moderate 30-minute hike to the top where there are two overlooks with views … Continue reading

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Brisbane, QLD – Part 3

11 & 12 August 2017 Before and after games we walked around Brisbane, mostly in areas we had not been. Here are a few pictures.

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Australian Sport

11 & 12 August 2017 We completed our first road trip with a weekend in Brisbane. Our hotel was on the South Bank within walking distance of SunCorp Stadium and The Gabba. Friday night we saw the Brisbane Broncos defeat … Continue reading

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Toowoomba, QLD

11 August 2017 Toowoomba was intended to be a place to lay our head on our way to Brisbane. Before leaving we took the opportunity to look around a bit. It seems to be the last large town heading west, … Continue reading

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Armidale to Toowoomba

10 August 2017 We had nothing planned for today other than a long rural drive from Armidale to Toowoomba. We meandered through the countryside and enjoyed taking in the landscape. Along the way we stumbled across some little gems. Balancing … Continue reading

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Coolangatta Beach, QLD

5 August 2017 Coolangatta Beach is the southern-most beach on the Gold Coast and in Queensland. Cooly is awesome, one of our favorites so far. This was only intended to be a quick stop but we stayed much of the … Continue reading

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