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Mt Zero-Taravale & Star River Area

Mount Zero-Taravale Mt Zero-Tarvale Nature Reserve is home to many beautiful gorges and creeks. Previously it was two seperate cattle stations which was purchase by a privately own nature sanctuary. Home to trees

Hinchinbrook Island National Park

Mt Bowen, Hinchinbrook Island

Hinchinbrook Island welcomes climbers with driving rain and cold mist. The island lies just a mile off the Queensland coast, not far from Cardwell and Lucinda, but it could well be another lost world.

Bowling Green Bay National Park

The Terraces, Bowling Green Bay National Park

The Terraces is another wonder of the Palm Creek area, arguably the better of the three to see. The other two points of interest are Hidden Falls and The Cascades. Photo Credit Keith

North Queensland

How to get to Valley of Lagoons (Reedybrook Station)

Reedybrook Station is located in North Queensland, Australia and is often referred to as the Valley of Lagoons; not to be confused with the Valley of Lagoons Station. Valley of Lagoons Station itself

Paluma Range National Park

Bluewater Range Track to Paluma Village hike

Paluma Range National Park has much to offer for adventurers like myself. This time the idea was to hike along the old Bluewater Forestry Road to the Paluma township. On the south side

Mount Elliot

How to summit Mt Elliot

The Bowling Green National Park (Near Townsville) is a southern outlier of the Wet Tropics bioregion and has rainforest growing at its summit as well as along the various creeks. Hiking to the

Girraween National Park

The best walks in Girraween National Park

How to spend your days at Girraween National Park Girraween National Park is in the granite belt region and is only a short drive from Main Range National Park. There are lots of

Carnarvon National Park

Exploring Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park

Our decision to go to Carnarvon Gorge was a fairly spontaneous one, as we hadn't found the time to plan our road trip before we left - we just had a rough idea

Jourama Falls

Jourama Falls II - Impressions

Since Jourama Falls is Luen's favourite place, we had to go at least one last time before leaving for our roadtrip down south. Also Luen had not been up at the top of

Paluma Range National Park

Paluma Dam to Jourama Falls hike

My favorite place in Queensland has to be at the top of Jourama Falls. It has an amazing view, fresh air, and a spa bath overlooking the ocean!

Far North Queensland

6 Must See's when driving up to Cape Tribulation

A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to get a week off from uni. The week was intended for studying... preparing for exams, catching up on assignments. Well being good international students,

Cape Cleveland

Hiking out to Cape Cleveland lighthouse

Dreaming of freshly shucked oysters off the rocks, swimming with turtles, sipping fine wine and sampling fine cheeses overlooking the turquoise ocean and bay at sunset? What about camping next to a lighthouse under the stars, awake to a superb sunrise over the ocean? This is the hike for you!

Thorsborne Trail

Thorsborne Trail - South to North - a hidden treasure

So last weekend we finally packed our bags and went out to Hinchinbrook Island for four days to hike the Thorsborne Trail. I had never done any multi-day hiking before and was a

Frederick Peak

Frederick Peak, Pinnacles, Hervey Range

Despite the name, Frederick's Peak also refers to a number of rocky pinnacles in the area and is commonly referred to as 'Freds Peaks' or just plain 'Freds' to the regular rock climbers.

Wallaman Falls

Wallaman Falls in Girringun National Park

Australia's highest permanent single drop waterfall can be found in the Girringun National Park and is definitely worth a visit! We visited the falls for the first time in 2013 and now that

Jourama Falls

Hiking to the top of Jourama Falls

Over the past few years, I've been a tour guide for friends, backpackers, and international students to the top of these falls. I've hike this path over twenty times, some solo but most

Big Bend

Exploring Big Bend, Burdekin River

Big Bend, near Charters Towers, Queensland Ever been to Big Bend? Its approx 5km before Fletcher Creek Reserve (near the entrance to Dalrymple National Park) and has better places to camp and fish

Jourama Falls

The journey to the black hole, Jourama Falls

Have you ever looked at a map and found something peculiar and you just had to know what was there? Well that's exactly what happened; I found a black spot on Google Maps, well up Waterview Creek.

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