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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

North Queensland

Running River and Tributaries

Puzzle Creek & Deception Creek flow into Running River which combines with Star River that contribute sizable proportions of flow in the Burdekin River. Not far away from this area is Paluma Range

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.

Paluma Range National Park

Rock hopping up Cloudy Creek

You may well have heard of Cloudy Creek, hell you may have even walk down into Cloudy Creek before from Paluma village, but have walk up from Crystal Creek? This trip will take

Bowling Green Bay National Park

How to find Hidden Falls, Bowling Green Bay National Park

One of the three points of interest next to Palm Creek, this water falls is truly hidden away far up the creek beds. It invloves a lot of rock hopping up the creek.

Bowling Green Bay National Park

The Cascades, Bowling Green Bay National Park

This is one of the classic Palm Creek walks featureing a massive cliff where the water cascades down the face of it. The other two points of interest are Hidden Falls and The

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

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

Main Range National Park

How to spend two days in Main Range National Park

It's hard to pass up any places while being on a roadtrip and so we stopped at Main Range National Park. There is a lot to do in and around this National Park,

Bunya Mountains National Park

Why you should get up early to see the Bunya Mountains

The Bunya Mountains are just a short drive from Brisbane and still feel like a world away. Since we planned on seeing the fireworks for New Year's Eve in Brisbane but did not

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!

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.

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

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.

Jourama Falls

Location: Jourama Falls, Paluma State Forest

Chances are if you live in Townsville, then you have been to Jourama Falls at least once or twice. But have you ever been to the top? On a crisp Autumn morning we

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