Queensland Drives: Overlander’s Way
The Overlander’s Way links that Great Barrier Reef at Townsville to Mt Isa in the Outback. Just off the beaten track are same perfect places to visit like Porcupine Gorge and the fossils at Richmond.
It is best to time your road trip with the Julia Creek Dirt and Dust Festival in April every year.
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Kondalilla Falls & National Park, Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast Hinterland is home to an array of 9 national parks, and Kondalilla near Montville is a perfect destination to explore beautiful waterfalls and bushland.
An Indigenous word for ‘rushing water’, Kondalilla National Park is alive with hundreds of species of birds and other wildlife as well as vast flora species.
Located close to the Sunshine Coast’s famous beaches, you can wash off the ocean salt and hiking sweat with the Kondalilla falls offering numerous refreshing waterholes to swim in.
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Sailing into Freedom Episode 35 Plukky & the Italian girls at Hook Island waterfall
Captain: Peter aka Plukky
Deckhand, cook & talent: Fedra Paccioso
Editor & 2nd mate: Stefania Conte
Plukky and the Italian Girls: Hook Island waterfall
I am an Australian guy trying to live on Mother Earth without killing her. Come on people, our poor earth is on its last breath and yet we still are going on the same path.
So I am sailing wherever the wind takes me. Crew come and go and so do my children. I live off the land where I can and try to keep my footprint as small as possible. I tend to go to places rarely visited and have seen some amazing things so if you like a bit of adventure then follow me.
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Queensland, Where Australia Shines
Tourism Queensland has unveiled its new branding, summed up in the powerful statement, Queensland, Where Australia Shines.
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A great holiday does more than just take you to places where you can see different things; it takes you to a place where the real you shines. The Queensland -- Where Australia Shines brand reflects that. It's about why we love living in Queensland. It's about adding value to people's experiences and showing how best to enjoy it. It's about discovering and sharing the magic of Queensland that only the locals can know and understand -- quite simply, Queensland is where Australia shines. And where you will too.
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For those who are interested, here's a full list of the locations featured in the video:
- Surfers Paradise Beach, Gold Coast
- Low Isles, Tropical North Queensland
- Lawn Hill Gorge, Queensland's Outback
- Palm Cove, Tropical North Queensland
- Seventy Mile Beach, Fraser Island
- Great Barrier Reef, Tropical North Queensland
- Little Cove, Noosa, Sunshine Coast
- Hill Inlet, Whitehaven Beach, The Whitsundays
- Surfers Paradise Beach, Gold Coast
- Luncheon Bay, The Whitsundays
- Mt Cougal, Springbrook National Park, Gold Coast
- Tongue Bay, The Whitsundays
- Silky Oaks/Mossman River, Tropical North Queensland
- Wet 'n Wild, Gold Coast
- Surfers Paradise Beach, Gold Coast
- Bulcock Beach, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast
- Captain cook H'way, Cairns Northern Beach, Tropical North Queensland
- Eli Creek, Fraser Island
- Julia Creek, Queensland's Outback
- Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast
- Cape Tribulation, Tropical North Queensland
- Fitzroy Island, Tropical North Queensland
- Riverside Precinct, Brisbane
- Brisbane River, Brisbane
- Main Beach Noosa, Sunshine Coast
- Cotton Tree, Sunshine Coast
Queensland's Must Do Roadtrip: The Pacific Coast Way
If you are researching for a way to see the entire Queensland coast then this epic roadtrip adventure is one of the best ways to do it.
The Pacific Coast Way is a driving route from Brisbane to Cairns with unforgettable spots along the way! In fact here are 66 things to see and do along the way:
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The Story of the Outback
Stories make the map of Outback Queensland. Don Rowlands, an Aboriginal Elder and park ranger of Munga-Thirri National Park, formerly known as Simpson Desert National Park shares his story of the Outback. Munga-Thirri is the largest national park in Queensland and is a place all Australians (and travellers) should make a promise to visit.
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It's Live in Queensland: Australia’s best live events in Australia’s best destinations
Where else in the world can you watch a global motor racing event one minute and stroll down a pristine stretch of surf beach the next? Or snorkel with tropical fish in the morning and attend a breath-taking ballet performance at night? Or witness a chamber music ensemble play on the shore of a palm-fringed island? It's live in Queensland: the perfect union of world-class events and world-class destinations. Come for an event, and you’ll leave with an unforgettable holiday experience.
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Helping the coast guard at Bondi Beach
One cannot visit Sydney without seeing the world famous, Bondi Beach. Unfortunately the weather was not the best, nevertheless its an amazing little town with a beautifull cliff walk. Around 20 minutes by metro from Sydney Central.
MCYs TRAVEL : AUSTRALIA - THE AMAZING OUTBACK [ HD ]
The history of the Australian Outback stretches back at least 50,000 years. In Aboriginal mythology, the Outback was created by ancient spirits who moved across the land, calling animals, plants, rocks and other landforms into being as they went. These stories belong to the Dreamtime and are part of the Outback's rich cultural history.
When the first English colonists came to Australia in the 1770s they settled on the continent's east coast. By the mid-1880s, the settlers had begun to explore Australia's arid interior, driven partly by a desire to discover what was unknown to them, and partly by a desire to realise the Outback's mineral and agricultural promise.
Australia's Outback history from 1880 onwards is a saga of exploration and development, demonstrating the triumph of a pioneering spirit.
Pastoralists followed in the explorers' footsteps, establishing Outback cattle stations in some cases as large as a European country. Gold, silver and opals provided more good reasons for the hardy and the enterprising to embrace the Outback's wild beauty. These men and women battled relentless heat, flash floods and deprivation. In doing so, they forged a unique identity characterised by a bone-dry sense of humour and an astounding spirit or adventure.
The Outback continues to be shaped by remarkable individuals and ancient cultures. Indigenous populations, along with drovers, swagmen, pastoralists, flying doctors, pioneering men and women, prospectors and shearers have all contributed to an Outback history that's rich, resilient and inspiring.
Uniquely Australian
Visit an historic cattle station. The descendants of the famous Australian pastoral family, the Duracks, can be found at Ray Station, near Quilpie in the far south-western corner of Queensland. The 600-sq km sheep and cattle property was settled in 1874 by Patsy and Sarah Tully (nee Durack), and it remains one of few properties in Australia never to have changed hands since white settlement.
Discover Coober Pedy's unique underground history. Opal prospectors at Coober Pedy came up with a great way to escape the desert heat - not only did they work underground, but they lived there too. These miners converted Coober Pedy's underground caves into fully-equipped homes and hotels, providingall the comforts found above ground. Visitors can sleep underground,as well as explore underground museums, potteries, opal shops, an art gallery and, of course, opal mines.
Explore the Outback's Indigenous history at Mungo National Park in New South Wales. The World Heritage-listed Willandra Lakes Region, with Mungo National Park at its centre, maintains a continuous record of human occupation dating back 40,000 years. Rain and wind have uncovered ancient fireplaces and hearths, as well as artefacts, stone tools and animal bones, providing some of the world's oldest evidence of homo sapiens.
Put yourself in the air with a 'Flying Doctor'. On 17 May 1928, an emergency call for help from the Outback town of Julia Creek was answered by Australia's first flying doctor. This airborne emergency service was started by a Presbyterian minister, Reverend John Flynn, who envisaged Outback Australia protected by 'a mantle of safety'. Visitors to the Broken Hill RFDS base, which is open to the public each day, can explore the Mantle of Safety Museum which showcases over 80 years of remarkable Outback history.
Take a walk along Silverton's Heritage trail. Built in 1880 on the back of the region's mineral wealth, Silverton in Outback New South Wales was once a booming silver-mining town. But the discovery of significantly larger mineral deposits at nearby Broken Hill proved to be Silverton's demise, and the town now stands as a ghostly monument to past dreams. Film-lovers may recognise it from scenes in Mad Max 2, A Town Like Alice, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Visit the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve. The station marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs and was established in 1872 as part of the Overland Telegraph Line. It is the best preserved of the 12 stations along the line between Adelaide and Darwin. The town of Alice Springs takes its name from the waterhole a short distance to the east of the station buildings.
Summer Swells at French Beach House
Surf's up!
French Beach House is perched on some of the most scenic shoreline along Canada's west coast. When visiting Vancouver Island, follow the Strait of Juan de Fuca northwest from Victoria (about an hour's drive). Once at French Beach House, your troubles will melt away while soaking in the view.
In the meantime, catch a wave over to: While surfing this website, you'll find all the info you need to book your dream vacation or seaside getaway in paradise.
Date of shoot: July 13, 2010
Video photography and production: Quake-Up! Productions
Shot and edited by Colin J. McMechan