In the world of automotive engineering, the Holden motor car is unique. It’s an Aussie icon, as true blue as the kangaroo, vegemite and football. It holds a special place in the hearts of all Australians, many of whom have owned at least one and been devoted to the marque for decades. After the first […]
Port Arthur Ghost Tour
The heritage-listed Port Arthur Historic Site is one of Australia’s favourite tourist destinations, with over thirty buildings and restored period homes set in 40 hectares of lush, forested parkland that slopes gently to the placid waters of Mason Cove. Most people visit the former penal settlement by day when they can enjoy its rustic charms […]
Ben Boyd National Park – A Twofold Paradise
When astronauts on the International Space Station gaze down at the Australian coastline at night, the twinkling lights of cities give way to an inky void halfway between Sydney and Melbourne. By dawn’s light this is revealed to be a spectacular and almost continuous chain of national parks and nature reserves, dubbed Australia’s Coastal Wilderness […]
White Water Fun In The Gorge
The small Queensland town of Tully stands on the Bruce Highway, about 1,550km north of Brisbane and 140km south of Cairns. With a population of some 2,400 people, Tully is one of the larger towns of the Cassowary Coast region and, until 2008, was the administrative centre for the Shire of Cardwell. It takes its […]
Capricornia Harbour Town
From modest beginnings, Gladstone has developed into one of the most substantial and commercially successful harbour cities in Australia. It is the principal port of Central Queensland, a region of some 117,800 sq km straddling the Tropic of Capricorn. ‘Capricornia’ contributes more than $21 billion to the Queensland economy every year through agriculture, accounting for […]