The Urangan Pier is one of Hervey Bay’s most iconic landmarks and on 3 March 2017 it celebrated its centenary. The occasion was marked by a ceremony at Pier Park, accompanied by a host of activities and entertainment that continued throughout the day. The festivities began with a parade along The Esplanade at Urangan, led […]
Dinosaur Dreaming – The Inverloch Fossil Site
Inverloch, 145 km southeast of Melbourne, is a popular tourist destination and fishing port on the Bunurong Coast, a 20-km stretch of sandy coves, rugged sandstone cliffs and striking rock formations forming a marine park along Bass Strait. The town is also famous internationally as the home of one of Australia’s richest fossil fields, a […]
Inskip Peninsula
Enjoy wide open beaches and watch sunsets over quiet bay waters Inskip Point is well known as the gateway to some of the most amazing natural environments in the world – Fraser Island, the Great Sandy Strait and the Cooloola Recreation Area – but many thousands also know it as a fantastic holiday destination in […]
Attracted To Maggie
This island has long become established as a holiday destination Magnetic Island is one of the most easily accessible islands of the Great Barrier Reef, only 8 km from Townsville in Cleveland Bay, but it’s not your clichéd tropical island paradise. Sure, it has pristine sandy beaches lapped by brilliant turquoise waters brimming with neon-painted […]
Iron Cliffs And Canyons – Karijini National Park
The park is most notable for its many gorges containing waterfalls and water holes On a sultry summer day in 1952, mining magnate Lang Hancock and his wife, Hope, were flying from his asbestos mine in the north of Western Australia towards Perth, when looming storm clouds forced them to divert their light plane low […]