Like all good stories, the Julia Creek Dirt n Dust Festival all began with a round of drinks. In 1994 a few locals sat around spinning yarns over a cold one at the local Town & Country Club when the topic of conversation shifted to one question “How do we put our town on the […]
Boondooma Bound
Queensland’s South Burnett region has many great spots and we took a look at the Boondooma Dam Recreational Park and the historic Boondooma Homestead Queensland is a big state – the second largest at just under two million square kilometres – and you don’t get a true sense of the distances from A to B […]
Boulder Creek Campsite
A free campsite which can be used as a base to explore the Mackay Region in Queensland When travelling north or south during the winter months on the “grey nomad stimulus package” my wife and I are always on the lookout for a free campsite. Around Mackay these campsites are few and far between but […]
Into The Unknown
Country cousins meet coastal cousins as we haul the whole family a few thousand kilometres into remote western QLD Am I nuts wanting to listen to our four kids whinge, whine and moan for a few thousand outback kilometres? Oh God, what have I done? Are we there yet? I’m hungry! I need to go […]
10 Top Free Queensland Camps (that won’t rush you on)
Noisy roadside rest areas and over-populated, short-stay camps do nothing to encourage R’n’R. Most travellers like to take their time and when you’ve just discovered a great new camp, the last thing you want is a 24-hour turnaround that forces you back out onto the road the next day. Thankfully, just inland of Queensland’s busy […]
