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 […]
Cuttaburra Crossing
“There’s nothing at all to see down that way,” a fellow traveller warned us as we set out along the Eyre Developmental Road that links the Queensland outback town of Bedourie to its southern neighbour of Birdsville. My response was merely a polite smile as I kept my thoughts to myself and my foot well […]
