The coastal town of Ballina is a short 30-minute drive from the famous Byron Bay. While the hipster town of Byron Bay attracts hordes of backpackers and tourists every year, Ballina is the perfect, quieter alternative. We don’t like crowds, traffic or sharing a beach with thousands of others, so Ballina was perfect for us. Basing ourselves there to explore this...
On our recent trip to Cairns, we decided it was time to finally pay a visit to Fitzroy Island, one of the islands close to the city. Fitzroy Island is one of the best things to do while visiting Cairns but somehow, even after a couple of trips up north, we still hadn’t visited it! Our state is so big, it’s hard to fit everything in! This beautiful tropical island is...
With its squeaky-clean, white sandy beaches and its sparkling-blue water, Great Keppel Island is a paradise on earth. Only a 30-minute ferry ride from the coastal town of Yeppoon, it is one of the easiest Great Barrier Reef islands to get to. It’s also one of the most affordable. Being so close to the mainland, it is the perfect island for day trips, which are easily...
The small rural town of Monto is not on everyone’s radar and being a two-and-a-half-hour drive inland from Bundaberg, it’s not an easy place to visit for most people either. However, it has become more popular in the recent years due to its Silo Art Trail. When I saw a picture of the Three Moon Silo in a local tourist guide, I knew we had to head to Monto one day...
The relaxed and low-key coastal town of Yeppoon is a 40-minute drive from Rockhampton, the beef capital of Australia. It’s the place to go for outdoor enthusiasts searching for a quiet, less touristy place to visit. With stunning scenery, plenty of beaches and nearby islands to escape to, it’s worth spending a few days to take it all in. We visited during the peak of...
The country town of Kingaroy is the largest town of the South Burnett wine region and that’s where we spent our Easter break this year. It’s three hours from Brisbane and two and a half hours from our home on the Sunshine Coast. If there is one thing we miss about Melbourne, it’s the city’s proximity to so many wineries. Compared to Victoria, there aren’t many wine...
Any excuse to go to the Scenic Rim is good enough for us. The latest excuse was the Kalbar Sunflower Festival. Every year, for a long weekend only, Kalbar welcomes thousands of people to enjoy its incredible display of sunflowers. It doesn’t last long enough and when it is on, it’s a do not miss event for anyone who enjoys the beauty of sunflowers. One million...
We headed back to the Scenic Rim again over the Christmas holidays and while there, we decided to hike another one of the many peaks that the rim has to offer, Mount Greville. Mount Greville was a peak that I had on my hiking bucket list for two reasons. Firstly, every time we’ve visited the Moogerah Dam in the past, Mount Greville always looked so impressive, rising...
The beach town of Noosa is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Queensland. Its popularity is not a surprise with the number of awesome things to do in and around it. It’s packed with stunning beaches, plenty of day trip options, lots of breweries, good shopping and it has some beautiful hinterland drives to be had. It’s also famous for its incredible...
When we first moved to Brisbane, we didn’t know much about Toowoomba. We knew it only as a Queensland hinterland town. But one day I became curious and decided to research it a bit more. Was it worth exploring, I wondered? As I researched it, one thing kept popping up about Toowoomba and that was the yearly Carnival of Flowers. That alone was very interesting to me...