by Russell | Oct 30, 2013 | Food and Wine Culture, Historical Sites, Our Top Picks, Top 10 South Australia, Travel In Australia
Adelaide gets the nod from Lonely Planet.. The worlds leading travel guide, Lonely Planet, has bought Adelaide out of the shadows of other Australian capital cities such as Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane , to place it in the top 10 cities in the world to visit in...
by Russell | Oct 14, 2013 | Bird Watching, Bushwalking, Historical Sites, Platypus, Rain Forest Tours, The Atherton Tableland NQ
If this 102 year old lady could speak she would fill volumes with her tales, her patrons and lodgers (characters that they were) worked to build a railway to connect the Atherton Tableland with the coastal centre of Cairns. Step inside and the grandness of the Malanda...
by Russell | Oct 5, 2013 | Bird Watching, Bushwalking, Platypus, Rain Forest Tours, The Atherton Tableland NQ
Only minutes from the main street of Malanda and one of the most photographed waterfalls on the Atherton Tableland, Malanda falls has a huge pool and is a popular swimming spot for locals and visitors to refresh and enjoy a cool swim. An accredited Wet Tropics Visitor...
by Russell | Sep 14, 2013 | Bird Watching, Bushwalking, Natural Wonders, Rain Forest Tours, The Atherton Tableland NQ
The Curtain Fig Tree .. 500 years in the making. Stand in awe of this 500 year old curtain fig, (strangler fig), growing in tropical rainforest, and listen to the calls of eastern whip birds, scrub hens, and many native birds, hear the scurries of lizards, skinks,...
by Russell | Sep 12, 2013 | Bird Watching, Bushwalking, Uncategorized
Mt Surprise .. A pleasant Surprise. Take the time to stay a while and you will be pleasantly surprised at Mt Surprise. The town’s name came from an early incident with the first pastoralist settlers and the local nomadic aborigines who happened to be in the area...