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The Noosa Farmers' Market, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, has grown to be one of the biggest in Australia |
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Cape York is one of the most enduring 4WD destinations in Australia. Roderick Eime jumps into a showroom condition VW Touareg for the ultimate road test to the top. |
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Amateur aquanaut, Roderick Eime, packs his flippers and trunks for an underwater look at Australia's fabled Great Barrier Reef.
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With seesawing oil prices, Brisbane's new pedestrian- and cycle-friendly transport network has arrived at just the right time. |
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Queensland's surprising capital re-invents itself |
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Here are five (or more) fresh-air things to do in and around Brisbane |
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Caloundra, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, is powering ahead |
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The sign at the town entrance tells it all: “Welcome to Cunnamulla, settled in the Dreamtime.” Aussie towns don’t get much older than that. Nor do they get much more welcoming and community-spirited.
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Capricorn International Resort, near Rockhampton (Australia) offers low-cost holidays to handicapped and underprivileged guests |
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Queensland's lush rainforest retreat |
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Karen Halabi sails the Whitsunday islands off Australia’s eastern coastline on a cruise ship that once sailed the Mediterranean. |
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Cunning dingoes roam Fraser Island, in southern Queensland, often getting just a little too close to visitors who long for a gentle wildlife encounter. Visitors are advised to keep a close watch on their belongings, particurlarly their passports. |
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You need a holiday - well, maybe Spot (or Fido or Tiddles) does too. Sheriden Rhodes takes a tour of some pet friendly places that have all earned a paw star rating! |
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Yachting and golfing go hand in hand with the opening of the Whitsunday Islands' first resort golf course and sophisticated yacht club. Perfect for superyacht owners with a penchant for sweeping fairways amid hilltop greens, stylish elegance arrives in the Whitsundays.
Fiona Harper takes on 18 holes at Hamilton Island Golf Club, followed by sundowners overlooking Dent Passage at Hamilton Island Yacht Club |
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Shrug off the winter woollies and soak up the warm embrace of Noosa. |
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Eumundi: Spirit of the Rainbow Serpent: Ngumundi, the black snake credited with creating the landscape around the Queensland Sunshine Coast town of Eumundi, seems to have done a great job. |
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This article details the amazing Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland and includes information on accommodation provided, and cuisine, things to do and see. |
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The Aboriginal heritage of the world's largest sand island |
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The twin courses of Port Douglas, a lush resort north of Cairns, provide stimulation to those who want more than just listening to the waves wash across creamy sands. |
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The high-rise Reef Hotel, on Queensland's Hamilton Island, is the only thing that blots this otherwise pristine environment. |
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Some getaways simply inspire romance. |
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Rummage through the rocks and pebbles around Rubyvale and you might just turn up a small fortune. Here in outback Queensland, the streets are paved, not with gold, but with emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Share a yarn with the drifters and fossickers who came for a weekend and stayed for life. |
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The efforts of one extraordinary teacher are bringing hope to one of Australia's most disadvantaged communities |
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Often overlooked by their media tart cousins, the Whitsunday Islands, Fiona Harper explores some of the lesser known islands of north Queensland. |
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Tee off amid koalas and kangaroos on a classy course outside Noosa, the chic capital of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. |
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Queensland’s striking Sunshine Coast lazily arcs north from the tongue twisting towns of Caloundra and Mooloolaba, past Maroochydore and Mudjimba to end at Noosa.
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The Outback is a state of mind, not simply a line on the map, and western Queensland proves the point. |
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Visitors to SW Queensland in the Australian outback are invariably stunned by the richness and abundance of nature-treasures. |
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Australia’s tropical Whitsunday Islands reveal their treasures |
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Qualia, a truly Australian resort on the Great Barrier Reef, joins Australia' s luxury resort scene. |
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Fiona Harper jumps onboard a yacht at Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, Queensland. |
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Set smack on the imaginary Tropic of Capricorn everything else is real in Rockhampton. |
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With 40 of Australia's top jazz musicians supported by highly acclaimed up and coming stars, the Great Tropical Jazz Party is a melting pot of jazz in tropical north Queensland. Following closely on from Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, Fiona Harper takes in some cool jazz beneath the palms. |
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Like sand through the hourglass, these are the days of our long-suffering feet. Eschewing the need for a 4WD to explore Fraser Island, Fiona Harper decides to explore by foot instead, walking the sand trails that crisscross the worlds largest sand island. |
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Whatever your inclination, there's a beach to suit your fancy. Sheriden Rhodes presents six of the best and what makes them sparkle. |
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City-dwellers recharge their batteries – and graze on nature’s finest – within an hour or two of metropolitan Brisbane |
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There's a handful of beaches in north Queensland that are everything you'd expect from this part of the world - except there are no crowds. |
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Ghosts and opium dens are just a part of the colourful history of Maryborough, Queensland |
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The noise was deafening. The roar of blood pumping through my head as we charged forward, hell bent on hitting the start line milliseconds after the gun went, was drowned out by the commands of our tactitian.
Fiona Harper jumps onboard a chartered pocket maxi yacht at Hamilton Island Race Week. |
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This article details the luxury accommodation and dining at Wrotham Park Station Station on Cape York Peninsula and its history and also includes information on the activities available. |
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Woodwark Bay, in Queensland's Whitsunday Passage, is an undiscovered gem |
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