Travelogues Queensland

The rain continued through the night and the day began gray. Breakfast brought positive energy, and we headed to the meeting point at the 'Sunset Bar' in the rain. Driver Andrew...

We left Brisbane, the third largest city in Australia, in the morning with a white Mitsubishi Outlander. We experienced the rush hour before 9 AM once again, when the crowds...

The traffic took a break until around 4 o'clock, then it got loud again. That's the 'price' of having a hotel in the city center. Nevertheless, we are very satisfied with the...

Yesterday, pure nature: mountains, green meadows, birdsong, and... a peaceful night. Today...

For a few days now, we've been enjoying the sun on the Gold Coast. We spent two days in Brisbane before coming to the Gold Coast. We will stay here for a few more nights before...

After a short jump out of the airplane, we headed to the Whitsundays by boat. The water was so clear and the sand was as white as it could be. It's like paradise.

On Christmas Day I had another barbecue on the beach with my friends and celebrated the “real” Christmas in Australia, because it is only celebrated on December 25th. ...

Upon arriving in Cairns, we were excited for the booked snorkeling tour in the Great Barrier Reef. After a 90-minute boat ride with rough waves, we arrived at the platform....

After what felt like an endless bus ride (40h) to the East Coast, we started to feel more comfortable. Normal humidity and only 32 degrees Celsius. We spent a few days in...

Leaving Cape York and heading for the Tablelands Regional, we started early in the morning and were rewarded with some beautiful cloud pics on the way towards Mount Molly. Then...

The big trip starts heading up north to 'Cape Tribulation' as the locals in Cairns named it. First stopping at a lookout on the way to take a 'Screensaver' photo - perfect...

Today I want to tell you that our Sabbatical in Australia consists of two parts: Part 1 > Traveling through Australia Our travels all over Australia, some of which you have...

The last few days we have been exploring Brisbane. We visited the city like tourists, covering a significant distance by boat and on foot, and endured the heat. We found some...

After we were really tired from our sailing tour and fell asleep exhausted at night, I still had something in the back of my mind. Although we had already seen parts of the...

13th+14th November 2019 https://youtu.be/ab9giKHqLpA My mattress broke last night, so I basically slept on the floor. However, I was so tired that it didn't really matter....

15-20 October 2019 We arrived back in Alice Springs. We had lunch by the pool and cooked dinner together with the leftovers. We had calculated the food pretty well. The next day...

After covering 200km earlier today (now 450km away from Cairns), we had a coffee at the new campsite in Bowen first. The new place is right by the sea and in sight we...

On Day 20, Ponyo took us from Brisbane to Noosa, where we moved into a lovely cottage in a resort. We were full of energy upon arrival and headed to the beach, which was only...

Our fifth and probably last housesitter job in Yeppoon was once again very relaxing. The tasks were clear: entertaining and walking a cute little puppy, as well as feeding a...

On 17.02.2019 we set off for Brisbane, often called 'Brissie', 'Bris Vegas' or 'Brisneyworld'. Only 2 million people live here and you can really feel it. Compared to Sydney,...

The journey from Townsville to Cairns felt short by Australian standards. Along the way, we made a quick stop at Mission Beach, where we watched skydivers land. Upon arriving in...

This morning we started heading to our meeting point for the Fraser Island tour and when we arrived, we wondered why there were no other people there yet. Then another German...

This morning, Linni, Marten, and I got up at 5 o'clock to catch our bus to Rainbow Beach at 5:50 am (Marten is continuing to Brisbane though). The first setback was that the...

The next morning we continue, first to Townsville, the 5th largest city in Queensland with 152,000 inhabitants. Before that, there is Ayr and Home Hill, separated by the wide...

13th April This Friday is a very sad day of our trip. We had to say goodbye to Susi! At 10 am, we returned the keys and moved to a nice and small hostel with our stuffed...

Update 04.03. At 10 o'clock we had to leave our spot and so we made our way to Rainbow Beach. After 4 hours we were already at our destination and looked for a campsite. We...

A day in the rainforest, onward journey to Magnetic Island

Diving Safari Days 2 & 3 at the Great Barrier Reef

We thought Whitsundays is paradise... we were wrong. We found the real Garden of Eden north of Cairns. During another search on Wikicamps for the next cheap but cozy...