Queensland

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Wave after wave - Whitsundays Day 2 / 10.11.2018

This morning we had fruit salad for breakfast, which we unfortunately had to eat squished under the deck because it was raining. But it soon stopped and we went on a morning...

Put a wetsuit on - Whitsundays Day 1 / 09.11.2018

Today we set off at 7:30 in the pouring rain to get to the harbour of Airlie Beach and the Apollo meeting point for our Whitsunday sailing tour. Fortunately, the rain slowly...

Myella Farm/Cattle Station (20th - 22nd October 2018)

We left Airlie Beach early in the morning at 7 o'clock to cover the nearly 600 km to our next destination - Myella Cattle Farm. After 300 km heading south along the coast, we...

258 km to Agnes Water Beach

After a rainy night, it finally stopped in the morning. As hoped, it is slowly getting better. Cloudy, 22°C. We are driving the Bruce Highway A1, most of the time passing...

Airlie Beach - Day 2+3

We have had two very relaxed days. On 12.03., after a cozy, long breakfast, we escaped the heat and went to the pool. In the late afternoon, we decided that we couldn't spend...

Airlie Beach - Day 1

Today we did very little. After a relaxed breakfast, we went to the shopping center, which was rather disappointing. Apart from Pepsi on offer and a new aux cable, we didn't...

Drive to Airlie Beach

09.03. At 10 o'clock we started. We had a 6-7 hour drive ahead of us. Despite the rain, the drive went quite well, but because we still had to buy groceries and sunscreen and...

03./04. February 2018

Wild koalas on Magnetic Island, continuing the journey to Airlie Beach

26th/27th January 2018

Australia Day in Brisbane - Continuing journey to Cairns

Mission Beach

Another short detour we made at Mission Beach, because we were looking for cassowaries. The area around Mission Beach is known for that, so we took another trip into the...

Gold Coast

Another highlight of our trip is definitely the Gold Coast. The perfect mix of city life, skyscrapers, surf culture and the party scene has captivated us. The Gold Coast...

Kuranda - Village in the Rainforest

The next major town after Murray Falls would have been Cairns. However, since we haven't heard much good about the city, we decided to go directly to Kuranda. A small hippie...

Hit the road again

This short blog post is dedicated to the greatest occupation of our first 3 weeks, driving. As you may know, Australia is a very very big country. The direct route from Brisbane...

Fraser Island: On the largest sand island in the world

The special thing about this island is that it is made entirely of sand and yet is covered in vegetation - how this works is inexplicable - all desert states have tried to adapt...

arrived in Brisbane

After the nature trip through Australia, the city trip begins. The previous travel group disbanded in Brisbane, and I settled into my accommodation near the pedestrian zone in...

Trip to Australia Zoo by Crocodile Hunter

A pleasant night in the large and beautiful apartment is behind us. The mood is already a bit oppressive, as our return flight is tomorrow. To counteract this, we have decided...

Day 47: Fraser Island Tour II

Today we start our drive at 7.30 am. The destination of the day is located in the north of the island, which can be reached via a long beach. Sand highway. This is an experience...

Sonnenaufgang mit den Kängaruhs am Strand

Im wunderschönen Wild Life Nature Park Cape Hillsborough angekommen, sind wir am nächsten Morgen zum Sonnenaufgang um 5.40 Uhr an den Strand. Dort haben wir wilde Kängaruhs und...

Day 38: Up close with Australian wildlife

Cassowaries! Kangaroos! And Koalas! Unbelievable but true, we finally saw real cassowaries. Very majestic and impressive animals, whose existence we didn't even know about...

On top of Mount Glorious

Yesterday Berkkan and I did some gardenwork for a lovely couple at Mount Glorious. Marie and Bill are absolutely gorgeous and they live in a piece of heaven, a lot of people...

Life is what happens while you're making plans.

BRISBANE. After horrifically boring 2 weeks in Bundaberg, we headed down to Brisbane with our two lovely danish Roommates ! Luckily they had a car. Brisbane wasn't really part...

Cyclone Debbie

After we finished the Fraser Island tour, we wanted to head to the Whitsundays. Planned stops were Bundaberg, 1770, and Rockhampton. We heard about the upcoming cyclone, so we...

Beach day with 'hair nice'

We're taking it easy for the past few days and we all realize: we've seen soooo much in the past weeks that we've had enough of more impressions and rush. So: everyone sleeps in...

Tag 1 - Farewell, Flight and Now?

So, first a quick check of the situation: Berlin... 7 pm... Brisbane... 4 am... and I can't think of anything better than starting with my travel diary, so Jetlag ✔. I'm lying...

Port Douglas und Umgebung

Der lange kurvige Weg führt uns vorbei an weiteren Wasserfällen und zum am Strand gelegenen Port Douglas. Auch das nebenan gelegene Mossman mit dem Mossman River wird von uns...

Arlie Beach

In Airlie Beach, we first went to the city where we spent a beautiful day at the artificial lagoon by the sea. Then we wanted to drive to a free campsite, but it turned out that...

Christmas Eve + Visit | Week 12 | 18.12-24.12.23

I worked again from Monday to Thursday. On Wednesday there was a barbecue on the construction site. On Friday, my first day of vacation, I went surfing and spent the rest of the...

Work & Beach | Week 10| 04.12-10.12

I've been in Australia for 2 months now. Time passes super quickly here. The Christmas spirit doesn't really arise when it's 30 degrees and there are no Christmas markets....

Tag 3 - Townsville

We left the hostel in the morning and were able to pick up our camper before setting off on the first leg to Townsville. We briefly filled the fridge and after 4.5 hours and...

Rainbow Beach

📍Rainbow Beach, Australia From Noosa, we continued to Rainbow Beach. This was the starting and ending point of our Fraser Island tour. At sunset, we mainly enjoyed the...