Travelogues Queensland

06.+07.11.2019 At 05:40 the alarm clock rang. At 6 o'clock I was picked up by Maggie and Darla. It went to a national park to hike 12 km and camp the following night. The way...

Yesterday we continued towards Townsville, the perfect starting point for a day trip to Magnetic Island. We explored the island on foot and had a great day! There were beautiful...

Christmas atmosphere at work So far, to be honest, we haven't had any Christmas atmosphere at all. Now that we are working in a Christmas shop, there is definitely more :-D. We...

Our day in Airlie Beach started with sleeping in and followed by breakfast. We gathered strength to go into town and do some shopping and visit a lagoon located there, right in...

When Luisa and Helge were in Rockhampton, they stayed with a man they had met in Bowen. He offered them to stay at his place. His name is Clive. Luisa had asked him before if we...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Australia Day in Brisbane - Continuing journey to Cairns

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...