Travelogues Queensland

Brisbane was just a stopover for me to meet the other group members of my 10-day tour to Cairns. The city is easy to explore on foot and with the free ferry on the river that...

After a very short night, the music of the rain woke me up. I looked outside with sleepy eyes and only saw trees around me. I have arrived in the rainforest! It is wet but at a...

An exciting adventure comes to an end! After more than 6 weeks full of great experiences and memories, we are now sitting at Brisbane Airport. A big thank you to all our new...

Our excursion today takes us to Daintree National Park, the oldest rainforest in the world, older than the Amazon, and of course a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here too there are...

Tiring days are ahead of us. We are heading to Airlie Beach. Since the storm has partially devastated our intended route, the Bruce Highway heading north, and the water has...

On this day, we went to the harbor at 7 o'clock in the morning, because that's where the boat to the Great Barrier Reef departed. After two hours, we arrived at our first stop...

In Rockhampton we stay for 2 days and have our first encounter with crocodiles..At the campsite, we meet incredibly nice people and a lot of tame parrots..We visit the Botanic...

After a day in Harvey Bay with breakfast by the sea, we drive to Bunderberg. We visit the rum distillery and ginger beer brewery. Later, we go to Lake Awanga where we make a...

I had Easter Monday and Tuesday off, so I spent the time playing beach volleyball, surfing and relaxing. I worked again from Wednesday to Saturday. On Sunday I met up with...

We left the campsite in Brisbane early under gray clouds and after a good hour's drive we reached “Surfers Paradise” on the Gold Coast. Contrary to what the name suggests, you...

Meanwhile, we are on our way from Cairns to Darwin. It is quite hot and humid here. The first part of the crossing takes us between the mainland and the Great Barrier Reef. The...

On Saturday, before the catamaran tour, we will visit Cape Hillsborough National Park and hike the trails through the jungle and along the ocean. It is really beautiful, but...

Many things are happening these days... Tired af but have the feel I might regret not writing. Took the camper van from the rental office on Saturday 30.11.19 and came across a...

Yesterday we went to the Table Lands. Here there were beautiful waterfalls, lakes & hiking trails. We almost didn't make it back at the end of the tour because we...

03/10/19 The first night in Australia was a bit louder than usual due to the adjacent road and the crowded campground, but no less relaxing. We were greeted by a pleasant warmth...

Yesterday we had to cover some kilometers. However, we spent the night at Cape Hillsborough instead of continuing to our actual destination. The reason for this was the...

Today we had a highlight in the morning. We went to Tin Can Bay early to visit a Dolphin Center. Wild dolphins swim to the harbor here to catch some fish. We saw a total of 6...

Yesterday we had some bad luck with the weather. However, it got better after the Sunshine Coast. At the end of the day, we were even able to do a beautiful hike through Noosa...

Let's continue to Lamington NP, or not? Since there is nothing holding us in Brisbane, we have decided to continue driving. We also don't want to wait for a call that may not...

Maheno Shipwreck, Eli Creek We got up early and hiked from our campsite to the Windsandblow (2 km). The Windsandblow is a small desert-like area created only by wind. It looks...

We had a nice, peaceful flight from Melbourne to Cairns. The atmosphere was filled with excitement for the next three months. When we landed, we immediately put on our summer...

This morning, after an early breakfast, we dealt with some complicated things about our bus and the upcoming Fraser tour over the phone, checked out, and then went to the...

14-hour flight? After the 5-hour flight to Doha, I was already fed up. Now, after the flight to Sydney, I was even less positive, and we were relieved when we arrived at Sydney...

After a 90-minute flight from Alice Springs to Cairns, we landed at 2:30 PM in hot and humid weather. Cairns is a medium-sized city in tropical northern Queensland, Australia,...

Today I took a boat ride about 12 kilometers up the Brisbane River. The boat trip provided an insight into the suburbs bordering the river. Today's destination was a koala...

The day started early: departure at 7:30 to the Daintree National Park. This area is located north of Port Douglas and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It borders the...

At the very edge of civilization, this campsite is located. The great thing here is that kangaroos roam freely in the area and EVERY morning at sunrise they hop to the beach....

From Airlie Beach to our next highlight Hervey Bay it is about 1000 km. That's why we start our first long drive day at Eungella National Park and stretch our legs while looking...

The heavy rains had caused our bus to be unable to go to Airlie Beach. After a short conversation with Greyhound, I was able to arrange for us to at least go back to Brisbane...

Fraser Island here we come... by bus 5h to Rainbow Beach in rain and thunderstorms... such a mess. One night in Dingos Backpacker before we were assigned to groups that would...