Queensland

Best travel reports from Queensland

26th January Cobar - St. Georges

Continuing through the endless streets towards St. Georges. Australia Day and dead silence everywhere. Well, the day is controversial, especially among the Aboriginals who have...

Family Day

Sunday, 16.10.2022 Today, there was just a short walk to Scarborough Beach. Then, a part of the extended family visited for lunch and to talk and share stories... However, last...

First tour in Redcliffe / Scarborough

Friday, 14.10.2022 On our first day, we were primarily focused on staying awake to quickly adjust to a proper day-night rhythm. And Helen and Wayne made a great effort to keep...

Paronella Park

Paronella Park is a very special National Park just a little bit south of Cairns. Nowadays owned and run by Marc, who greets every visitor personally, it was discovered by a...

15&16&17|12|2019, Traveling is like riding a roller coaster 🎢

Hi guys, Traveling can be a real up and down sometimes! Since we have now arrived in the region around Brisbane, we naturally had to make a little detour to Wellington Point....

Farewell from the 'Jungle House' in Verrierdale

Yesterday we started. Before that, we said goodbye to Christine, our nice Airbnb host in Verrierdale, her partner Tim, and their employee from the organic store, David. We had a...

05.12.19 - Airlie Beach & Whitsunday Islands

After returning from magnetic island we made our way down to Airlie Beach to catch our catamaran for a two days Whitsunday Islands trip. What can I say ... since I’ve started my...

Whitsunday Island

Today we had something very special planned. A scenic flight over Whitsunday Island! It was truly a beautiful sight from the plane. Although we flew for an hour, the time passed...

29.12.2015 Lamington National Park

Parrots and a great hike from today we know what it's like to sit on a 200m high waterfall or on the stones next to it. The view was simply amazing. Let's start from the...

03/12/2015 Brisbane, and now what?

And now what? Hop on the City Hopper It's already the second day in Brisbane and we somehow didn't really know what to do anymore... it was partly sunny and it rained every now...

30.11.2015 Beerwah, Home of the crocodile Hunter

Home of the crocodile hunter steve Irwin Although we have already visited several zoos in Australia, it was not a question for Mike to visit this one as well. The 'Australia...

05/11/2015 Somewhere in the Tablelands

We went to bed at 8pm yesterday because we could barely move and were extremely exhausted. Luckily, we had a shaded spot at the campsite, so we were able to sleep in a bit...

26/04 Daintree National Park 🇳🇿

Today we went to Mossman Gorge National Park and explored the rainforest. There we saw a black snake. Afterwards, we took a boat tour on a river. The largest crocodile we...

Palm Cove - Day 1+2

05.05. We chose this little town only because of its name and were not disappointed. There are palm trees everywhere, both on the beach and among all the beautiful houses. As...

Mission Beach - Day 1

02.04. There is not much to report about today. After returning to the East Coast yesterday afternoon, we only had a short drive to our campsite at Mission Beach today. We got a...

Gold Coast - Day 1

The beach of the Gold Coast

- Brisbane -

Who would have thought that a city would fascinate and inspire us as much as Brisbane. Although we have seen many cities in Australia, Brisbane is one of our favorites. The...

Whitsundays: 3 Days Sailing Trip

I went sailing for the first time and it was awesome:-)! Being in close quarters with the girls in a stunning setting and the crew was also very nice;-). The highlight was...

Brisbane - from above

In the past few days, I've been searching for interesting sights in Brisbane. Here are some places I can recommend: - Roma Street Parkland: a park with a central pond that...

Rückfahrt nach Brisbane

Es heisst Abschied nehmen von unserem heissgeliebten Camper,der uns weit über 3000km die letzten 32 Tage begleitet hat. Annas Schuhe haben zum Glück bis heute gehalten. Jetzt...

Tag 43: Sailing Whitsunday Islands

In the evening and at night we already feel the stronger swell. A good sign, there could be enough wind for sailing. But more on that later. First, we take a trip into the...

Das Leben genießen

Der Wecker klingelt früh, denn heute steht wieder eine längere Stecke auf dem Programm. Wir wollen in den Daintree Nationalpark und nachmittags dort eine Fahrt auf dem Daintree...

Weihnachten und Sylvester

On 23.12. we got in the mood for Christmas by watching the Christmas fireworks at the riverbank, which took place every day in the week before Christmas. After that, we went to...

03.-05.12.2016: North Stradbroke Island

In early December, we went to North Stradbroke Island (Straddie) for a long weekend. We took the train to Cleveland on the coast early in the morning and then took a 25-minute...

16.-18.09.16: Fraser Island

On September 16th, we took our packed supplies in our SUVs from Hervey Bay to Fraser Island by ferry. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. The entire island is...

Noosa Heads

Noosa Heads is a very beautiful small town with white sandy beach and a wonderful national park.We took a walk through the rainforest and along the coast and admired the...

27th January - 1st February Maroochydore 1st February - 4th February Brisbane

Now it's time to rest, process impressions and hang out at the beach. Mike and Liz are visiting us because Brisbane is not far away. Some beach, some barbecue, some relaxation....

Redcliffe day

Wednesday, 19.10.2022 It's quite cloudy and rainy today. Hannes still went sailing with Wayne at noon. And I set out on my own and explored Newport, Scarborough, and Redcliffe...

Day 10-12 Our car for the trip

On day 10 we were finally able to pick up our car for the big trip to start! Ok, which big trip? First milestone: Cape York, getting to the tip (and back), then west to Karumba...

Wallaman Waterfall

A small National Park with a state led campground, Wallaman Waterfalls is one of those oases one barely gets to explore. I was lucky to meet Stacey and Brad there who had also...