Category: Queensland

A close up photo of a cassowary looking into the camera with a blurred green and brown background

A Wanderer’s Guide to: Townsville and The Cassowary Coast

After a fantastic drive through the Whitsunday Coast, we had one more stretch of coastline to cross before arriving in Cairns: Townsville and the Cassowary Coast. Townsville Our first stop before reaching the Cassowary Coast was the North Queensland capital of Townsville. Townsville has something for everyone, whether it’s ocean

Two kangaroos stand on a beach at sunrise

A Wanderer’s Guide to: Queensland’s Central Coast

After leaving the beauty of Queensland’s Discovery and Capricorn Coasts, we followed the coast north on our way to Cairns, but we still had a few more stops to make before we got there, including the world-renowned Whitsundays. Cape Hillsborough and Finch Hatton Gorge Cape Hillsborough National Park, just north

A view down through the trees to a sandy beach and clear blue ocean

A Wanderer’s Guide to: The Discovery and Capricorn Coasts

Once we finished our journey through New South Wales and crossed the Queensland border, our travels north to the Discovery and Capricorn Coasts started in the quiet, unassuming coastal town of Woodgate. The town sits along a stretch of calm beach with hard sand great for beach driving, particularly for those

Crossing the Simpson Desert and the Strezlecki Track

It’s pretty much guaranteed that on every avid Australian 4×4 driver’s bucket list is the Simpson Desert (known affectionately as “the Simmo”). Although it’s not quite as rugged and isolated as it used to be, it still symbolises a sense of adventure and of tackling Outback Australia, some of the