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A light coloured sandy beach with lush rainforest and palm trees to the left and a green headland in the distance on a partly cloudy day

A Wanderer’s Guide to: Cairns

Cairns will impress you as soon as you first drive in, with its lush green hills, sparkling blue water, and the warm and inviting tropical air greeting you. The more you explore Cairns and its surrounds, the more you realise just how much there is to see here. Whether you

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

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