Once the local watering hole and overnight accommodation for bullock teams and Cobb and Co Coaches en route to the Gold Fields, this historic split log inn - the oldest known building in North Queensland, has been lovingly transformed back to its former glory to once again provide scrumptious meals and a warm welcome to locals and visitors alike. Located at the top of Herveys Range west of Townsville. - Read more
The World Heritage area that covers some 20 per cent of Tasmania is at it's most wild and beautiful on the island's West Coast. Here the thundering waves of the Southern Ocean and the uninhabited rocky shores meet each other head on, as unpredictable as the rapidly changing weather of the region. As it is largely uninhabited, a journey down the West Coast is like a trip through an age-old landscape, through ancient rainforest and past steep sided gorges.
When thinking of Western Australia images of hot desert landscapes sweltering under a ferocious sun come to mind. But 200 kilometres south of Perth is the the Busselton/Margaret River region, where inland forests, elaborate coastline and fertile farmlands belie this desert stereotype. The town of Busselton lies on the shores of Geographe Bay, whose thirty kilometres of sweeping white beaches are celebrated in travel books the world over.
